Listen, have you been on the internet lately? I’m going to guess the answer is yes, so I’m going to also assume that you realize just how many ways there are to waste your money.
That said, is something still a waste of money if you really really love it?
These 15 people are on the fence, because they’re totally in love with their needless purchases.
15. They’ll always have London.
My wife and I were on our honeymoon in London in 2016. We had just gotten an influx of cash from friends and family, and we went out to dinner at the Savoy Grille.
They had an absurdly overpriced tasting menu with the option of overpriced wine pairings. We ended up dropping about $600, and it was honestly the best meal I’ve ever had.
The service was off the charts, with little stories about each course and its accompanying wine, and they had the timing down perfectly.
Just a fantastic experience from top to bottom, and if we didn’t do it then (on our honeymoon with a bunch of free money), we were never going to do it.
14. He can’t go back.
$120 for a towel heater. I will never dry off with a cold towel again.
13. One of the best days ever.
Back in 2017 my family went on a road trip to Minnesota to visit my nana shortly before she passed. During our stay me and my little sister went to the Mall of America and bought whatever we wanted.
Big ice cream cones? Lego store souvenirs? Tickets to the aquarium? Fare for every indoor amusement park ride? A doll from the American Girl Store and eating an expensive lunch in the Store with your new doll sitting at the table with us? Heck yeah little sis it’s all yours.
I dropped over $300 in that one mall trip but damn was it was one of our best shopping days ever, we still talk about it to this day.
12. A dream come true.
Finally found the motorcycle I wanted years ago but could not get. It was not running, but after around dumping $3,500 into it and doing a full frame up restoration and custom job on it.
I have the bike I wanted years ago, but better. Yes I did everything myself, full paint job Tank frame fenders everything.
I also did a full engine rebuild, remade the wiring harness, everything was all done in house. So I put a touch over 3K into a bike that is only worth about $1,500. on a good day, but hell it is mine and I built it.
11. Not a waste to your friends.
When I was younger I came into a sum of about $15k. I wasnt very careful with the money and other than putting $5k down on car, I blew the money here and there.
But what I put the largest amounts toward were friends in need. I paid one friend’s power bill just before it got shut off. I helped another friend keep her water on.
I never could keep my hands on money for long but I don’t regret having “wasted” it helping friends.
10. A lot of money for blocks.
Lego Death Star.
I got it when Amazon accidentally listed it for $125 for like 13 minutes one morning at 6 am.
9. If you’re a racing fan…
600€ for an hour of laps (three of 20 minutes each) around the Nurburgring in Germany. It was open in the off-season and there wasn’t a single other car near me the whole time.
10/10 one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.
8. The best revenge.
I got into a stupid fight with my brother, so I found a game he had pledged on kickstarter (Space Haven) and saw that for 360 dollars I could write a premade character bio that would randomly show up.
So I pledged it and wrote a character bio with his name and made him a flaming asshole. I have never played this game and don’t want to.
7. You bet your sweet bippy.
Due to poor insulation and distance from the water heater, my shower is never properly warm in winter. I just bought a single end-point tankless water heater for just my shower. Best hundred and fifty bucks I ever spent.
Could I really afford it? No. Did I need it? No. Do I love it? You bet your sweet bippy I do!
6. A look of pure bliss.
I spent $3000 for my wife to meet the backstreet boys and get front row seats.
It is the best thing that has ever happened to her and the smile on her face after the show and look of pure bliss in someone who suffers often from anxiety was worth every cent.
5. He loves giving gifts.
The summer after graduating high school, I won a decent amount of money playing online poker. Since I wasn’t going off to college and all of my friends were, I decided to buy them all ridiculous going away gifts.
A carpet, mailbox, toilet seat etc. were among the gifts. The most expensive and ridiculous gift I bought on a whim was a massive wheel of cheese, somewhere between $200-300.
Little did I know at the time, that cheese wheel would set off a yearly event called “Cheesegiving” where our entire (much larger now with spouses and kids) friend group gets together to celebrate and partake in cheesy goodness.
This year was our 17th (unfortunately all virtual due to covid) and I genuinely hope it never ends!
4. An excellent meal.
Dining at a Michelin starred restaurant in Milan. We had an 18 course meal with wine pairings for like $400 or so.
The restaurant is Joia. It’s vegetarian, but it looks like it still exists and isn’t much more expensive than when I was there 10 years ago.
3. You can’t put a price on health.
Just bought a treadmill. There is a perfectly good street outside I could run on, or I could pay for a gym membership for years and years.
BUT now I can get a run in during my daughter’s naptime, or when it’s cold, or when I only have 30 minutes free and driving to and from the gym would eat up half of my time.
I certainly could have made it work without this expense, but I really love it.
2. You can enjoy it every day.
The extra I pay in rent for a water view
Completely worth it.
1. On a fresh start.
I got $27k, and spent it on a solo cross country road trip that led to me moving on the complete opposite side of the country from everyone I’ve ever known.
I was in a dark place in my head, the original plan was to find a nice place to end my story, but the trip itself helped me reconsider, so absolutely no regrets to speak of.
I mean, I vote if you love it, it was worth it.
What about you? Give us your thoughts in the comments!
