AIBU to ask why women with teeny handbags...

[warmandwooly]

Attach those big cuddly toy key rings to their bags? I mean I love bag charm/keyrings but I just don't understand why people have those small handbags that you can barely get your phone and purse in and hang one of those keyrings on? I could possibly understand if a small child was with them to help amuse the child etc but otherwise I am clueless.

I don't understand why women have teeny handbags full stop or handbags that you actually have to carry in your hand rather than sling over your shoulder.

How on earth do they fit;
purse
keys
makeup
tissues (clean)
tissues (used)
old shopping lists
bits of paper
ripped out pages of magazines - competition entry forms for comps long closed
small bits of unidentifiable plastic
a cotton bud
paracetamol
letters that you have to deal with Urgently
circulars from school telling you to bring in some tins for the harvest festival (2010)
last year's diary
this year's diary
next year's diary
14 pens, none of which appear to work
dust bunnies
a chocolate coin, clearly melted and solidified at least 5 times
and a small can of WD40

into a tiny little handbag?

I have small handbags for when I go out then all I need is my keys, money, phone and lipstick.

I'd never use one for everyday though so maybe that will give you an answer Hecate.

I don't put any charms on them though so can't answer your question OP.

oh no, teeny handbags on a night out I can understand. I'm talking women whose handbag is teeny iyswim

My handbag is pretty small. They always are. Just enough room to fit my phone, wallet, keys, and a book at a squeeze. Actually, I just got a new one and it has enough room to also fit travel makeup (hand lotion, mascara and lippy) and a brush.

But I don't have a cuddly toy key ring. Although if truth be told, it's only because I didn't know of this goodness.

I get you Hecate and, no, I don't understand how anyone can use one on a day to day basis either Maybe to stop all the junk, eg tissues, ending up in the bag /shrugs/

Hecate I have a tiny handbag so I don't put all of those things in it and end up spending 30 minutes trying to find my keys which always seem to escape to the bottom of my bag!

I don't have a handbag

So no help here either.

Sorry

Turing I love your moniker. And you raise the crucial issue of our age: why handbags? Rather: come up with a reason that a man will understand. And not the sort of man who carries a manbag [shudder].

Handbags have to be large. Especially for me. I have some mild OCD tendencies so I need to carry rather a lot!

I carry on a daily basis:
Mobile
Several pairs of headphones, some broken.
A notepad.
A multitude of pens and pencils
Small pair of scissors (I hate stray threads!!)
Dummies.
Gummy sweets.
A bottle of water.
Make-up.
Spare toothbrush and toothpaste.
Antibacterial handgel.
Period pads and tampons.
Tissues (clean and used).
Keys.
Purse.
Crumbs of food that I don't remember having.
A layer of detritus at the bottom comprising of paper shreds, hairties, bobby pins, nail files, false Christmas Tree needles and labels from DVDs and Primark Clothes.
Cotton buds.
Cotton balls.
A coaster.
Plastic alphabet blocks.
A singing teddy bear.
Earrings that have long since lost their partner.
And a small pair of folding shoes.

I am prepared for every eventuality .

What I don't like is when my DP whinges like a little bitch whenever we go out because I always lug my handbag around but then whines like a little bitch when I tell him that no, I will not carry his phone, car keys and wallet around in my handbag because if he is unable to appreciate my chock a block tardis of a handbag then he shouldn't benefit from my tardis of a handbag.

I don't do bags, unless taking a nappied/ training child out.

I will not buy trousers/ coats without capacious pockets.

In my coat pockets today: Phone, keys, fags, lighter, capo, thumb pick, shopping list, receipts, hankies, selection of little people and some money.

Who needs a bag?

Kipling bags come with the cuddly toy keyring already clipped on (discovered this buying one for dd1's birthday, not because I know anything about fashion or small handbags, needing a giant haversack myself).

Currently in handbag:

Make up bag
Brush
Tampon holder
Ipod
Headphones
Tissues (new and used)
Undelivered Christmas cards
Keys
Print out of Jamie Oliver Empire Chicken recipe
Eight Hour Cream (tube thereof)
Bottle of Balenciaga perfume
Magazine
Book
Gloves
Emery board
Dog treats
Satsuma
Rescue Remedy pastilles
Note book
Many pens none of which work

Travelling light!

Why shouldn´t they?

If they can manage with a small bag, why should they be denied attaching a big keyring to it?

I like the little Kipling monkeys. Its the cartoon character largisg cuddly toy keyring thing hanging off small handbags meant for a night out that I mean. Bagwise I have loads of different sizes for most occasions!