I never got one as a gift I really wanted to use. Care nothing for style, but look for practicality for me. After much trial and error have found a trifold made of sailcloth to be most lasting and useful for my sloppy wallet needs.

YOU CAN BUY YOURSELF ANYTHING YOU WANT ESPECIALLY A WALLET

srry this just reads as “duh my bros is it geyy to git yerself a wallet” NO JUST BUY ONE

When I was younger, yeah.

I think wallets are for people nobody knows what to buy for. Like getting them a tie. No hobbies, no interests, no personal declarations of what they might like. Or people just don’t know them well enough to get anything other than some generic gift like a wallet.

I bought mine

Works well as a lanyard too, ADHD would be having me leave it everywhere if it weren’t strapped to my noggin

I have bought most I think but I have received some as gifts too.

I keep getting wallets as gifts even though everyone knows I don’t use a wallet, I have a collection of wallets that will never feel the back of my ass.

I have only gotten one wallet as a gift ever, it was a family heirloom of sorts. All my other wallets I have used I have bought myself

I know I bought my last couple of wallets from the same place, usually because I walk past the wallet display stand, see a new one that I fancy, and decide on a whim to buy it. I get good mileage out of them, and they are generally inexpensive so even if I trade in every few years, it’s still nice to have a fresh wallet every now and again. I occasionally swap between bifold and trifold as well. One thing I know is I can’t do the minimalist design ones, I have too much shit in my wallet that I need just often enough to warrant carrying them around all the time (lest I forget them when I actually need them) but the desire to have the slimmest and most compact shape is definitely strong too. The two forces battle each other in my mind, and I usually settle for larger size in the end for convenience rather than comfort.

I’m not sure if I’ve ever received a wallet as a gift before. Maybe when i was a kid, and it would have been one of those nylon ones with the zippers for pocket change and the velcro for the money section.

I think my next wallet is going to be a really fancy one. Only thing I’m hesitating on in regard to that is I think cheaper wallet brands actually have the pulse of the everyman when it comes to design, whereas the fancier leather ones are somewhat impractical with fewer card slots, or very tight tolerances for sliding cards or money in them. I have to find just the right one, but I’m in no rush to replace my current wallet.

Yes, my family gifted me my first and second wallet.

I’ve definitely gotten more as gifts than I have bought for myself (I’m a guy in his mid-40s).

I was taken to the store by my step father and he made me spend my money on a wallet that I no longer had money to put inside of. I have bought all of my wallets myself.

I always buy mine, and I would never ever tell anyone to buy me a wallet. I am pretty picky these days on what I want for a wallet. My wife is the closest person that could go buy me wallet and generally get the right kind, even then she’ll run it by me before pulling the trigger on such a purchase, to make sure I would use it

I’ve received one. I’ve bought three, one of which was a custom made leather dealie. Ymmv

My last 3 wallets I bought for myself. I don’t think I’ve been gifted a wallet since my teens. I’d definitely advise against anyone I knew wanting to buy me a wallet, I’m very particular in the kind I like and chances are very high I wouldn’t use the gifted wallet, or I’d try to return it.

Have a weird / old wallet and people will try to upgrade you.

I had a gaffer tape wallet for many years… People couldn’t resist trying to replace it