Is it normal for someone to be offended by me for eating left handed?

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I eat with my hands and my face. Utensils are for the weak. Manhood is paved this way.

I've been criticised a few times for using cutlery the American way. First off, I think it makes more sense. Second off, if someone is really going to criticise me for the way I'm holding cutlery, they need to get out more.

There are human rights abuses happening worldwide and yet it's somehow important which hand my fork is in? I cannot thing of anything *less* important.

With Muslims eating with your left hand is considered dirty and wrong.

With silverware and your wife it seems she is just being a control freak.

In some cultures it's offensive to finish all your food, because it means they didn't serve you enough.
It's really bad manners to spear your food if you're using chopsticks.
Every culture has their own sets of "proper" dining behaviors.

If you're traveling in these different countries it's good to know. Outside of that and fancy situations, why the hell does it matter?

Are they really that sensitive? Or just plain out stupid?

To be perfectly honest, it's probably such a "minor detail" that i wouldn't even realize you do that when you move naturally.

When i read the title, i thought you were to guest in India and dared to use your left hand to touch/eat the food. *shrug* There, it would be normal.
As for dining out: Not really, but then, i'm selden if at all in high-class restaurants, so i can't speak for them.

I also hold my knife and fork that way - nobody has ever complained about it.

I'm left handed and that's how I eat. Whoever is offended by that is a bizarre human being. It doesn't even look different in an obvious way. People don't generally notice those things.

FUCK accidentaly clicked yes sorry

My father used to be picky like this, he tried making me hold knives and forks properly and all of that shit, I hold my fork in my right hand the same way I hold a pen, I told him to fuck off, I'll eat how I'm comfortable eating, you do the same OP.

I hate tradition and dogma. That's for sheeple.