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?

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