# How do men carry their glasses around? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239 "2016-08-18T23:19:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/1 "2016-08-18T23:19:29Z")
My husband hates carrying his reading glasses around, for example to a restaurant. In the winter he can tuck them (inside their case) into his coat pocket, but in warm weather the glasses case is too big to fit in his pants pocket. What do you all dopers do? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/2 "2016-08-18T23:21:00Z")
Shirt pocket. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/3 "2016-08-18T23:29:08Z")
Cargo shorts. I’m all about wearing cargo shorts. Shirt pocket is OK, but lots of my shirts don’t have pockets. Worst case, tucking into the top of my undershirt, behind the collar. I’ve seen foldable glasses that fit inside normal pants pockets, but haven’t tried those yet. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/4 "2016-08-18T23:31:39Z")
I need reading glasses. I bought a pair on ebay that fold up and fit into a metal tube, and I carry that around in my front pocket, along with my iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/5 "2016-08-18T23:35:31Z")
On my face. Spare pair in messenger bag or backpack, along with anything else I might be schlepping. I don’t get why everyone doesn’t have messenger bags or backpacks. And I don’t mean that judgmentally, I just literally don’t get it. How the fuck do you people carry things around? ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/6 "2016-08-18T23:37:53Z")
For a more professional look, a briefcase can basically serve the same purpose as a woman’s purse. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/7 "2016-08-18T23:40:27Z")
It’s not a purse. _It’s a European Carryall_!! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/8 "2016-08-19T00:16:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s not a purse. _It’s a European Carryall_!! Shoulder bag. It’s a European shoulder bag. Glasses and hard cases. 3 pairs-RX cycling glasses, regular distance and full frame readers. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/9 "2016-08-19T00:16:55Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > On my face. > > Spare pair in messenger bag or backpack, along with anything else I might be schlepping. I don’t get why everyone doesn’t have messenger bags or backpacks. And I don’t mean that judgmentally, I just literally don’t get it. How the fuck do you people carry things around? I absolutely agree. I always have a backpack with me with a couple of magazines and/or a book in it (a godsend if I’m forced to wait for something for any length of time) and a hard plastic glasses case. Anyway, that’s where I carry my stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/10 "2016-08-19T01:19:35Z")
Belt pouch, originally a mini-camera pouch. Protective, yet convenient. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/11 "2016-08-19T01:25:40Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I need reading glasses. > I bought a pair on ebay that fold up and fit into a metal tube, and I carry that around in my front pocket, along with my iPhone. I came in to recommend these. They’re awesome and in the tube damned near indestructible. You can see some [here.](http://www.aliexpress.com/item-img/Portable-Reading-Glasses-in-Plastic-Aluminum-Pen-Tube-Case-Gray-Clear-Lens-Folding-Metal-Frame-Glasses/32377258849.html) I got mine at Bed Bath & Beyond. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/12 "2016-08-19T01:28:06Z")
I wear regular glasses, and also have RX sunglasses. All my work shirts have a pocket, and I keep the non-active pair there when going between the car and the office. At the office, the sunglasses live on my desk. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/13 "2016-08-19T01:48:12Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > On my face. > > Spare pair in messenger bag or backpack, along with anything else I might be schlepping. I don’t get why everyone doesn’t have messenger bags or backpacks. And I don’t mean that judgmentally, I just literally don’t get it. How the fuck do you people carry things around? In your pockets and if those are not enough in your hands. Why are you carrying all this junk around such that you need a messenger bag or backpack? Are you still in college carrying a bunch of textbooks around? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/14 "2016-08-19T01:56:43Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > In your pockets and if those are not enough in your hands. > > Why are you carrying all this junk around such that you need a messenger bag or backpack? Are you still in college carrying a bunch of textbooks around? Water bottle (always). Spare glasses, as mentioned. A pair of socks. Reading material. Maybe a laptop computer. Maybe a sweater. I often need to put my iPod and headphones away, so I’ll stuff that in my bag. My lunch, or a snack, like chocolate, or an apple. Other random stuff. Then I’ll pop into a store and buy something that needs carrying around. Also, my phone. Let’s see, what else is in there? Some pens. And a Rubik’s Cube, but I guess that one is optional. No way does that fit in my pockets and hands. Again, though, I don’t want to start an argument about this. If your stuff fits in yours, that’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/15 "2016-08-19T02:02:00Z")
I’m not sure. Now that I wear multifocals I have them on my nose all the time. I’m blind without them. When I first needed only reading glasses I wore those half glasses you can look over because I hated having to take them off to talk to people if I was at the computer. Because they were small I carried them in a soft drawstring bag in my shirt pocket - no mobile phone then. May still be my choice if I wore only reading glasses now. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/16 "2016-08-19T02:03:17Z")
I hand them to my wife and she puts them in her purse. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/17 "2016-08-19T02:13:10Z")
Lasik, problem solved. For me at least. For now. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/18 "2016-08-19T02:44:50Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > For a more professional look, a briefcase can basically serve the same purpose as a woman’s purse. I’m 55 now and have never carried a briefcase. Backpack, for me, a simple day pack. But if and when I become an EVP, maybe that will change. Big if, there. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/19 "2016-08-19T02:56:49Z")
Many options. Usually one of these is available: 1. I usually wear a vest with many pockets. That holds pretty much everything 2. If I am forced to wear a suit, it goes in one of the suit jacket pockets 3. Jeans or trouser pocket 4. Canvas shoulder courier/book bag that serves as my briefcase 5. Computer bag 6. Backpack ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239/20 "2016-08-19T03:35:30Z")
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