Poll: Men with purses

[RandV80]

OP could also always get a fanny pack!

 

[Aaron Sylvester]

I carry a camera case and use it like a purse. Obviously there is no make-up or comb inside, only manly stuff like audio gear / techie stuff / my expensive sunglasses

 

[Beryl77]

Why care about the opinions of some insecure people who think that they have to tell everyone what to wear, as if it affects them?

Edit: Reading through this thread, scratch what I wrote. Go and buy the most feminine woman purse you can find, wear it and show it off to every single male that wants to see it and doesn't want to see it.

 

[The Heik]

I'm sorry, I'm afraid you're gonna have to hand in your man card.


[small]Seriously though, good on you. You're far more organized than I am.[/small]

NO! that is MY card! you can't have it!

Hey, the Man Card is like a driver's license: You gotta prove you're one to keep it so BE A MAN, DO THE RIGHT THING!

OT: Seriously though, two questions:

1) How much coinage do you on average carry around? Because it seems that you might be carrying around more than what is practical in the everyday routine if the average wallet can't hold it.

and

2) Have you thought about getting a debit card? (as opposed to the Man Card *snicker* jk'ing) Most technologically savvy nations have debit machines in every store, so why carry coinage around when you can do the electronic equivalent at no extra cost, with the added bonus of nobody being able to mug you and steal your cash?

 

[Basha]

http://onehundreddollars.tumblr.com/post/19840352509/
Pretty relevant in this discussion.

 

[Reaper195]

It's called a wallet.

 

[redmoretrout]

Sorry bud, I get the whole discarding societal expectations wand wearing whatever you want thing. But, if you do that you have to expect criticism it comes with the territory. That said, I would probably crack a few jokes at your expense if I saw you carrying around a purse.

As for a man purse being the only practical solution, that just isn't a problem the rest of us have. I have honestly never had major issues with keeping spare change in my pockets. So unless you are trying to make some kind of statement about gender roles there is simply no need for you to own a purse.

 

[Haukur Isleifsson]

You should be able to. No reason not to. This is a stupid and restricting stereotype that we should do away with in the coming years.

If you need a justification than you can just say that you it's from a Fantasy/Medieval/Renaissance cosplay-kit. With the emergence of "geek culture" as an exciting fringe that places your purse squarely in the Cool/Interesting category.

 

[nolongerhere]

Wear a purse if you want to. Maybe the people around you will mock you. If they're being complete assholes, then just dick-whip them with your purse and peace the fuck out of there.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

I just think it's one of those things that just look "odd" on blokes.

Like skinny jeans (oh dear god, men wearing skinny jeans has to be one of the most hilarious things I see around town), mesh t-shirts, headbands, belly button piercings and those trousers that hang half way down their arse with their underwear showing (just want to pull their trousers up, tell them to put a belt on and clip them round the ear for looking stupid).

There may well be some blokes that can pull it off (not the baggy pants though, no one looks good with their arse hanging out) but the people I see wearing them just look ...... odd.

It was half in jest half serious, but I have never seen a guy with a bellybutton piercing, I now know this is a thing.

Captcha: do you love me?
Well I hardly know you, how can I love you?

 

[generals3]

Man, is it just me or did this thread just get really really insecure and defensive all of a sudden? Seriously, if you have a problem with what another man does or wears because you think it's not masculine enough for you, then you're the one with issues. If men want to wear purses, by all means let them. They are super handy provided that you don't get one so big that you have trouble finding stuff in there.

Oh please, that argument is just so wrong on so many levels. Everyone has standards on what they consider "normal". I look weird at Goths too, does that mean i'm somehow a Goth in the closet? And i'm also a hippie in a closet because whenever i see one of them i facepalm. I would actually say that the most defensive post here is yours, going straight to pointing to a non-existent insecurity just because some have different opinions.

 

[aba1]

Why does it matter..why is it even considered feminine to wear a medium to small sized back on your shoulder.

So, if suddenly the general populace decided that wearing backpacks or carrying laptop/messenger bags made you a girl-y man...would you stop using your bag??

Why is this even an issue...geez.

Well the mockery has yet to stop me from using my coin pouch, I'm just sort of confused by why it's worthy of mockery in the first place.

Are people actually mocking you or just noticing or busting your chops?

 

[Ieyke]

^Use this.
Drawstring sack.
All adventurers keep their gold in this type of coin sack.

Trade all your dollar bills for dollar coins, and don't use quarters or nickles. Then you've rendered American money into the D&D standard. 100 coppers = 10 silvers = 1 gold

A hero is you.


Women have purses. Guys have sacks.

 

[Olas]

Just fill it with bricks, and if anyone makes fun of you beat the shit out of them with it.

Though I don't find purses to be the most practical methods of storage. If you really have that much to carry use a backpack.

 

[Soods]

I think they should be able to carry purses. But unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case yet.

 

[Screamarie]

I don't think there's any wrong with a man who wears a purse...but you have to consider I think a man should be allowed to wear skirts, dresses, and other clothes deemed only fit for women without being mocked.

Come on ladies and gents, if vaginas get to wear pants and t-shirts, penises get to wear mini-skirts and tube tops.

 

[lord.jeff]

Nothing unmanly about using a coin purse if you really want.

Definitely something unmanly about being unable to take mocking though.

If you want to use a coin purse then use one. You don't need permission from your friends. If they want to mock you for it then let them, either take it in good humor or find better friends. Just use whatever the hell you want and see the humor in doing so, the only point where you become truly unmanly is the point where you can't laugh at yourself and instead blush your cheeks a pretty shade of pink.

The shut up and just take it sounds more lazy and passive then manly. Wear whatever the fuck you want and if someone is a dick to you about it then be a man and do something about it.

 

[Starik20X6]

Protip: Get a few of those little plastic coin bags from the bank, and whenever you get home with some shrapnel, put it in one of the bags. When it starts to get full, take it with you next time you go out, and take it to a shop and ask if you can swap it for notes. Most times they'll say yes, because it means they won't have to go to the bank to get change themselves. Everyone wins.

 

[Jayemsal]

I do not support sexism and those who do should be shamed.

That is all.

 

[someonehairy-ish]

First thread I've ever seen where Godwin's Law was invoked by the freaking poll.

Seriously, I voted on the option with 'I'm a Nazi' in it for the sheer entertainment value. But anyway, dude what's wrong with you: get a wallet, Then you can have coins and cards and notes all in one place!

I have these things called "pockets"... I rarely find I don't have space to keep odds and ends that I might need to have with me, in fact, sometimes, I just pick up random things, like small piles of gravel and put them in my pockets, just because I hate to see pockets go to waste! D=

Keep your filthy hands off my gravel, you! ¬¬