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When I make a hot drink for my wife and myself I put her cup on the left and mine on the right when she is well enough if she makes a drink she puts my cup on the left and hers on the right. Is this the same in other households or are we one off's?

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When I make her a hot drink or a sandwich I always put her cup/plate on the right.  Partly because her tastes are often different from mine and partly 'cos she's always right, and partly 'cos I have to be careful about sugar due to Type 2 diabetes.

 

Additonally if I'm making sandwiches and her filling is different from mine (eg including veg which may not be obvious from the outside) then I always cut my sandwich in half squarely and hers diagonally.  That way we always get the right ones.  Simples.

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When I make a hot drink for my wife and myself I put her cup on the left and mine on the right when she is well enough if she makes a drink she puts my cup on the left and hers on the right. Is this the same in other households or are we one off's?

Traditionally (ie in the Middle Ages) the female side was the left (distaff) and the male right (staff). Refers to the hand that the staff and distaff were held in. I always put Julie's tea, dinner plate or whatever on the left, and we have now (after 43 years) agreed that it's a sensible thing to do...

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When I make a hot drink for my wife and myself I put her cup on the left and mine on the right when she is well enough if she makes a drink she puts my cup on the left and hers on the right. Is this the same in other households or are we one off's?

No same here too. I'm left handed she's right. I put my cup/plate/whatever on the left, her's on the right. She does the opposite, puts her "item" on the left and mine on the right. 

 

Rob

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This is all very good, but what if you are facing your wife when placing' the cups of tea? You put hers on you left and yours on your right, but then you turn round and sit down next to your wife. Now yours is on your left, and hers is on your right......

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I don't do hot drinks, so her cup is on either side. I'm also a leftie, so carry her mug with my right hand, or sometimes my left.

 

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Because I take sugar and my wife doesn't I always carry her coffee in my right hand to remember which one is which, why?

 

because we all know that the lady of the house is always right. ;)

So pleased im not the only one that does this!!!

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So pleased im not the only one that does this!!!

I also always put mine on the left with sugar in it as the sugar pot is to the left of the kettle. Her mug is always to the right.

 

Jamie

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Interesting

 

Im left handed and always carry a "guests" cup in my left hand....Im not married hence the " guest" ;)

Even worse if you're ambidextrous!

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This is all very good, but what if you are facing your wife when placing' the cups of tea? You put hers on you left and yours on your right, but then you turn round and sit down next to your wife. Now yours is on your left, and hers is on your right......

Get two settees - one for you and one for her.

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Get two settees - one for you and one for her.

 

 

Yep. That works perfectly for us; and if one happens to be a sofa bed you have somewhere to go to after a midnight bust up over who was actually snoring  ;)

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