Purses

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Ugh, I hate this too. I must have pockets. Though there seems to have been a fashion for shrugs/vests/cardigans with decent pockets over the past year, so I've picked up quite a few of these to make up for pants that don't have them.

I usually carry a tote or messenger bag with a long strap so I can wear it. I'm currently making a big messenger-type bag with a very broad, soft strap which will be my travel handbag. It will have pockets designed for the items I carry (including a padded pocket for my netbook) and shouldn't dig into my shoulder even when full.

I hate purses. I like clothes with pockets. I fill them up with everything I need. Probably looks clunky, but I don't care.

I have stuff in a purse, like loose receipts, but I keep my debit card separate. If someone tried to steal my identity they couldn't get any credit anyway -_-' I don't like purses in general though. All the ones today are so bleeding huge. I'm not keeping a small child in it, why does it have to be the size of a new york apartment? Blech. No, let me keep my tiny square purse that I can sling to my hip for when it absolutely has to be carried.

I don't! I don't! And for exactly the same reasons you've listed.

People give me a hard time over it: "You're a girl, where is your purse?"

And the give me this 'huh' look when I say I don't carry one.

I wear purses because I need them. I don't wear elegant purses thoug. Only big, saggy ones. But do I like them? The answer is no.

The fact that the strap keeps slipping off your shoulder is very regognizable. That happens to me all the time and it makes me feel very self concious and unfcomfortable for some strange reason.

Ugh. Have never like carrying anything, however, I do tend to find "hippie" like bags from India that are soft and light that are OK, also messenger bags have worked occasionally - if I'm going to carry something it had better be able to fit a book in it. I'd prefer not to carry anything, so often wear cargo pants and utilize the pockets..even though the weight of the items can bug me. I like being care free!

Fun discussion...thanks for posting.

I think they call them wallets...

I love my handbag... I cant go anywhere without it... I like long shoulder straps though so I can slip it over my head (doesn't fall off then). Messenger Bags are great

I never carried a purse in high school. Every guy I knew would say something like "why don't you carry a purse like all the other girls?" I carry a purse now.

I love purses; I've even been accused of being a purse-whore. I'm really picky though and tend to buy men's bags (like the miniature messenger bag, cross-body types) in one particular brand.

I have to carry a purse. I don't know how else I would carry my basics- wallet, checkbook, keys, and cell-phone,
let alone other things like sunglasses, lip balm, gum, and pens.

I don't call bags "purses", unless they're a purse.
And a wallet is a wallet.

Count me in with the purse/handbag lovers. I've always lugged around cartloads of stuff: purse/wallet, phone, books, receipts, a bottle of water, lipbalm, headphones, meds... The list is endless. I hate those small cutesy 'clutches', though - no point in bringing a bag if I can't stuff a book in it, so I usually end up with big cross-body bags or shoulder bags. I brought a small bag to a music festival last week and it annoyed me so much bumping against my hip I went back to shoving everything, including sunblock, into my pockets.

I'll carry a purse or tote only if I absolutely have to. I favor streamlining and simplicity, so carrying a bag seems burdensome. Pockets are my friend.

I remember reading a piece by Diana Vreeland where she was advocating the usefulness of pockets in women's clothing. How much did a woman actually need to carry? That didn't go down so well in the fashion world.

Something that annoys me - when a woman sits next to me - it could be in a subway, movie theater, or anywhere else - and she fiddles with her purse, rummaging around for ages. I've seen women take out and replace one thing after another. It seems like a ritual. I'm sure they have their reasons. Maybe it's a way to self comfort.

I never really use to bother when I was younger but now I always have at least a small bag on me when I go out. If I didn't and just put things in my pocket I'd end up losing everything. Plus I like how they look with some of my clothes.

I always carry a purse. If I'm leaving the house for more than 5 minutes my purse is with me. I find it helps keep my hands busy; when I don't have a purse, shopping bag, or something else to carry I can't figure out what to do with my hands.

I also hate (very. very strongly...) having anything in my pockets. Pockets on clothing are never used except for putting my hands into. If there's something in one of my pockets I can't focus on anything else until it comes out.

That's interesting.