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How can you stand keeping your wallet in your back pocket?

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Originally posted by: Anubis
it only bothers me when in sitting for a long time or driving, at work i normally take it out and put it in my desk, when im driving i also take it out and put it in the console
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I handle it the same way.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Back pocket. Your fathers were able to deal with it because their generation wasn't made up of metrosexual pussies.
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:thumbsup:

I have no idea how long I've had my current black leather wallet.. ermm maybe 10 years? I dread the day I lose it or it finally wears out, because they take 18 months just to break in.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Back pocket. Your fathers were able to deal with it because their generation wasn't made up of metrosexual pussies.
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That makes no sense. Metrosexuals put their wallets in the back pocket because it looks better....
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: TallBill
Back pocket. Your fathers were able to deal with it because their generation wasn't made up of metrosexual pussies.
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I agree - it's very manly to intentionally suffer needless aggravations.
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Men in times past had to endure all kinds of pointless, painful rites of passage to "become a man." Now, we......oh god, it's, it's just too terrible to mention. Now, we.......sit......on wallets. 🙁🙁


I also keep my wallet in my front pocket. I hate having anything at all in my back pockets.


 
How do you stand it in your front pocket? I use to keep it in my front left, but it was so bulky and weighed down my pants enough to annoy me every second. I ended up losing a wallet once cause I had to take it out during a test and forgot to pick it back up. After that, I switched to back pocket, and haven't lost one since. It's also less annoying cause who minds something touching their ass 24/7😉.
 
Originally posted by: MisterJackson
My wallet is a rubberband. I got tired of back pain from a wallet of stuff that I rarely needed anyway so I just carry my ID, insurance card, credit card and cash wrapped in a rubberband.

Although yesterday one of my customers had a wallet I'd like to get but I can't find it. It's really thin and folds over three ways. The cool part is it has this criss crossing elastic band inside and you open the wallet, throw whatever in it (money, reciepts, cards, etc.), close it, and then it automatically inserts the stuff in the elastic bands for the next time you open it.
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hey rubberbandman, i'd like to buy you one of these 😀
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Back pocket. Your fathers were able to deal with it because their generation wasn't made up of metrosexual pussies.
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not really Bill. it's a proven fact that a wallet in the back pocket can incite back problems.

The Claim: Keeping a Wallet in Your Back Pocket Can Cause Sciatica

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Published: January 17, 2006

THE FACTS A wallet stuffed with business cards or scraps of paper might seem like more of an eyesore than a health hazard.

But one old bromide holds that a thick wallet - or even one that's not so thick - can harm the lower back for those sit on it for too long. And while experts says the fears are probably exaggerated, the wallet can definitely carry some hazards.

Although it was popularized by an episode of the "Seinfeld" series in the 1990's, the phenomenon was first described in a brief article in The New England Journal of Medicine in 1966, when credit cards were beginning to proliferate.

The report, about a lawyer who suffered aches and pains in the left leg, not far from a wallet growing thick with charge cards, referred to the condition as "credit-carditis."

Although that term never quite caught on, doctors say the condition has become increasingly common. Its onset is gradual, caused by an object that presses on the piriformis muscle in the buttocks, which is connected to the sciatic nerve, which runs down the leg.

Over time, a person can develop radiating pain in the back and hip area.

"Just the other day, I had to tell one patient with back pain to remove at least 20 years of stored data from his wallet," said Dr. Gerard P. Varlotta of the New York University School of Medicine.

Wallets are not the only culprits. Numerous case reports have linked the condition to various back-pocket objects like large handkerchiefs and golf balls.

THE BOTTOM LINE Keeping a thick wallet or object in the back pocket can gradually cause sciatica.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01...86bb15f9b94dcb&ei=5070
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
not really Bill. it's a proven fact that a wallet in the back pocket can incite back problems.
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Boo fucking hoo. We're a society of wimps.
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it's got nothing to do with being a wimp. back problems suck. i'd try to avoid anything that is going to fuck up my back. (of course i don't put a wallet in my back pocket so this issue doesn't affect me)


 
Originally posted by: TallBill
not really Bill. it's a proven fact that a wallet in the back pocket can incite back problems.
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Boo fucking hoo. We're a society of wimps.
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I fail to see the connection between having your wallet in your back pocket and not being a wimp.
 
After sitting on it for about a month my ass just kinda lost any sense that there was something I was sitting on. The down side is that if I were to get pick pocketed I may not notice 🙁
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
not really Bill. it's a proven fact that a wallet in the back pocket can incite back problems.
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Boo fucking hoo. We're a society of wimps.
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bitter because you have been proven it's not about being wimpy.
Hey tallbill didn't leap into the cactus patch. What a pussy.
 
Originally posted by: legoman666
How can you stand having it in your front pocket? I hate having anything in my front pockets short of a pen.
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Yeah, but the back pocket is SO much worse. I'm actually looking forward to the day that cops and the corner 7-11 can get your ID, credit card numbers, and any other information they want with a retinal scan. I have to carry a phone, my keys, and my wallet around everywhere, and I hate it.
 
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: TallBill
Back pocket. Your fathers were able to deal with it because their generation wasn't made up of metrosexual pussies.
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That makes no sense. Metrosexuals put their wallets in the back pocket because it looks better....
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Metrosexuals keep it in their man purse.
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: MisterJackson
My wallet is a rubberband. I got tired of back pain from a wallet of stuff that I rarely needed anyway so I just carry my ID, insurance card, credit card and cash wrapped in a rubberband.

Although yesterday one of my customers had a wallet I'd like to get but I can't find it. It's really thin and folds over three ways. The cool part is it has this criss crossing elastic band inside and you open the wallet, throw whatever in it (money, reciepts, cards, etc.), close it, and then it automatically inserts the stuff in the elastic bands for the next time you open it.
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hey rubberbandman, i'd like to buy you one of these 😀
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A $100 bill 😀...thanks
 
Originally posted by: BladeVenom
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: TallBill
Back pocket. Your fathers were able to deal with it because their generation wasn't made up of metrosexual pussies.
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That makes no sense. Metrosexuals put their wallets in the back pocket because it looks better....
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Metrosexuals keep it in their man purse.
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Hey hey, I do not keep my wallet in my man purse! It's way too easy to have it 'lifted' when I have my purse hanging off my ass or when I put it down. That and I can never find anything in there, so back pocket is still better.
 
I don't. It stays in my left front pocket, along with my cell phone. My keys go in my right front pocket.

It's also manly to drink scotch and beat your wife and kids, but that doesn't make it right.

I don't see what is manly about keeping your wallet in your back pocket. There isn't anything manly about it. It's a completely gender-neutral choice. Whoever claims that it's manly or unmanly is clearly just a dipshit.

Real men grow handlebar mustaches.
 
Originally posted by: Scouzer
I've always had my wallet in my front right pocket. Lately though, I am running out of pocket space so I decided to try putting it in my back pocket.

Ugh! Do you take it out every time you sit down?! How do you not forget it places?
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My pocket is sewn shut on the bottom so when I stand, the wallet stays in my pocket.
 
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