Comments on: Dear Wallet, We’re Both Too Fat to Continue this Relationship

By: Budgeting in the Fun Stuff

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:25:10 +0000

I didn’t own a purse or wallet until about two years ago, but there were just too many times that I needed a specific gift card or insurance card that I had left behind.

I still only carry a purse during my weekly routines. For quick trips out, I just put my ID, a credit card, and some cash in one pocket, my cell phone in the other, and away I go.

It is freeing, isn’t it?

By: craig

craig — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:52:10 +0000

I did the same and have a money clip thing now and it’s much better. I have less in my pockets and don’t have as many cards, which means no need for useless cards which would help me spend.

By: Suzanne in Japan

Suzanne in Japan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:47:06 +0000

Back in grad school, I never carried a purse because of lugging all the books– I streamline to just a fold over wallet in my back jeans pocket (or jacket pocket if the weather required one). I’d put the bare minimum keys and a tiny lipstick in a front pocket. I didn’t have a cell phone and didn’t carry a comb but I would stash many of the extras of life in my car. For a woman, that was pretty minimalist and seemed to attract a lot of curiosity. Still, I felt totally free and often wish I could go back to that, but alas, I’m toting a big bad purse these days! I have a young friend now who carriers her dog on her motorcycle to work and doesn’t own a purse! Really reminds me of myself in those days–of course she’d never believe it now . . .

By: David @ MBA briefs

David @ MBA briefs — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:27:12 +0000

A friend of mine had to have several vertebrae fused when he was about the same age as I am now, and one of the things his doctor recommended was to not carry a large wallet in his hip pocket because it would cause his spine to be misaligned.

Ever since he told me about this I’ve been carrying a thin wallet with just a couple of cards, my driver’s license, and medical insurance card. Like you I just carry a little bit of walking around money folded inside, and the total thickness is about a quarter of an inch. Everything else I keep in my Franklin Planner.

By: TheDebtHawk.com

TheDebtHawk.com — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:38:56 +0000

I used to carry a money clip. I really liked it. Now I carry a small wallet.

One funny story about my wallet, when I first got it, I put too many things in it. Now, I can’t take stuff out of it because the pocket is stretched out so much that if it has less in it they stuff all falls out.