Bum bags!!!!

loads of people are wearing bum bags now

I have a bum bag - it's great!

Your comfort is more important than what you look like. If you are worried about what you look like you could always wear a longer top that goes over the bumbag, them it would not be seen, although people might wonder what the bump is. I'm sending you a glass of wine, drink enough and you won't care what you look like

Each to their own and whatever suits the individual. I've never owned a bum bag, I prefer an across the body bag if I want to be super safe.

My daughter always wore bum bags at festivals and gigs.
There are some lovely ones around.

If wearing a bum-bag makes for easy living then certainly go ahead and don't even worry what people think,who are they the bag police ??

I can heartily recommend Healthy Back Bags :
www.thehealthybackbag.co.uk/products/women

I have several of them, in different sizes from tiny to day rucksack, and won’t go back to using any other sort of bag now. They are ergonomically designed for the weight to be taken by your spine and not your shoulders or neck.

I carry everything but the kitchen sink and I can carry it all day without any ill effect. Several of my friends have now converted to them and are very happy with them.

And all those pockets mean I’m super organised!

annsixty - we lived in America in the 80s for a while, in Iowa where the local team was the Hawkeyes”. In a shop window I first saw the word “fanny” used meaning “bum” - but it was on a pair of KNICKERS - the following was embroidered brazenly “No1 Hawkeye fanny”.

I’ve noticed that bum bags are trendy again so I feel quite smug - I am now a fashionable div!!!

I have a dodgy right shoulder and a problem with pain in my back on the right side. So I have invested in a beautiful leather backpack which spreads the weight and gives me no problems. As for shopping backs i have an assistant who I bribe with wonderful meals, my OH. Failing him being around because he is doing some mad thing like running up a mountain, I use a trolley, even for 3 items or ask to have it carried to the car. Bye the way, a lot of young people have complimented me on my backpack so I must be doing something right.

I take a bum bag when out for day leaves my hands free

Talking of bumbags, my lovely cousin’s DH has a colostomy. On a winter holiday in Spain he wanted to go topless on the beach but did not want to expose his colostomy bag. He bought a bum bag just the right size, cut the back off it, positioned it over and, voila, he was just another top less tourist wearing a bum bag.

I keep seeing these advertised on Facebook - miatui.com/collections/backpack - they do lots of styles but the backpack looks smart and has a secure pocket that sits on your back for valuables. The only problem I've found with backpacks is that you do get a sweaty back wearing one!!

Kipling do some lightweight fashionable ones.

You are wise to consider other options. My brother-in-law has terrible back problems and his physiotherapist said that even the wallet in his back pocket was putting pressure on one side of his body. I had to abandon over the shoulder bags some years ago as they caused pain in my one shoulder which I tended to favour for carrying. I have now changed to back packs which you can get in varying sizes and are very comfortable. Most of them have a carrying handle as well. You just have to remember not to put valuable items in the outside compartment. Cross body bags are good too.

Surely, you are past the age when it matters what others think. As long as you are comfortable that's just fine.

I don't find it depressing that no one notices what I wear! I am quite happy to be wallpaper. But I do like to have my points of view noticed - and even challenged.

The plus side of being old is no longer trying to compete on the looks front and being able to enjoy a good laugh about it (or anything else).

Emily, that Boohoo site has a sequin covered bum bag too, I didn't realise they were cool again !

www.boohoo.com/rainbow-sequin-bumbag/DZZ13713.html

I cannot carry a bag on my right shoulder so I often use my left.

Hoever, I have changed my handbag for an upmarket leather backpack and it gives me no problems. Brands such as Mulberry, Coach and Radley all make lovely backpacks now which are virtually indistinguishable from nice handbags and, when wearing them, you wouldn't know they were there.

After having bursitis in one shoulder which healed after cortisone injections then a very painful frozen shoulder on the other side I discovered cross body handbags. I couldn't bear the pain of the handles of a tote bag on the frozen shoulder or even anyone touching it but the shoulder responded really well to hydrodilation therapy under a CT scan. Since then I have used small to medium cross body bags that free up both hands. Now have quite a collection in different colours. I think at our stage of life you use whatever you like and works for you. As others have noted it's depressing to realise that no one else is going to give it a moments thought. C'est la vie.

Humbertbear is right - they’re back in fashion! You’ll be a trendsetter not a div Jools!

Have look at this - it is a cross body but you can go either side (the strap can be swapped from side to side) and wear it on front (eg in a really crowded place, for security). It is light and has 'all the pockets'.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B074FSQV6H/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_2_w?tag=gransnetforum-21

Made me smile to think some of you guys are worried about what other people think about your clothes and accessories! I am long past this! I wear what I find practical and would actually like to go naked in this weather!

I would suggest you see your GP first, even if it is an old injury that is worsening, as they may refer you to a physio which should be your first call in repairing or preventing any further damage. Meantime do not put any bags on your shoulder as this could be causing further damage.

I know a few people who have had shoulder problems including rotator cuff injury and frozen shoulder and some have said they wished they had seen a physio sooner and it would have prevented the ongoing problem or at the very least reduced the pain and they would have managed this better.

I use a Kipling bumbag when abroad with all vital stuff in so if anything happens passport, credit cards, currency etc is with me. However there are festival bumbags which are fun . Put that into google and things like this come up:
www.boohoo.com/rainbow-striped-bumbag/DZZ22149.html

Which ever you choose you can make them part of your style.

I also take a Kipling city back pack for when i travel by train bus to put my water bottle, sun hat etc in. I get the lightest on possible.

and a cloth bag for any shopping which can then go in the city bag if necessary. I