# Guys: What pocket do you put your wallet in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361 "2011-03-12T01:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/21 "2011-03-12T12:48:58Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > \ > > . . .for another it means sitting on your enormous wad of cash. > > \ Not that I keep my wallet in a back pocket, but this isn’t a problem for me. > [@Lightnin](#): > > \ > > Those of you who keep your wallet in a front pocket- where do you keep your phone? > > \ Depending on what I’m wearing, in my shirt pocket or in my other front pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/22 "2011-03-12T13:20:15Z")
I almost always carry my wallet in my right rear pocket and end up tapping there from time to time for security. However, I switch to the right front when walking the mean streets of the really big city or within a big crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/23 "2011-03-12T13:40:31Z")
Money clip w/ credit cards. Will avoid carrying it in anything but coat or briefcase. I will remove the clip, carry the money and an essential credit/debit card in my left front pant pocket if I am out and about w/out a coat or briefcase. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/24 "2011-03-12T13:45:41Z")
Wallet in my front right pocket, Phone in my front right pocket, keys and change in my front left pocket. My phone (an iPhone) is thinner, more breakable, more valuable and accessed more often than my wallet, so I put it in my front right. I used to put my keys in my back right pocket, until they tore a hole in a pair of jeans and fell out, so now I put them in my front left (along with my change, which I don’t want to scratch my phone). That leaves the back pockets for my wallet - which I try to keep as thin as possible (I don’t carry cards I don’t need on a regular basis, and I hate walking around with large amounts of cash. I grew up with hyperinflation, and to me, cash that’s out of the bank is cash that’s losing value). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/25 "2011-03-12T14:14:34Z")
Left rear. Keys and knife in right front, cell phone in left front. I have no ass, so sitting on it isn’t a problem, although I do remove it for long drives. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/26 "2011-03-12T14:16:29Z")
Right front. When I was about 15ish Grandpa saw that I had mine in my back right pocket. He proceeded to tell me a little “secret” he learned back in the Philippines: If you keep your wallet in one of your front pockets, pickpockets won’t try to steal it because they don’t want to risk touching your dick. Funny guy, Grandpa was. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/27 "2011-03-12T15:40:16Z")
Wallet and cash (separate) in left front, usually with keys. Phone in right front. I’m right handed. Also, wallets should be small. Driver license, a couple credit cards, a couple business cards, and insurance card, and that’s all you need. Carrying wads of receipts or other bits of paper is hoarding. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/28 "2011-03-12T15:50:39Z")
Right rear pants pocket, except when I’m traveling. Then I wear an around-the-neck wallet. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/29 "2011-03-12T15:55:49Z")
I’m a chick, but I don’t carry a purse. My wallet is in my right rear pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/30 "2011-03-12T15:55:57Z")
Left front jacket pocket. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/31 "2011-03-12T16:02:55Z")
Right-rear pocket with a chain that runs to the second belt-loop on the front-right. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/32 "2011-03-12T16:22:33Z")
Did the right rear thing for years then found the left rear felt more natural. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/33 "2011-03-12T16:34:02Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Left front pants pocket. I’m left-handed. Are most people who put it in the left pocket left-handed? I’m right-handed but keep my wallet in my left front pocket. Keys go in the right pocket, since I go for my keys far more often than my wallet during the day. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/34 "2011-03-12T16:46:25Z")
For several years now I have carried a bag rather than a wallet. When I carried a (big fat) wallet it was in my right rear back pocket. And in other pockets I was carrying two sets of keys, pens, gum, tissues and other assorted crap. Now it’s all in a bag. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/35 "2011-03-12T20:02:07Z")
Wallet: left, rear pocket. As **VarlosZ** said, take it out with the left, use the right hand to pull out cash/card. I take it out when I’m driving, at work, at home, etc, though. It’s basically back there while I’m on the move. Phone: left, front pocket. Even though I’m right-handed, I use my left thumb for most of my dialing/texting. Keys: right, front pocket. Just because, I guess. Anything else (change, chapstick, etc): share the left, front pocket with my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/36 "2011-03-12T20:42:15Z")
Wallet goes in the left rear pocket, as Karana intended. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/37 "2011-03-12T20:59:55Z")
Left rear, generally, and that’s how I voted. But when I’m travelling or in some area where I’m worried about pickpockets, I put it in left front. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/38 "2011-03-12T21:00:10Z")
> [@VernWinterbottom](#): > > For several years now I have carried a bag rather than a wallet. I should have included a man purse option, I suspect that is what the people meant who chose “I don’t put my wallet in any pocket.” ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/39 "2011-03-13T00:13:21Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I should have included a man purse option, I suspect that is what the people meant who chose “I don’t put my wallet in any pocket.” It’s a _ **European carryall** _. . . ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361/40 "2011-03-13T02:09:55Z")
Nah… it’s a satchel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/574361.md?page=3)