In my [del]purse[/del] satchel.
I’m a setter, not a pointer, so “other” (in my purse).
Of course, for some reason, I never put bills in the bill section of the wallet. Those go in one of the following places:
- If it’s fresh from the ATM, for some reason I tend to stick them in the opened wallet and close that around them so the bills are sticking out the top / bottom of the wallet.
- If it’s in change, they wind up folded up in my jeans pocket - usually the left pocket for some reason.
- Or sometimes I fold them in half and put them in the large interior zipper pocket of the purse.
Coins similarly go in my pocket mostly, or in the zipper pocket of the purse. Then I dump them in a basket on the dresser - I rarely spend the coins. Every few months I take the coins to the bank.
Might be an interesting follow-on poll for purse / satchel carriers.
We’re DC metro area and while I don’t currently commute, I used to - and knew from day 1 to always wear the purse cross-body, hanging in front of me. A friend came to visit and I suggested she do the same. When she questioned it (with her purse slung over one shoulder) I went behind her, walked around her side, and hooked her purse strap off her shoulder with one hand without breaking pace. If I were a thief and running, I’d have been gone in a split second.
She wore it crossbody after that.
Anyway - I’d argue that a crossbody purse, worn with the bag in front and securely fastened, is nearly as secure as a wallet in a zipped front pocket. Only “nearly” because an agile thief could probably cut the strap and get away quickly.
This thread has reminded me it would be better to fasten the closure on the purse pocket where my wallet lives.
Like Mama Zappa, I often skip my wallet and just toss bills loose into the main cargo area; it doesn’t stay there long anyway. I really carry very little or no cash most of the time, and it’s my plastic that must always be securely ensconced in my wallet. Also, the cross-body carry is so obviously the only secure way to walk with a purse, it’s astonishing that anyone in an urban area wouldn’t have made that habitual already.
I’m a right-handed woman and I keep my wallet in my right rear pocket (open). Though it’s not truly a wallet, more just a card holder with an ID window (like this). I don’t carry a purse unless I need to, and for as long as I can remember I’ve just used a small leather holder like this for my ID and a few cards. Phone goes in the left front pocket, keys are in the right front pocket, and wallet is in the right rear pocket. I rarely have bills on me, but when I do they get folded in half and slipped inside. Likewise I hardly ever get change, but whenever that happens I put it in my front right pocket with my keys.
That’s just when I’m out, though. During the week I carry a tote bag to work, and most weekdays I keep my keys and wallet in the bag; when I’m home, my keys and wallet are on my desk. My phone is pretty much always on me. 
I don’t keep enough stuff in my wallet to make it uncomfortable when I’m sitting. Most of the time I don’t even notice it. I recently bought some new jeans, though, that have an inner “wallet” pocket that’s deeper than the regular pocket, and it’s uncomfortable if I accidentally put my wallet there. The inner pocket actually annoys me a little, but I love the jeans otherwise.
(Now that I think of it, I’m super surprised that anyone put a back “wallet” pocket on a pair of women’s jeans!!)
I don’t think that’s a valid conclusion to draw just because no one has picked “No cash, cards, and wallet, so…” That option is not the same as “I never carry cash.”
I carried mine in my right back pocket for years until I realized that sitting crooked all the time wasn’t good for my back, especially in the car. Then I switched to a compact hard plastic type wallet that I could carry in my front left pocket. This also forced me to pare down the number of cards and junk that I carry, which was a good thing.
When I get to work, I throw it on my desk along with my keys – and when I get home, I do the same thing, so I really only carry it when I’m in transit or out any about (leaving for lunch, out with the family, etc.)
I can’t fathom leaving it in my car for any amount of time, especially overnight. I don’t need a car break-in to go from insurance hassle to the even worse hassle of getting a new driver’s license, new credit cards, etc. It makes me a little nervous just reading about other people doing it. 
Purse, like all right minded Americans.
Back when I carried a wallet, I tended to keep it in my right front pocket. My back pocket made it uncomfortable to sit, even though my wallet was rather thin. Plus I’d read that it’s harder to pickpocket a wallet out of the front pockets, and I was living in a bigger city.
When I was younger, I even carried it on a lanyard, for the same reason. I still occasionally did that when I didn’t have pockets. It was easy–my wallet had a keyring on it, where I kept my keys. One less thing to lose, and, since I never kept it in my back pocket, I didn’t need to worry about it being uncomfortable to sit on.
You wear mom jeans.
Poll takeaways at the end of this month: 66.52% have their wallets in an unsecured location, 18.50% have it in their purse or something, 5.29% have their wallets in a buttoned place for protection, 3.08% have it in their coat instead of their pants, 2 guys (0.88%) don’t give a damn where their wallet is, 5 guys (2.20%) don’t give a damn where it is as long as it’s secured somewhere on their body and not on their butt, nobody has a virtual wallet, has pants that are zippered (aside from me), and has a coin holder or just coins. 4 guys (1.76%) don’t need a wallet and 3 guys (1.32%) have a money clip.
I switched from a back pocket (tri-fold) wallet to a front pocket wallet several years ago. I don’t know why someone didn’t think of this decades ago…
What’s the difference? I’d never heard of a “front pocket wallet”.
This reminds me of a time, nearly 30 years ago, where I cured a co-worker. He was grumbling about having some back / leg pain. I glanced over at him (he sat right next to my desk) and told him to take his wallet out of his back pocket. It so happened I’d read an article about “credit card sciatica” a year or so earlier, about pain caused by men carrying a thick wallet and sitting on it for long periods of time. He started carrying it elsewhere (or maybe just pulling it out when he was sitting at his desk) and the pain went away. Come to think of it, he still owes me 30 bucks for saving him the cost of an office visit.
Another follow-on poll, for cross-body purse wearers? How they hangin’?
(as in, which shoulder does it cross?)
Mine goes over the left shoulder so it hangs to the right - well, mostly in front but a bit to the right of center. I’ve tried wearing it the other way when it was especially heavy and bugging me on a long walk but it just feels so WEIRD.
Like I’d tell you. Nice try, ultimate11!
It’s just a thin wallet with room for about six credit cards, driver’s license and a few other essentials. It has a money clip on one side for cash and it fits in the front pocket of my pants/jeans/shorts.
Sorry, but that is completely unworkable. Front pockets are for:
Right - change, pocket knife, cell phone
Left - keys, receipts
As you can see, there is no room for a wallet. That goes in the back right pocket, the comb goes in the back left.
As for sitting on my wallet, it’s never been an issue for me. I’m here in my desk chair at work feeling my butt and the wallet is on the upper outside quadrant of my right cheek. I’m sitting straight and no part of my wallet is bearing any weight.
It’s in the last place I left it, of course.
And it’s not a wallet, it’s one of these:
It holds keys, cards, cash. It’s all I need!
I’ve got something similar that I use to keep less-frequently-accessed cards. It lives attached to the built-in key hook in my purse - VERY easy to find and can’t get lost. When I’m going on a trip where I don’t need the convenience of the full-sized wallet and really just need the bare essentials (driver’s licence, health insurance, ATM card, 1 credit card) it goes with me and attaches to my belt loop or to whatever bag I’m carrying.
I have too much stuff I like to have on a daily basis for that to be my regular wallet though.
I keep all of the essentials (metro card, credit card, gift cards, quarters for toll roads, cash etc.) in a zip up wallet in my coat pocket or backpack (if i’m cycling)