Who are you people with teeny tiny wallets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the stuff is digital now. My phone case holds 3 cards. I keep driver license, atm, and one credit card. Credit card is really just an back up for the rare case a place doesn’t take Apple Pay/digital payment.

+1

I never carry my bank card.

Wallet just has insurance card, license abs one credit card.

I rarely have cash. I pay for 95% of things with my phone.

I do have cash stashed in glove compartment for emergencies.

This is why I seriously can’t give a beggar $. I have no cash on me.

I’m annoyed at people that with cash and hold the line up. The bakery and several stores near me don’t accept cash anymore.

[Anonymous]

I usually only carry my license and a credit card (which conveniently doubles as my Costco ID. I don't need anything else for 99% of the time.

[Anonymous]

I don't use my phone to pay for anything and still fit everything I need in a cardholder. Mine has a tiny zippered pocket (enough to hold coins or a couple of folded-up bills) but I don't ever carry cash so I don't use it.

I use the card slots for my license, insurance card (stashed behind the license because it's thin) and two credit cards. I could just carry one, but I use a dining rewards card with better cash back for grocery/restaurant purchases, and another for everything else. I only use my debit card for the ATM or if I need cash back, and I plan ahead for those occasions.

Try it, OP! It's so freeing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I carry my drivers license, my ATM, and my Amex in a magnet pocket on my phone. I have other things in a bigger wallet in my purse and I take my purse if I know I'm going to need other stuff, which is rare.

How often do you actually need all the stuff you carry around with you all day?

I do this too.

[Anonymous]

So recommend your small wallet please! I'm still lugging around the big one and realizing I don't need it.

[Anonymous]

I have two credit cards, one ATM card, a driver's license, two insurance cards (dental and health), and a metro card. So, only a little less than you, though I also don't carry cash. I just use a tiny purse and put the cards in the little side pocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And how do you survive? I have 2 credit cards, 2 ATM cards, a company card, a driver's license, plus all the insurance cards, AAA, I carry a little bit of cash and I cannot for the life of me understand how someone carries one of those tiny wallets with three card slots on a day to day basis. Please explain how you do it!! Or find me a super slim, small wallet that will fit in a cross body that I want to use every day but will still fit all my shit.

OP I cannot understand for the life of me why you would carry around all that unnecessary crap. I literally never carry a purse. Phone with drivers license and credit card. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the stuff is digital now. My phone case holds 3 cards. I keep driver license, atm, and one credit card. Credit card is really just an back up for the rare case a place doesn’t take Apple Pay/digital payment.

+1

I never carry my bank card.

Wallet just has insurance card, license abs one credit card.

I rarely have cash. I pay for 95% of things with my phone.

I do have cash stashed in glove compartment for emergencies.

This is why I seriously can’t give a beggar $. I have no cash on me.

I’m annoyed at people that with cash and hold the line up. The bakery and several stores near me don’t accept cash anymore.

This is what I do as well, never use cash and don’t carry a debit card. I haven’t used a purse in over 3 years

[Anonymous]

My wallet:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MGYP8TK/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_i_5PBSMTRJ14QS4SAFS7FV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So recommend your small wallet please! I'm still lugging around the big one and realizing I don't need it.

My wallet
https://bellroy.com/products/phone-case-3-card/leather_viroblock_i13promax/basalt#slide-0

[Anonymous]

Like a lot of people, I have a small cardholder on the back of my phone.

This is GREAT for me, with my ADHD. Never "forget my wallet" and don't carry an overstuffed one (ADHD = bad at prioritizing, so leaves things out or brings EVERYTHING).

From ~2014-2022, I kept:

-2 credit cards. I use them for different purposes, but it's always good to have a backup. If I used only one, I'd also bring my bank card, which is a Visa debit or w/e.

-Driver's License

-Health Insurance Card

-Metro card (when I used to ride, pre-COVID)

-MAYBE: a $10 bill and/or bank card and/or HSA debit card

I think that's it.

I just got a new phone and a new kind of holder and it won't really keep more than 3, MAYBE 4 things, so I'm down to basically the 2 CCs and my license. I do have to remember to grab my insurance card/HSA card for the pharmacy or doctor, but in a more urgent case, I think I could get by with just the number/a photo, which I keep on my phone (OP, do this for the AAA information!) I do have to grab cash for rare occasions, but I really don't need it on me a lot. Etc.

It's actually totally fine. Of course, I don't have a corporate card, or anything like that.

My wallet used to be like George Costanza's, but nowadays you can keep so much info on your phone. And I don't even mean ApplePay, which I should totally use and never do. I mean I rarely need:

-Loyalty cards, because it's almost all phone number lookup, saved to an app, or you can keep the number in your notes app/etc.

-Cash or even my bank card, though the bank card would be good to have for an emergency, especially if I had only one CC. I rarely need to get cash out and I mobile deposit all my checks.

-Pictures of my kid. It's all on my phone.

-Geez, what else did I used to keep in there?? Receipts? Punchcards? Every single credit card I had any access to? Business cards??!?!!? HANDWRITTEN PHONE NUMBERS?!!!!???!! (Imagine!) You just don't need that much anymore, thanks largely to smartphones. It's not even just loyalty numbers/apps, it's a photo of or note about almost anything you want, and as a PP said, you can also use phones to preorder things and so on.

I literally keep a wallet of "all the rest" in my nightstand. I only VERY occasionally grab something from it-- mostly my HSA card, bank or Metro card.

[Anonymous]

I only carry my driver's license and a single credit card that fits into a slide compartment on my phone case. Other cards (including insurance, AAA and vax record), I just take a picture. My phone case is large enough that I can slip a gift card in it if I'm using it. I don't miss carrying any of them although I do sometimes regret not carrying chapstick with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So recommend your small wallet please! I'm still lugging around the big one and realizing I don't need it.

OP here - yes, please, I would love recommendations!!!

[Anonymous]

I have this one, which holds my drivers license and two cards. It has a pop socket on it to prop it up, which is also good to help my butterfingers children hold onto the phone while taking a picture or playing Pokémon Go.

PopSockets PopWallet+ with Swappable PopTop: Phone Grip, Phone Stand, and Wallet for Cards, Removable, Blush Pink https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YLCF3NW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EPPM9BW3297DYBB1Q0Z8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[Anonymous]

How big do you need... I have two credit cards, a debit card, two ids, costco card and maybe something else and maybe cash if my husband gives me some. I don't have insurance cards or AAA.