Manbag

For some time my wife has been keen for me to make use of a manbag in my day to day life.  Now, being a gentleman from the North East of England, the prospect of being seen with such an accessory in the windswept, if friendly metropolis that is the Newcastle conurbation, does not really bear thinking about.  However we are now talking about Belgium and London.

A manbag for those that are not acquainted, is a handbag designed to carry a laptop/ipad/convenient office stuff.  It is like it has evolved from the briefcase and is carried by lots of people these days.  My wife want me to use one so that I don't have anything in my pockets making unattractive lumps and bumps where there should be nice smooth lines.

As any woman will know, if you have a bag of any description you will generally fill it full of all sorts of useless and, in rare cases, useful stuff.  So likewise my manbag started to acquire its own assortment including: kindle, paracetamol, a book, iPad, pens, business cards, headphones, keys, wallet, hat, scarf, gloves, umbrella, security pass and tissues.

The advantage of having a manbag is that you can carry more stuff than you can in your pockets, the huge and I mean huge disadvantage is that you sometimes do not know what is in or out of the bag and thus I have left things behind on a number of occasions. Not only that but I have done a complete cavity search as well as had sniffer dogs trying to locate my wallet due to the fact that it has been placed in the bag and cannot be readily grabbed.  Now compare that with the age old tried and tested location for the wallet which is the back pocket of the trousers!  When I didn't have a manbag I knew where everything was and that I had it all, now, not so sure if I am honest.