# Which pocket do you put your wallet in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/345300 "2006-02-20T06:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/345300/41 "2006-02-21T07:52:13Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Same here. I have been surprised at the number of “front right” guys, here. You hold your wallet in your right hand and fish for cards or cash with your left? Does that mean the board is overrun with sinister individuals? Huh, I never thought about that. I tried it a couple times tonight; if it’s in my left front pocket I take it out with the left hand and fish with my right; if it’s in my right front pocket (or the jacket pocket) I can do it one-handed, because I keep all my bills in rigid order and can find exactly what I need very easily. Credit cards take a little work, but I don’t use them nearly often enough for them to put a kink in my routine. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/345300/42 "2006-02-21T08:01:31Z")
I don’t. I keep it in my laptop bag. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/345300/43 "2006-02-21T21:28:09Z")
I’m a man who doesn’t like a bunch of junk in my pockets so I carry a purse. I have done so since I was 16 and occasionally someone has a smart comment but I am a fairly large dude so it’s usually not a problem .I do however keep my wallet in said purse. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/345300/44 "2006-02-21T22:15:09Z")
Wallet: right rear pocket Keys: right front pocket Loose change, reciepts, etc: left front pocket [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pocket-do-you-put-your-wallet-in/345300.md?page=2)