To wonder where you keep your stuff?

I have very limited choice of trousers due to extreme water retention that makes my left leg/foot twice the size of my right one. The one pair I have that are comfortable without constantly falling down don't have any pockets.

I keep my phone and my bank card tucked into my bra and don't really carry anything else. It's worked fine for years. Keys are clipped to a belt loop.

Most of the crap people carry around with them isn't needed bar medications maybe. I used to lug around a backpack full of stuff as I hated tradition handbags but I forgot it on a day trip once and realised I didn't actually want anything from it all day and just stopped nothing with what wouldn't fit in a pocket after that. And then lost my pockets.

DD is 21, ID & debit card (in case of Apple Pay/phone fail) is in the back of her phone case, and key is in her jeans pocket and that’s it most days! The only bag she’ll ever take if she’s out all day or staying over at a friends house is a canvas tote. Even when she goes on short holidays she can get everything into a normal size backpack that fits under the plane seat - no idea how she does it, drives me mad!

Books are on my phone.
Jacket with a hood if it might rain.

I only carry keys and my phone, both of which fit in my pocket. I don't need anything else.

Tbh I think carrying a hand bag is a bit of an older person thing. My mum in her 60s lugs a huge bag with tissues, lipstick, umbrella, water bottle etc etc. it’s so heavy! And it’s clearly hurting her one shoulder which she denies.

i leave the house with just my phone sometimes, usually in a coat pocket. My phone is my money. Also have books on my phone.

my door key is in a key box at our house.

I think the young girl probably stores her phone in her bra, I’ve seen lots of people do that if they don’t have pockets.

-anyway big hand bags are aging IMO

I rarely ever carried a bag until I had a baby at 34, just money, lippy and a key in a pocket. Ah, those lovely carefree days!

Same. I've got the Kindle app on my phone but I much prefer an actual book😁

Maybe she just nipped out and so didnt need anything other than her phone. Or maybe she's just hanging about. Travel ticket, money can be on her phone.

I certainly didnt take anything with me if I was just 'playing out' as a teenager. I'd just go back home if I needed anything.

However, nowadays is another story... I even have emergency paracetamol and antihistamines in my bag😂

Back when I was young, I loaded up my denim jacket pockets with my stuff. I didn't have a handbag til my 20s. No mobile phones in those ancient times though!

I have the Kindle app on my phone for this reason.

I can't comprehend anyone who leaves the house without a book (I mean, what if you get stuck somewhere with nothing to do?) and an umbrella.

I often just take my phone and door key but never without pockets to put them in - or a small bag. But young people are used to constantly holding a phone. My 20 yo can't bring things down from her bedroom that need two hands to carry......! Plus boyfriends are useful for carrying things.

I doubt there are many 17 year olds who wear scrunched up bum leggings on here to answer you OP!

I probably didn't carry a handbag as a teen though. We didn’t have phones though. Or any money usually for that matter.

No idea. I take out at minimum: keys, phone, small wallet (needed less since apple pay, sometimes don’t bother then find I need my national trust card), make up touch up, emergency sanitary stuff, antihistamines after having a random reaction once, tissues, sunglasses, beanie
or sun hat, inhalers, a pen. If I don’t take a bottle of water I get a tickly cough within ten minutes of leaving. Emergency biscuit for low blood sugar.

The only stuff I tend to have is my house key and phone, so if I can’t put it in a pocket I just carry it or put the phone up the sleeve of my jumper or hoodie, I don’t own any handbags if I have heaps of stuff (rare) I’d just use a backpack.