2026 Gymnastics Social Media bits

[flappergirl]

Monster!

Kidding. That sounds messy but also fulfilling.

I have good table manners in public, but don’t care if it’s just me and my husband.

 

[makam]

Is this true? I was taught to use a knife and fork together as a kid. Was that abnormal for multiples -generational US citizens

I think the difference is that Americans put the knife down after cutting and don't keep gripping it. Also, generally, the fork stays right-side up when delivering food to the mouth, rather than being flipped over. (All info i have gathered from movies, I don't care how anyone holds their utensils, only when they bite their spoon/fork with their teeth do i get super judgy). I switch hands based on who I am sitting next to--a lefty who i might bump elbows with means I am eating lefty too.

/I know this has strayed afield but I really like hearing about the differences I didn't even know existed.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

I cut with my left and hold the fork in my right. My parents tried to get me to cut with my right, put the knife down, and pick up the fork, but I thought that was silly and refused. They gave up. I was a stubborn child.

I can write with both hands, but I have to eat and cut with the same hand (my left), so I'm always setting the knife down so I can put the fork into my left.

 

[Ginger]

I cut with my left and hold the fork in my right. My parents tried to get me to cut with my right, put the knife down, and pick up the fork, but I thought that was silly and refused. They gave up. I was a stubborn child.

Are you left-handed? I am right handed and, being born and raised in Europe, in formal or semi-formal setting I use both fork and knife, and I hold the fork in my left hand and cut with right. When I set a table, knife goes left, spoon and fork right. If I don't use knife (like when I eat by computer or TV, away from table ), I hold the fork in my right hand.

 

[Seyonne]

I’m right handed. I guess in my young mind I felt that using a fork or spoon required more dexterity and control than the simple slicing motion of a knife so I used my dominant hand for fork and spoon work.