All right ladies.  Someone needs to draw the line here.  I consider myself a moderately evolved being. I like to believe I have a fairly open mind.  I do my best to try to see both sides on any given issue.  But I just can’t get past something here.  I’m not talking about anything earth shattering, but in the scheme of things, it’s something I just can’t get used to, and quite honestly, I don’t think I want to. I’m talking about about the man purse, or ‘murse’ for short.

    Maybe some of you have seen them, and perhaps even registered an opinion, however mild.
Maybe you scratched your head, or raised an eyebrow, or nudged the arm of your companion, asking him or her, ‘Hey, did you see that?’  I know it’s not a fair stance to take, this claiming of territory here.  It’s just that, well, men with purses just don’t figure into my stratosphere, regardless of how ‘evolved’ I like my man to be.  I appreciate a certain kind of hard wiring, and murses just don’t factor into that picture. 

    I know these days more and more men are paying attention to their grooming, and personal style.  I get that, and seriously, I have no problem with it at all.  Just because a guy may be on the shady side of mid life, doesn’t mean he has to begin to take on that whole Andy Rooney chic.  I think great fitting jeans, and decent sunglasses look good on men of any age.  I like a guy who drives a car that suits his style, and lifestyle, and I appreciate a man who thinks a decent haircut is important.  I’m not comfortable seeing a guy in the seat next to me getting a pedicure though. And manicures for men?  I’m not there yet either.

    It’s the man purse that’s the deal breaker though.  I know Mathew McCohnahay might be considered an exception here.  Somehow if anyone can pull it off, I’ll say that maybe he can.  Perhaps Mr. Brad Pitt also.  But I think the exception here is that both of those guys are daddies to very small babies, and they need to carry baby stash,  so I give them a pass here as this might be a chic way to do it. 

    That said, minus the baby stuff, what does a man keep in his man purse? Seriously.  Can’t they get by with just keys and a wallet, maybe a comb?  All that stuff can fit in his pockets right?  I just can’t see it.  I know I’m being super old school here.  On a recent trip to NYC I observed any number of murses, all shapes and sizes, on all shapes and sizes of men.  Some of them worked it, many of them didn’t.  Maybe by spring, when everything seems new and fresh, likely I’ll change my mind.  Maybe the look will be palatable by then.  Though dude, I doubt it.