Women: carry a purse?

[m-jean03]

Poll question: Women: carry a purse?

Not I. Maybe I should, my pockets wouldn't be such a mess. :P

[LiberalVoice]

1. No fair I'm not a woman!

Damn you sexist conservatives! When will man get his rights back!?!?!

:P :)

[m-jean03]

2. Some men carry purses, a practice I find perfectly rational.

But this poll is for the ladies. :-)

[Political_Junkie]

7. Honey, you can carry a purse

if you like! ;-)

[jobycom]

22. I'm a man, I carry a purse, thank you very much.

[m-jean03]

26. Nothing wrong with that!

In the old days, they tell me, gunslingers carried purses with bullets and tobacco.
How macho is that, I ask you? These men were not ashamed of their purses.

Not that you need be macho. Carry a pink vinyl purse, with eyeliner in it! It's all good.

I was just wondering about women, because it does often say something about a woman's personality. . . whether she is really femme or a more tomboyish creature like me.

[jobycom]

28. I didn't say there was.

I get very few complaints to my face about it.

[m-jean03]

29. I mean, in case you thought I was sexist

The poll was sexist and in hindsight I should have not just addressed women!

[angee_is_mad]

27. Calm down sweetie

they now have man bags.

[flamingyouth]

3. More like a satchel!

I always have a bottle of water, at least two books, my wallet, my phone, three or four pens, my datebook, a variety of medications and band-aids, and a small make-up kit.

People make fun of me, until they need a Band-Aid! Then, ha! They laugh no more. :evilgrin:

[m-jean03]

8. You sound prepared.

That's always good, like a scout. :-)

Where is your signature line from?

[flamingyouth]

37. LOL - it's from The Battle of Evermore

I'm finding comfort in old school hard rock. When I reach for the Dio quotes, you'll know you've lost me forever. :D

[lovedems]

4. I am 36 and I tried to carry a purse when I was in my 20's

but it lasted for about 2 weeks. I would leave it everywhere I went and all I did was carry stuff around I really didn't need. I carried a diaper bag for awhile but that doesn't count.

I usually just have some cash and my license in one of my pockets and that's all I need!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

5. I carry a briefcase to work and bookbags to school

I only carry a purse when oot and aboot with the husband.

[Political_Junkie]

6. Your pockets wouldn't be a mess,

but your purse would, and believe me, those things can get a lot more messy. I wouldn't carry a purse if jean-makers would stop making women's jeans with nothing but those damned lipstick pockets!

[Pithlet]

9. Not anymore

I carry a diaper bag, now. I still carry a small clutch when we go out, but that never happens anymore. At least my bag doens't have bunnies all over it, like the one they sent me home from the hospital with when I had my first born, so I don't have to feel silly when I go anywhere without the kids.

[m-jean03]

12. Aww...

Bunnies are cute. :P

[Pithlet]

17. Yes, but

It makes it harder for me to delude myself into thinking that I'm the same hip, stylish person I once was before kids :)

[shanti]

33. awww, you're still hip and stylish

it's just hidden inside for awhile. don't worry, it's still there;-)

[Pithlet]

36. Thank you

I appreciate that. What's inside is all that matters, anyway :) Being able to get into my pre-pregnancy clothes now has helped a lot, I'll say.

[Book Lover]

10. ON occasion

I carry a backpack mroe often. Too much crap to fit in a purse/handbag/pocketbook.

[DebJ]

11. sometimes

[LWolf]

13. Does a fanny pack count?

It keeps the collection of junk to a minimum. But I just won't wear clothes without pockets.

[m-jean03]

14. Naw, they don't count

They're countercultural. They have their own counterculture, I think.
Fanny pack chicks....sheesh.... you're a funny bunch!!

Just teasing. :P

[LWolf]

15. Of course!

Funny, and absentminded. If I have to carry it, I'll leave it somewhere. I won't have it when I really need it. If it's important, it needs to be in the pockets, or somehow attached.

[m-jean03]

16. 2 Questions. . .

Who is your picture, and what is your avatar? :hi:

[curse10]

20. that looks like a young dk!

:shrug:

[m-jean03]

31. Yes it does.

:shrug:

[LWolf]

32. 2 answers!

The avatar:

http://www.codepinkalert.org/News_and_Insight_CODEPINK_in_the_News.shtml

Security personnel take down a banner that was unfurled by protesters from a balcony of the Century Plaza Hotel, June 27, 2003 in Los Angeles. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) was speaking at a Bush-Cheney fund-raising dinner in the ballroom of the hotel. REUTERS/Jim Ruymen

Here's a bigger picture:



The other pic is a painting that sold on ebay a couple of days ago for $1775; I've chatted some with one of the bidders:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3729073830&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

[m-jean03]

34. Love the banner

That's wonderful!! :hi: (Kucinich is pretty great, too!)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. Wouldn't be without one

Gotta carry my money, keys, bus pass and other cards, combs, make-up, Kleenex, bus schedules, pens and pencils (lots of each), and a paperback book for those inevitable times of standing in line or waiting for my food at a lunch counter.

[curse10]

19. yes. I'm a purse whore

I have many and I change them frequently.

[Alenne]

21. Only when I go to the movie theater. nt

[scarlet_owl]

23. Yes. I don't like to carry things in my pockets.

I feel naked without my purse.

[SarahB]

24. Yeah.

A medium-size sort of straw bag with all my stuff (wallet, checkbook, spare lipsticks, old receipts, kid supplies when needed, and assorted political buttons on the outside. I feel naked without it.

[m-jean03]

25. Girls with purses can be rather alluring!

I'm not sure what it is, but there's a certain classic sexiness about it. :-)

[WindRavenX]

30. I have waaay too many purses...

I have a tiger print purse for winter...
A tiger bag for summer...
And my current favorite from Target: a statue of liberty purse! :D

[shanti]

35. sometimes...

i used to be a big purse freak, but as i get older, i just want something to hold a few things, id, keys, money, cellphone. my priority is having my hands/arms free. there is something very freeing about carrying nothing/only what your pockets can hold.

[Madrone]

38. No!

No no no no no no NO! I hate carrying purses. I went off and on for some years way back - carried for a while, then not, then carried, then not. Now, I couldn't tell you the last time I carried a purse.

All I need is a back pocket, and I'm straight! Now that I have a cellphone it's slightly more problematic, but I still manage. Now I'm wondering how I did the cigarette/lighter thing for so many years. Funny - stopped smoking one month ago and already can't remember how I packed around the smokes :D

At one point I carried a wallet, boy style. It was a VERY stylish wallet though - and I packed it in my back pocket. The stitching came loose though, so I'm walletless once again.