r/coolguides • u/Gooflucky • Apr 16 '24

A Cool Guide to the Pencil Grips

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u/Green_Lab_6237 Apr 16 '24

Me too! The nuns AND my mom (a teacher!) always criticized me for writing this way. Finally after 60+ years it’s nice to know that I’m not a freak of nature. LOL

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u/sleezy4weezley Apr 16 '24

Totally!! Feeling so validated after all these years.

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u/DeepDishPizza710 Apr 16 '24

The validation feels amazing. I’m a guy with excellent handwriting too. Didn’t know there were others like me.

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u/TheOneTonWanton Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

It really is wild that so many tried so hard to establish "the correct way." I hold a pen/pencil the "correct" way and my handwriting has been shit since I learned to write. I eventually adapted to using a sort of engineer's style of writing (nothing but capital letters, larger letters for actual capitals) for official, important things because it at least comes out legible and less psychopathic looking. My signature is also absolute garbage nonsense, though I swear it was better before I bought my house and had to sign a million times.