Hmmm…again with the man purse and Robert Downey Jr.  Are we going to remind everyone every January that Robert Downey Jr. sports the man purse?  If you’ve seen the reports coming out yesterday and today and it looked a little familiar you weren’t just suffering from a little de ja vu it’s because it was a thing last year too.   Don’t believe me?  Check this article out from 2006.  Scroll down about half the page and you’ll see our boy, Robert Downey Jr. and many other men and their man purses (YAWN)

The recent report I read that spawned this fabulous article went something like, “Robert Downey Jr. Seen with Man Purse.”  Kind of reminded me of a Bigfoot sighting.  What’s the big deal with the man purses?  Now if he was flashing a fanny pack I could understand the headline. 

I remember when my Dutch ex-girlfriend revealed the man purse to me and that was over 10 years ago!   Is this some desperate attempt to breathe life into something most American men everywhere don’t care about?  And come on ladies think carefully.  Do you really want to introduce your man purse carrying boyfriend to your mom and dad?  Unless you’re European I’d imagine the answer is no.  You’re either the man purse type or you’re not and most American men are definitely not.  Robert Downey Jr. is an exception.  He can make anything look cool…yes, a man purse too.  However; if I tried to get away with it I think my friends would hire out a jumbo-tron with a flashing arrow pointing directly over my skull and a sparkling header that reads simply, “Ass”. 

Look, my whole point in all of this is that you have to literally ooze cool before you can pull the man purse off.  If you think you’re that cool I’d definitely seek the advice of friends and family first.  For the rest of us the message is clear, “Kids, don’t try this at home.”