I have always wondered why a woman carries a handbag she steps out of her home. How did the origin of handbags carried by women come about in the first place? Are these handbags comfortable for the female folks? What are even the contents of a woman's handbag by the way that must be carried at all times?


I have seen some women carry really big handbags all in the name of fashion and i wonder if it is really necessary to carry a handbag.


What do you have to say, Ladies in the house?

What are the contents in your handbags?

Is it really necessary to carry a handbag wherever you go to?

uboma:
I have always wondered why a woman carries a handbag she steps out of her home. How did the origin of handbags carried by women come about in the first place? Are these handbags comfortable for the female folks? What are even the contents of a woman's handbag by the way that must be carried at all times?


I have seen some women carry really big handbags all in the name of fashion and i wonder if it is really necessary to carry a handbag.


What do you have to say, Ladies in the house?

It is not just a fashion accessory my dear, it is a necessity!! Ha! We can't fit everything into our pockets like you men na.

Contents of a woman's bag usually include her phone(s),

pens (I carry pens anywhere I go),

jotter/handbook (peculiar to me),

phone charger,

powerbank,

make up bag (in my case just lip gloss),

face powder, hand mirror,

earpiece (my phones),

Tissue paper

the occasional novel (peculiar to me),

sanitary pad (all women, when it is THAT time of the month),

comb,

hand fan for when the weather is hot, (me again)

slippers for when the we need to change from heels (I don't wear high heeled footwear but I know ladies who go around with extra-footwear),

purse/wallet

Anointing oil/holy water

Pocket bible

In addition, my sis carries her invoices around.

Various other nwongwo na gwongwo that are peculiar to individual women.

Now, uboma, tell me how we can possibly fit all these into our back pockets??

Ishilove:

It is not just a fashion accessory my dear, it is a necessity!! Ha! We can't fit everything into our pockets like you men na.

Contents of a woman's bag usually include her phone(s),

pens (I carry pens anywhere I go),

jotter/handbook (peculiar to me),

phone charger,

powerbank,

make up bag (in my case just lip gloss),

face powder, hand mirror,

earpiece (my phones),

the occasional novel (peculiar to me),

sanitary pad (all women),

comb,

hand fan for when the weather is hot, (me again)

slippers for when the we need to change from heels (I don't wear high heeled footwear but I know ladies who go around with extra-footwear),

purse/wallet

Anointing oil/holy water

Pocket bible

In addition, my sis carries her invoices around.

Various other nwongwo na gwongwo that are peculiar to individual women.

Now, uboma, tell me how we can possibly fit all these into our back pockets??

I am seriously lol at your comment.

but tell me, are all the items listed above really necessary to carry in a handbag?

I see some ladies with just small handbags and others with some really big handbags and i wonder what are these ladies carrying.

And from my little survey i have to see that its a Nigerian thing for ladies to carry really big handbags (something similar to the size of mother care bags/shopping baskets). I have some female colleagues who are White but their handbag are usually small.

Sometimes i think pick-pockets are attracted to the size of a lady's handbag.

But where did the idea of carrying a handbag by a woman originate from?

Ishilove:

It is not just a fashion accessory my dear, it is a necessity!! Ha! We can't fit everything into our pockets like you men na.

Contents of a woman's bag usually include her phone(s),

pens (I carry pens anywhere I go),

jotter/handbook (peculiar to me),

phone charger,

powerbank,

make up bag (in my case just lip gloss),

face powder, hand mirror,

earpiece (my phones),

the occasional novel (peculiar to me),

sanitary pad (all women),

comb,

hand fan for when the weather is hot, (me again)

slippers for when the we need to change from heels (I don't wear high heeled footwear but I know ladies who go around with extra-footwear),

purse/wallet

Anointing oil/holy water

Pocket bible

In addition, my sis carries her invoices around.

Various other nwongwo na gwongwo that are peculiar to individual women.

Now, uboma, tell me how we can possibly fit all these into our back pockets??

This is for just going out?!


I know someone who doesn't carry handbags......how she does it I don't know lol


Cc:Twaci

No scientific theology to support ur words nor biblical backing.

uboma:




I am seriously lol at your comment.

but tell me, are all the items listed above really necessary to carry in a handbag?

I see some ladies with just small handbags and others with some really big handbags and i wonder what are these ladies carrying.

And from my little survey i have to see that its a Nigerian thing for ladies to carry really big handbags (something similar to the size of mother care bags/shopping baskets). I have some female colleagues who are White but their handbag are usually small.

Sometimes i think pick-pockets are attracted to the size of a lady's handbag.

But where did the idea of carrying a handbag by a woman originate from?

For me, it is necessary. I can do without the novel and charger if I'm not staying out long but if I will be spending the whole day outdoors, I absolutely cannot do with the above listed items.

I think the handbag is like metamorphosis of the various things women use to carry their stuff over the centuries. Back then our forebears took their big ol' basket to the farms and carried smaller baskets for food and change of clothing for their babies.

As time went by, it began to change into what we have today. Personally I like big bags, although the downsize is when one's phone start ringing, by the time one goes through the several things in the bag to get to the phone, it would have stopped

For me, the bigger the better. The space and the feel...

JeffreyJamez:


This is for just going out?!


I know someone who doesn't carry handbags......how she does it I don't know lol


Cc:Twaci

The girl is a tomboy. For real. Na them no dey gree carry handbag

I never liked handbags when I was in the university.

I'd just tuck my note book or jotter in my back pocket, tuck my phone and money in my front pockets.

Now I carry handbags cause there are some things I can't fit into my jean pockets any more. Like my sunshades with the case, a wallet, IDs, make up purse, etc.

So its more of a necessity and it makes us more organised.

Ishilove:

The girl is a tomboy. For real. Na them no dey gree carry handbag

She's not jor... lol

Ishilove:

For me, it is necessary. I can do without the novel and charger if I'm not staying out long but if I will be spending the whole day outdoors, I absolutely cannot do with the above listed items.

I think the handbag is like metamorphosis of the various things women use to carry their stuff over the centuries. Back then our forebears took their big ol' basket to the farms and carried smaller baskets for food and change of clothing for their babies.

As time went by, it began to change into what we have today. Personally I like big bags, although the downsize is when one's phone start ringing, by the time one goes through the several things in the bag to get to the phone, it would have stopped

For me, the bigger the better. The space and the feel...

You are a triple B (big, bold and beautiful) so the big handbags will fit you.

I do hate it though when i call a lady and she doesnt pick after 2 rings. And the reason she later gives is 'oh sorry, i didnt hear it ring because it was in my bag'. Na by force to carry big handbags? lol

kennygee:
I never liked handbags when I was in the university.

I'd just tuck my note book or jotter in my back pocket, tuck my phone and money in my front pockets.

Now I carry handbags cause there are some things I can't fit into my jean pockets any more. Like my sunshades with the case, a wallet, IDs, make up purse, etc.

So its more of a necessity and it makes us more organised.

your points have been noted.

JeffreyJamez:


This is for just going out?!


I know someone who doesn't carry handbags......how she does it I don't know lol


Cc:Twaci

Twaci:

Items found in my handbag;
Pen
Diary
Biscuits
Coke
Ruler
Groundnut
Charger
Comb
Hair and hand cream
Money
Scissors
Panadol
Tetracycline
Pad.

But each time I want to go out and I lift the bag,it feels heavy and I drop it to tuck the pen and money in my pocket.

Pineapp:
Items found in my handbag;
Pen
Diary
Biscuits
Coke
Ruler
Groundnut
Charger
Comb
Hair and hand cream
Money
Scissors
Panadol
Tetracycline
Pad.

But each time I want to go out and I lift the bag,it feels heavy and I drop it to tuck the pen and money in my pocket.

lol.


What are you doing with Scissors and Tetracycline?

Exactly, some handbags can be really heavy like you rightly pointed out.

Different ladies with different items in their bags.

Ishilove:

It is not just a fashion accessory my dear, it is a necessity!! Ha! We can't fit everything into our pockets like you men na.

Contents of a woman's bag usually include her phone(s),

pens (I carry pens anywhere I go),

jotter/handbook (peculiar to me),

phone charger,

powerbank,

make up bag (in my case just lip gloss),

face powder, hand mirror,

earpiece (my phones),

Tissue paper

the occasional novel (peculiar to me),

sanitary pad (all women),

comb,

hand fan for when the weather is hot, (me again)

slippers for when the we need to change from heels (I don't wear high heeled footwear but I know ladies who go around with extra-footwear),

purse/wallet

Anointing oil/holy water

Pocket bible

In addition, my sis carries her invoices around.

Various other nwongwo na gwongwo that are peculiar to individual women.

Now, uboma, tell me how we can possibly fit all these into our back pockets??

@bolded to cast and bind any gbese wey do anyhow

An0nimus:


@bolded to cast and bind any gbese wey do anyhow

You know na

uboma:





lol.


What are you doing with Scissors and Tetracycline?

Exactly, some handbags can be really heavy like you rightly pointed out.

Different ladies with different items in their bags.

Since she likes biscuit and coke, I'm suspecting the tetra is for whenever she starts stooling because of excess sugar

uboma:



You are a triple B (big, bold and beautiful) so the big handbags will fit you.

I do hate it though when i call a lady and she doesnt pick after 2 rings. And the reason she later gives is 'oh sorry, i didnt hear it ring because it was in my bag'. Na by force to carry big handbags? lol

Na by force o. You are a man so you can't understand

Ishilove:

Since she likes biscuit and coke, I'm suspecting the tetra is for whenever she starts stooling because of excess sugar

Hahaha!

Ishilove:

Na by force o. You are a man so you can't understand

Okay.

but sincerely, not every item in lady's handbag is really needed. Some ladies just pack junks into their handbags because they want to be seen carrying one.

How many handbags do you own?

[b]In those days our Mothers carry what i know as Hand Purse, very small and light, I still remember what my mum had in her purse.
1. One small eye pencil

2. One red lip stick

3. One small container of talcum face powder

4. Handkerchief

5. One small mirror and

6... Well Folded 50kobo and One naira Notes (which i get to steal sometimes when she gets back from an outing)



But now, u see Girls carry a BAG that can contain a Full Grown Matured He-Goat and you wonder what is always inside...
I was so curious to find out one day, so when Angela came to my place some years ago, i opened The Almighty Bag and i was surprised that as Big as it looked with so many openings, there was absolutely nothing relevant(at least for me) What i saw included

1. One Big mirror(Almost same size with the one we hang in the bedroom)

2. 4 Different types of facial powder

3. Lipsticks of various colors,, (i counted 15)

4. One broom stick, about the size used to make Ewedu (I still dont understand why she carried this)

5.7 different colours of pants and One extra Bra

6. Toothbrush, tooth paste and bathing Sponge and sanitary iPads

7. Different types of make up( i just didn't recognise their names, they were too much and too colourful)

8. Passport photgraphs and also phone chargers, (Pin mouth charger for nokia, Iphone charger and BB charger )

9. I saw a Wallet inside the bag so i opened the wallet and hoping to see what normal wallet usually holds but.............
































































10... When i opened the Wallet, i found "NO Money" inside but scattered sticks of toothpick with one faintly used Chewing stick[/b]

Ishilove:

It is not just a fashion accessory my dear, it is a necessity!! Ha! We can't fit everything into our pockets like you men na.
Contents of a woman's bag usually include her phone(s),
pens (I carry pens anywhere I go),
jotter/handbook (peculiar to me),
phone charger,
powerbank,
make up bag (in my case just lip gloss),
face powder, hand mirror,
earpiece (my phones),
Tissue paper
the occasional novel (peculiar to me),
sanitary pad (all women ),
comb,
hand fan for when the weather is hot, (me again)
slippers for when the we need to change from heels (I don't wear high heeled footwear but I know ladies who go around with extra-footwear),
purse/wallet
Anointing oil/holy water
Pocket bible
In addition, my sis carries her invoices around.
Various other nwongwo na gwongwo that are peculiar to individual women.
Now, uboma, tell me how we can possibly fit all these into our back pockets??

At the bolded, except her flow is close and not always.

When I was single, once I see a toothbrush in any woman's bag, I will just term you as a runs girl, meaning you don't always sleep at home.

I Dont like handbags.pains my shoulder.

timmyblast:
No scientific theology to support ur words nor biblical backing.

Deeper life here again

Fashion and necessity

Without handbags, women will be losing keys,phones and valuables regularly.

uboma:



You are a triple B (big, bold and beautiful) so the big handbags will fit you.

I do hate it though when i call a lady and she doesnt pick after 2 rings. And the reason she later gives is 'oh sorry, i didnt hear it ring because it was in my bag'. Na by force to carry big handbags? lol

It depends on the outing

School, travelling - big bags
Shopping, visiting, outing-small bags

Ishilove:

It is not just a fashion accessory my dear, it is a necessity!! Ha! We can't fit everything into our pockets like you men na.

Contents of a woman's bag usually include her phone(s),

pens (I carry pens anywhere I go),

jotter/handbook (peculiar to me),

phone charger,

powerbank,

make up bag (in my case just lip gloss),

face powder, hand mirror,

earpiece (my phones),

Tissue paper

the occasional novel (peculiar to me),

sanitary pad (all women),

comb,

hand fan for when the weather is hot, (me again)

slippers for when the we need to change from heels (I don't wear high heeled footwear but I know ladies who go around with extra-footwear),

purse/wallet

Anointing oil/holy water

Pocket bible

In addition, my sis carries her invoices around.

Various other nwongwo na gwongwo that are peculiar to individual women.

Now, uboma, tell me how we can possibly fit all these into our back pockets??

Anointing water
You be pastor wife

leave woman matter for Mathias Op!

No, ask me y.