What Men Carry
This is what my husband carries with him in his pocket every day:
A wallet! That is it!!! The keys are not his, they are mine. He used my car to go the store. Even any change he might have ends up in the ashtray in the car.
I just don’t get it! How can you guys carry so little things? Don’t you need a mint now and then? Don’t you carry a book? Agenda? Papers? Nothing? Where do you keep all your personal stuff? My husband is telling me that he keeps his personal stuff in the bathroom. If he needs a touch up during the day, he waits until he gets home. I would love to see what other bloggers carry in their pockets and even better in their men’s purses if some of you do have men purses. Don’t worry, I don’t consider that effeminite at all, so I tag Sandmonkey , Shlemazl , Jkirlin, Drima, Maxxedout, Kassus, pheras, Houssain, Gattuso, Globalcairene, Herlocksholmes and Romerican.
Chris was kind enough to send me a picture of what he carries in his pockets. Is he MacGyver or what?
posted by Leilouta @ 12:16 AM
27 Comments:
At 2:35 AM,
tooners said…
my husband carries nothing but a wallet and his keys, and maybe some loose change.
At 2:59 AM,
Chris in MB said…
"If he needs a touch up during the day..."
Men don't require "touch ups" during the day!
Also some men are very creative in camouflaging the "man purse". Many times a guy will use a laptop case, camera bag, or other such item without its intended occupant, therefore it becomes a "man purse" in disguise. In my case I sometimes use an enclosed aluminum contractor's clipboard, it's very macho.
BTW, you caught me on a bad day. I usually carry much more interesting things in my pockets. It's fortunate that no beer bottle caps were found today, I'm at risk of turning into a cliché.
At 7:22 AM,
Abu Sinan said…
I carry a wallet, a thin one, not one of the ones ready to explode from junk jammed inside. I carry a cell phone and keys. That is it.
I have always thought of carrying such few items one of the benefits of being a man. I would hate to drag around a huge purse loaded down with items that I think I need to make other people happy, make-up and the like.
When I carry the lap-top to work, it goes in a nice leather briefcase, slim, and again not stuffed with junk.
At 11:03 AM,
Red Tulips said…
Funnily enough, I actually carry a backpack AND a purse! I guess I am a packrat!
And thanks for adding my link to your links list. Your blog is terrific. :-)
At 11:23 AM,
shlemazl said…
Chris beat me on "touching up". We touch ourselves, but that's quite different from "touching up" and it is a good idea to wait till you get home before you do it.
The stuff I carry does not fit in my pockets. I'll try to fit it all in a single picture tonight.
I see the cat got in the photo yet again :-)
At 5:33 PM,
programmer craig said…
Leilouta, have you ever told a guy his hair is all messed up at work?
Like: "Hey, dude, your hair is all sticking up like Bart Simpson"
Most likely answer is "So?"
At 6:03 PM,
Leilouta said…
Actually I haven't:)
A coworker had hair transplant a few months ago and everytime I've seen him since I say." Wow, it's really growing!" His answer is "Touch it." :P
At 6:36 PM,
N. said…
I usually carry a wallet, car keys, cell phone, and maybe my iPod. That's about it. No man purse for me!
At 10:26 PM,
Um Zayd said…
My husband carries a wallet, keys, glasses, and chewingum but if he is with me, he will throw all of the above in my purse.
At 11:41 PM,
Steph said…
Now see, how would they save themselves if they were stranded on a desert island?
They'd have to rely on the crap that us women carry to keep their sorry ass alive!!
At 12:32 AM,
Anonymous said…
Chris,
1+4=5
At 2:04 AM,
arwen said…
i'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure that Cat is trying to steal the keys and the wallet... keep your eye on that thing...
At 5:34 AM,
Green Data said…
Wallet, Mobile, and Keys
And sometimes Sun-Glasses
At 5:56 AM,
Andrew said…
Seeing all the stuff in your purse, Leilouta, must have subconsciously scared me, because normally I take my phone, my wallet, some mints and my keys.... but the last 2 days I've walked out of my room and locked the door with nothing in my pockets
How can you have so much stuff with you? I hate 'things', they get in the way and make a clutter...I prefer to get by with what's at hand or go without - much simpler that way :)
At 6:03 AM,
UmmAminah said…
Luv yr Blog.
My husbands carries his wallet in his pockets, keys, and cell-phone... AND ... anything else that spills over from my purse.
At 7:35 AM,
Leilouta said…
Thank you
Actually Andrew I cheated, I didn't show everything I carry in my purse like, mascara, eye liner,extra sprays and perfume,phone, company ID badge, extra mirror, more snacks, pencils, papers, toothpicks, tic-tacs, band-aid, toothbrush...
At 6:38 PM,
Olivia said…
Men in the UK/Europe carry man bags.
Mostly they use messenger bags or backpacks, but sometimes you'll see one with a really cool manbag.
I've hung about at those departments in the shops and wished I could have one. A bag, I mean, but a man attached to it would be even better.
At 6:49 PM,
Romerican said…
Olivia -- you may want to qualify that statement by saying "a very select few men in the UK/Europe carry man bags."
I've never ever seen one here, in Europe. I have, however, seen one or two in the US. It's extremely rare, however.
L -- I'm late to the game, but shall document soon!
At 2:25 AM,
Cairogal said…
Your husband carries a cat paw???
At 7:12 AM,
Heliodore said…
I have only the key of my car.
At 1:06 PM,
Puppy said…
I have seen a lot of men in Moscow carying a handbags. I guess because most of them live away from work, so they take everything they will need during a day.
However, I never seen what is inside of these men bags.
At 1:08 PM,
Maxxed`ouT said…
Actually i always carry around a bag : a pen , a notebook , camera , ipod , a book , kleenex and cigs .
I CAN'T step foot out of the house without any of the above .
At 2:55 PM,
Olivia said…
Romerican - Correction: "Men in the UK tend to carry bags."
Why more so than Europe?
At 5:26 PM,
American man said…
olivia:
Girly men who think they are sophistiacaed b/c of their accent tend to carry man-purses.
I for one just use pockets.
wallet, keys, cell-phone pistol...what else does a man need in his pockets?
At 9:52 AM,
Romerican said…
Olivia - I couldn't be sure to answer that, but we are talking about Brits here. Y'know, the blokes who drive on the wrong side of the road, delight in extraordinarily dismal Earl Grey, and fell absolutely headoverheels in love with the Spice Girls to the point they still care about what Posh is doing, feeling, saying (not to mention, they still call her Posh).
If ya ask me, I'd say there's heaps of mystery on the island.
At 5:23 PM,
Romerican said…
PS - I've posted mine, but couldn't figure out how to trigger your "Links to this post" (which may be a Blogger-centric thing).
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