To take my handbag to bed?

[hellcarryingahandbag]

Hi all,
I have always put everything I will need or want in my handbag, and taken it to bed, or the room I’m going to sit in. I am not in good health, so I like to have everything with me. The thing is that I put things in my bag that I want to put in a different room, or that I want to have handy, I don’t go out with the cordless landline in my handbag or anything . My grandmother has always done the same thing, and my mother thinks it’s lunacy. I am never without my handbag, as I feel better knowing everything I need is easily accessible. Are my grandmother and I right or is my mother?

Are you the Queen?

This is such a good idea! My hand bag has my medication in and lots of other bits that would be useful to have to hand

@notagainnnn no, but I have been compared to Mrs Thatcher in my time

Yeah, I do the same.

up to you really but tbh i'd rather take dh to bed

@PeachCupcake thanks, why don’t you try it? I’m in bed just now, with my handbag on the floor at the bedside.

I’m similar. I can’t relax without my handbag next to the bed. I do have bad anxiety and OCD however .......

I don't take anything to bed with me, so o don't need a bag.

@littlepaddypaws a handbag doesn’t steal the duvet though

My Mum does the exact same thing and always has. I always thought it was a little quirk of hers - she will be made up to know others do it too!

I dont have a handbag.
I fill my entire car with crap though.
I could live off the contents of my car for weeks.

My handbag goes everywhere with me. YANBU.

@dandas aww it’s the most convenient thing on earth! I don’t know what I would do without my bag!

I would find it a pain but hey, it works well for you so definitely reasonable!

My mother does this, she's super lazy and wants to be able to sit or lie on her arse for hours and hours every day without getting up. She keeps it right next to her because even reaching forward to the coffee table is too much effort.

I'm rarely off my feet long enough to need a supply of things by my side, unless I'm asleep.

I can understand if your
health makes things different for you. But if your health condition is one that would benefit from increased mobility and activity, maybe it would be better for you to move around and fetch things more
often?

@Serin how do you cope??? Buy a bag, it’ll change your life

I always take my handbag upstairs with me when I go to bed. I like to know where it is, and I think it's recommended for security reasons too - If you have keys, cash, bank cards etc in it.

My handbag (I think what you're calling a handbag is what we'd call a purse in the US) lives in the car. What is in there that you might need overnight?

I do the same OP. I do the same. BUT I don't ever use traditional handbags...I don't like them. I use more of a sort of hippy shopping bag :D I think this makes the habit seem even more ridiculous!

I always have it under my desk (work from home) and if I go out to the garden to chill for a while, I pack it again and take it with me.

I don't take it to bed though. What would I need in bed?

You could just have pretty baskets in each room with all the stuff you’ll need.

I leave my handbag by the front door next to my car keys because if someone breaks in- I want them in and out as quick as possible- not coming upstairs and being in my children’s rooms looking for my bag and keys.

As I have medication which I take regularly my bag is rarely from my side. It has alsorts in it . Resides no one else can go in it when it beside me .
It comes to bed with me and I take it downstairs when I get up.
I thought most people did this.

Steff13... What of your car gets broken into?!

*if

I have just bought a removable handbag insert, so I can change handbags from casual to work. I bought a brightly coloured one so I can keep phone, diary etc. in one place.

Oh yes! Me too! In fact it's the only bit of decent advice my mother ever gave me : take your handbag up to bed.

It has all my valuables in, so definitely makes sense.

I'm with you OP