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DEAR ABBY: Why is it that when women visit, they’ll take their handbag and put it on the kitchen counter, the kitchen table or on the dining room table? Their handbags have been on as many floors as my shoes. Don’t they think about what they’re doing?

Please let your readers know this is not a good idea. If someone needs to put a handbag down, it should be placed on the floor, where it most likely was previously. — GROSSED OUT IN THE EAST

DEAR GROSSED OUT: I think the answer to your question is that the majority of women who carry purses DON’T think about this and just absentmindedly place them on the floor, a table, counter or chair.

However, for individuals who are concerned about the transfer of germs, there is a solution. There are portable hooks they can carry with them that rest on a table or desk so the purse can be suspended if it has a handle. I have seen them advertised on the internet, and they are inexpensive.



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They are putting it on the counter or table b/c they don't want to put it on the floor, which means your assumption that they have invalid.

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And Abby's idea about the purse hooks are great - but doesn't create a solution for this letter writer unless he buys one for every woman he knows and forces her to use it.

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Exactly. Besides... what is more important, the little things or your friendship. Me? I never did mind about the little things. If you must, keep the Clorox wipes handy and swipe the counter off once they leave and take their purse with them.

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Have spray bleach ready. Spray each guest down as they walk in.

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LOL!!!

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Install a pressure lock entryway!

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Put these goggles on! I am turning on the bleach!

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Have all the guests don a hazmat suit! Wtap the purse in a biohazard bag!

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With this attitude he should be grateful he has any women visitors at all.

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He could be the boy in the bubble.

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My purse is never on floor, unless it fell off my kitchen counter where I keep it.

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The only time I can think of putting my purse on the floor is on an airplane. At home It's on a dining room chair. At work it is on my credenza. At lunch it is on the bench or chair next to me.

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I walk around the streets dragging it like a disobeying dog.

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TrudyML wrote:

I walk around the streets dragging it like a disobeying dog.

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!! 



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I invite all of you to come to my house and put your purses on my kitchen counter but keep your filthy naked feet off my Ottoman

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Goodness. I've never given a thought to where I put my purse or where anyone else puts theirs.

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Man, I wish that's all I had to worry about :)

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I invite all of you to come to my house and put your purses on my kitchen counter but keep your filthy naked feet off my Ottoman

I'm staying home where I can put my filthy naked feet on my own ottoman! 



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I try to keep my purse off floors unless I have to, and if there is carpeting. When people come over, they put their purse wherever they want. I don't care unless it's in my way.

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Lexxy wrote:
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I invite all of you to come to my house and put your purses on my kitchen counter but keep your filthy naked feet off my Ottoman

I'm staying home where I can put my filthy naked feet on my own ottoman! 

 Noooooooo!



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I am going to stick my finger in your frosted cake, lick my finger then go grab some chips and salsa!

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I am gonna walk across your carpet with muddy shoes. Then i am gonna root around in your medicine cabinet and move things around. I am gonna put my coffee cup on your end table without a coaster. Then i will clog your toilet and not tell you.

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OMGosh! Trudy!
I laughed so hard.

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Who carries purses anymore?



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lilyofcourse wrote:

Who carries purses anymore?

Every female I know.  Except my 16 yo niece.  I don't think I've seen her carry one. 



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I have nice purses. I just don't carry them anymore.

I keep one in the car with my wallet and things I might need.

I think I probably should sell my purses.

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Busting a gut here.

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I've got a nice Claiborne that would make a beautiful, leather, salsa bowl.


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Busting a gut here.

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Scooby wrote:

Man, I wish that's all I had to worry about :)

 Well, you know - I also have to worry about a kid touching my tupperware. 



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lilyofcourse wrote:

Who carries purses anymore?

 Um...who doesn't? Lol 



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Lexxy wrote:
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Who carries purses anymore?

Every female I know.  Except my 16 yo niece.  I don't think I've seen her carry one. 

 Yeah - I don't really know anyone that doesn't carry a purse.  Some of them might be tiny, but they still carry them.



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I remember my first purse in high school, I was so excited but didn't have anything to put in it so I filled it with hot wheels.

Yeah, I was a weird kid.

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Lol, you guys are cracking me up!

As to the purse hook, I had a few of them, they never seemed to work. The counters/tables I tried to hang them on were always to wide to fit.

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My first bag was Espirit.  Remember that brand?



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TrudyML wrote:

My first bag was Espirit.  Remember that brand?

 Yes!  Esprit!  That brand actually still exists, but your age is showing a little.



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Well now ya'll know someone who doesn't carry one.

I put the things I have to have in my pocket.

Keys, phone, debit card.

That's it.

Don't get me wrong, I like purses and bags.


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Well now ya'll know someone who doesn't carry one.

I put the things I have to have in my pocket.

Keys, phone, debit card.

That's it.

Don't get me wrong, I like purses and bags.

 No, we don't.  You said you keep one in car with your stuff in it.  Just because you are not carting it into the store doesn't mean you aren't using one. 



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I have several purses. I swap them out to match my outfits. Even when DH & I have datenight at the club where cash is not accepted, I take a clutch. I just think it completes the outfit.

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I have several purses. I swap them out to match my outfits. Even when DH & I have datenight at the club where cash is not accepted, I take a clutch. I just think it completes the outfit.

 I wish I could do this but I am just too lazy! 



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It forces me to clean them out, too, and not collect crap.

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It forces me to clean them out, too, and not collect crap.

 I was thinking all your purses are probably pretty clean. Maybe I'll give it another try, my purse looks like a tornado ran through it



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Lawyerlady wrote:
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Well now ya'll know someone who doesn't carry one.

I put the things I have to have in my pocket.

Keys, phone, debit card.

That's it.

Don't get me wrong, I like purses and bags.

 No, we don't.  You said you keep one in car with your stuff in it.  Just because you are not carting it into the store doesn't mean you aren't using one. 

 It could be a grocery bag.

It just happens to fit between the seat and center console.

But no, I don't carry it around.

That's carrying a purse.

If it's just sitting there keeping your crap from sliding under a seat, it isnt much more than a utility bag.



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It forces me to clean them out, too, and not collect crap.

 I was thinking all your purses are probably pretty clean. Maybe I'll give it another try, my purse looks like a tornado ran through it

Same here.  I've got crumpled receipts for everything I've ever bought floating around in the bottom.  And a two year old pack of gum recently resurfaced to the top. 



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Mine has a wallet, some discount cards, a pill box, and chap stick.

That's it.



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Well now ya'll know someone who doesn't carry one.

I put the things I have to have in my pocket.

Keys, phone, debit card.

That's it.

Don't get me wrong, I like purses and bags.

 No, we don't.  You said you keep one in car with your stuff in it.  Just because you are not carting it into the store doesn't mean you aren't using one. 

 It could be a grocery bag.

It just happens to fit between the seat and center console.

But no, I don't carry it around.

That's carrying a purse.

If it's just sitting there keeping your crap from sliding under a seat, it isnt much more than a utility bag.

You are carrying it around - in your car.  And I don't care what it could be, it is what it is. 

You can try to pretend you don't "carry" a purse, but you are splitting hairs, and it is a silly thing to claim or argue.



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It forces me to clean them out, too, and not collect crap.

 I was thinking all your purses are probably pretty clean. Maybe I'll give it another try, my purse looks like a tornado ran through it

Same here.  I've got crumpled receipts for everything I've ever bought floating around in the bottom.  And a two year old pack of gum recently resurfaced to the top. 

 I use a purse until it's a mess, take out the important stuff, and move on to another bag.  All my purses have old crap in them.  It's usually a year before I cycle around to wanting to use them again, and then, by then, I can just throw everything away.  If I had needed whatever was in there - I'd have gone back looking for it by then.



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I kinda do that with clothes. If I havent worn it in 2 years, I probably never will. TOSS!

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