@SilentKnight (SilentKnight) posted a new topic, subject "How to keep your wallet from falling out of your pants.". It read:

   Really. I seem to always lose my wallet while sitting down, fortunately, it usually amandaandrews@example.org. Is there anything I can do?
    
    Thanks

Then @Mr.Blue_Sky (Mr. Blue Sky) said

    I have known some guys who wrap large rubber bands around their wallets. This is usually a trick to stop or, at least, slow down pickpockets.

@Annie-Xmas (Annie-Xmas) replied

    Carry a purse.

After which, @Ukulele_Ike (Ukulele Ike) added

    Just curious, **SK.** Do you tend to spend a lot of time upside-down?

Then @Zion (Zion) said

    Put your wallet in one of your front pockets, like I do. It never falls out, and the chances of someone picking your pocket are slimmer too.

@Dystopos (Dystopos) replied

    Hike your pants up to your armpits.

Then @soulsling (soulsling) said

    1. geta wallet chain.
      2. stuff it in your shoe.
      3. keep patting your rear to check for it at all times.
      4. forget your wallet at home and mooch off of others with the excuse that your wallet must have fallen out of your pocket.

So @handy (handy) replied

    I see a lot of guys with a metal chain attached to their wallet & then to their pants.

After which, @Achernar (Achernar) added

    Wear tighter pants, no matter how uncomfortable it is.

To which @mangeorge (mangeorge) replied

    Get a fabric wallet. I quit carrying leather wallets more 20 years ago, and haven't lost one since.  
    Peace,  
    mangeorge

After which, @Arken (Arken) added

    I'm with Zion on the front-pocket thing. It's ridiculously unlikely for a pickpocket to go for the front-pocket because it's harder to reach into it unnoticed and because they don't expect a wallet to be there.
    
    Since front pockets are bigger, my wallet never falls out.
    
    Neither does my palmpilot… something which makes me very grateful. If it did, I'd have a palmbroken.

So @Koxinga (Koxinga) replied

    > **  
    >  I see a lot of guys with a metal chain attached to their wallet & then to their pants.  
    >  **
    
    Hang out with a lot of bikers and construction workers, do you?

After which, @Myndephuquer (Myndephuquer) added

    I ride a Hog, and I would probably be a lot poorer if I didn't have a wallet chain. A friend of mine took his regular wallet to a shoe shop and had them put an eyelet in it, and he attached his own chain. It would help if you had a fatter ass or wore tighter pants. If you are wearing baggy-ass pants, putting your wallet in your front pocket shouldn't be that much of a problem.

So @Johnny_Angel (Johnny Angel) replied

    **Arken** wrote:
    
    > It's ridiculously unlikely for a pickpocket to go for the front-pocket because it's harder to reach into it unnoticed and because they don't expect a wallet to be there.
    
    While it's true that breech pocket work is harder, it's not because the pickpocket doesn't expect the money to be there. By the time the _tool_ is making the touch, he already knows where the money is. He knows because he not only watches the victim for body language signals that indicate where the money is kept, but because before he makes the touch, he _fans_ the victim, which is a very subtle frisking.
    
    The problem with checking your wallet, as someone suggests, and also with the wallet chains is that they save the tool the trouble of fanning you, thus allowing the touch to come off that much quicker. This is why many places have taken down _Beware of Pickpocket_ signs – because it was found that pickpockets tend to wait in areas with such signs watching people check their wallets.
    
    These chain wallets seem to have become very fashionable among young men, but I personally don't think they have any security value. If the tool can put his hands in a personal area and lift out an item wedged tightly against your buttocks, what makes anyone think it's any harder to simply reach around and unclip a chain from a belt? As a matter of fact, pickpockets used to commonly remove pocket watches in a similar fashion, and that required pulling a man's topcoat back to get at his vest pockets.
    
    Even amateur pickpockets find it easy to separate you from your money. But keeping your wallet in front, either in your breech pockets or especially in the inside coat pocket, is about as secure as you'll get. A breech score seperates the sheep from the goats, and a lot of guns won't even try it. Stealing from an inside coat pocket involves the risk of _giving up the kisser_ , and most pickpockets prefer to work more discretely.


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