Color me stupid, but what the hell is the difference between a “wallet” and a “billfold”? So far in this thread we have these two statements:
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Additionally, my dictionary defines both terms, “flat, folding case, usually of leather, for carrying paper money, cards, etc. in the pocket”
So, what’s the poop?
Depends on my mood, where I’m going, what I’ll be doing, etc…
My usual though is a shoulder bag (I also prefer to say bag over purse) that looks small on the outside, but fits everything I own on the inside… including a coatrack.
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Well Unclebeer, I made a mistake. I always thought a billfold was one of those little clip things. But, I guess that would be a money clip.
It seems to me that many men are doing away with the wallet, and using that little clip instead, to hold a wad of cash, and maybe a credit card, and driver’s lisence.
I knew a guy once, who carried a small, homemade purse. It did look wierd.
Mine is about the size of a large paperback on a strap. It contains wallet, keys, smokes, lighter, sunglasses, makeup, hairbrush, palm pilot, leatherman tool, mints, pens, kleenex, and an assortment of allergy/sinus pills. Yes, it is bursting at the seams.
I carry a diaper bag or a little purse.
Back before kid and marriage, I carried this teeny thing that only held a tube of lipstick, some money and cards, and a pack of smokes. If I was using a full size lighter, I had to keep it in my pocket, it was that small. It had a longer strap so I could wear it crosswise. Over one shoulder, between the breasts (prompting one man I met to exclaim, "Oh, to be a purse strap!) and resting on my opposite hip.
I still wear the diaper bag that way, but it apparently doesn’t have the same impact on the men.
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I carry a small wallet, BUT i often wear one of those vests w/ a jillion pockets.
My Fiance has a interesting system. She loves to buy new purses. She starts out with a smallish one, then it gets bigger & bigger as more stuff goes in, when it gets overnite bag sized, and is too big to carry all the time, she gets an itty-bitty purse, that she keeps inside, and takes out usually. After a while, she abandons the giant bag, and moves up to a slightly bigger purse (compared to the itty-bitty one). It’s a never ending cycle.
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UncleBeer asked:
i guess people do use the terms interchangeably, though i always though of a billfold as more minimal, just carrying the essentials, as i described above – cash and maybe a couple of cards. a wallet’s capacity is seemingly limitless (cf. george costanza) and can hold anything from cash and cards to receipts, business cards, notepads, stamps, cassette tapes, snacks…
oh yeah, i forgot- i also have a third thing, a leather business-card holder that i got for graduation, that i also carry sometimes.
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The big purse gods have wrought their vengance upon me. I was a “the tinier the better” type until I had a baby. I can hear them laughing maniacally every time I lug this gigantor daiper bag around.
The bag I have is the best, though(awesome hubby bought me a real Kate Spade daiper bag when I had baby #2.)
I still carry my hello kitty wallet just to preserve my dignity 
Medium sized Mom purse, containing a moderately sized pharmacy, feminine hygiene products, enough receipts to start a camp fire, stamps, grooming aids, and what ever junk the kids said “Here Mom, hold this”, and gave me.
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