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homebiscuit · 06-10-2021, 08:35 AM

(06-10-2021, 08:27 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Every now and then, I get a strong desire to buy something that I know will be of little use to me. Like that time I bought Bose Quiet Comfort noise cancelling headphones. I craved those things for literally years, until I finally gave in and bought them. And since then, I have hardly used them at all. My wife likes the same music I like, so she wants me to put it on the speakers, and we haven't been able to travel because of the pandemic, so I couldn't use them on a plane. So... useless.

Now, I have a craving to buy a set of Airpods Pro earbuds. And I'm racking my brain to figure out how I would use them. Taking long walks? The wife likes to walk with me. And I don't want to be anti-social to her. And, no use in the house because, as I said before, she likes the same music and wants me to put it on the speakers. But I still want them.

Do you ever have a craving to buy something that you know will be fairly useless? Is this the male version of women buying shoes?

I resisted for years to buy a set of Bose Quiet Comforts even though I travelled frequently. Finally, I broke down and bought a pair and cursed myself for not getting them sooner. I was able to use them a few times before the pandemic, amongst other things, put the kibosh on my travel. Now they sit unused.