People Share Their Favorite Purchases Under $50 That Completely Changed Their Life
January 19 | 2021
Fam. Weighted blankets.
If you (or your kids - I see you, exhausted parents) struggle to stay asleep at night, weighted blankets might be a game changer for you. We got one for our 1-year-old after a week of her waking up at 4AM for baby jam sessions.
Best $31.99 we have ever spent. Ever.
<p>She slept til 1030 the morning after we got. </p><p><strong>Our product review was like: </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p><br></p><p>One Reddit user asked: </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/" target="_blank">What item under $50 drastically improved your life?</a></p><p>You obviously know ours, so lets see what Reddit had to say. </p>
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Lappy
<p>A foldable laptop stand for 15€. Always thought you didn't need this stuff, how different from without one can it be - but it does wonders for my neck. Travels everywhere with me now.</p><p>It was an Amazon Prime sale back in November, but I'd say the 20€ it's priced at now is definitely still worth it. </p><p>I like it because the dark gray metallic color matches my laptop and the aluminium material feels way sturdier than a plastic stand would. I chose a very slim model that's basically just a framework for the laptop, no table or anything, because I mainly need this to take up the least possible space in my backpack as I travel with it every day.</p><p>It's perfect. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjmvkl7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">quinalou1</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Rubber Bristles
<p>A rubber bristled broom. I have two dogs and two cats, and my house is all hardwood and tile. A regular broom just sends the fur floating everywhere, but my rubber broom keeps it all nice and tidy and easy to pick up. It works on my area rug and upholstered furniture, too!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjnmnnv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Boose81</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjnmnnv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>I've never even considered that something like this exists.</p><p>No more cat hair tumbleweeds rolling around the apartment!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjocm3n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ItWasTheButterfly</a></p><p>I recently got one and it is <em>amazing</em>. The other end is a squeegee but I haven't tried that yet.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjnw9ya?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">_perl_</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Let There Be Light
<p>A wake up light alarm clock. The light turns on gradually and wakes you up gradually rather than waking up to obnoxious beeping. Makes the start of my day more positive.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjngycx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ThimbleAndAcorn</a></p><p>Yes I LOVE mine! Especially in the winter when I have to wake up hours before sunrise</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjohj4l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dingoeslovebabies</a></p><p>We just discovered this functionality is built into our Android phones. I don't know if it's just the Motorola brand, but it looks like it's part of the basic Android operating system now. it turns the screen a deep red that slowly brightens into a bright Cheery sunshine yellow. It is definitely a more pleasant way to wake up!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjo5b9c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">photogent1</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Drain Thingies
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<p>Me n the other guy were like "why?" and they said the upstairs bathtub doesn't drain.</p><p>When we got a plumber out there, they pulled like a full head of hair out of that drain...</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjnx60y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">poilsoup2</a></p><p>This item is definitely am awesome buy. I don't have a long hair in the drain problem, but I do have a lab that sheds enough for 3 dogs, so when I bathe her, I use the drain cover you are talking about, and collect almost a grocery bag full of hair. It would definitely clog the drain.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjo184m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shawn0811</a></p>
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Heat
<p>A heated blanket, don't know how I ever survived winters before this.</p><p>My bedroom is in the attic and it gets cold. Due to how stuff is wired the heating in my room only goes on when it's cold downstairs, but since it doesn't get that cold downstairs my heating never starts up.</p><p>This has saved me so much cold nights curled up in a ball at night trying to warm up, it's amazing</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjmzxk8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PokingCactus</a></p><p>Same! Saves putting the heating on for the whole house when all you want is for your bed not to be ice-cold in the evening!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjn580o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Luke10123</a></p>Shh!
<p>Earplugs. They saved my final exams in highschool when my sister and her 1.5 and 3yo kids tornadoed through the whole house.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjmzl8c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Bartolo20</a></p><p>I play some music super low on my earbuds and then wear my shooting ear protection over them. I can't hear sh*t and instantly focused. Saved me every time I took an exam last semester at my noisy parent's house.</p><p>- <a href="I play some music super low on my earbuds and then wear my shooting ear protection over them. I can't hear shit and instantly focused. Saved me every time I took an exam last semester at my noisy parent's house." target="_blank">GhostOfErik</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Perfect Pencil
<p>This one mechanical pencil that I bought in high school or earlier. I'll graduate college soon which means I've been writing with the same pencil for somewhat 10 years. </p><p>It fits perfectly between my fingers. I've kept a traditional diary since I was a kid and it has become more and more important since hardly anything requires paper and a pencil today. So many memories from the happiest moments to the absolute worst have been written down using this pencil. </p><p>I have a few other pencils as well but they don't feel right and eventually I'll put them away and return to my old friend.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjmw607?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">petuwk</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Get In The Garden
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTUwMTQyMS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMzg3NzA2Mn0.BhvpD5Nni-3nj0BH3uU9QYgyHKXP-VpWnX_wEwoUaAE/img.gif?width=980" id="35171" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="51719fe8cc6296eadaea3c8c488fdf09" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="320" data-height="180" />fox tv dancing GIF by Bob's BurgersGiphy<p>About 20 years ago I bought a 3 VHS tape set that showed me this guy, Sepp Holzer, doing pond and gardens and raising animals in a way far better than I imagined. It has been the core of my life ever since.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjmvgz7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">paulwheaton</a></p><p>Thank you for posting this. My ten year old daughter is obsessed with gardening and sustainability. </p><p>We recently bought some land in the Blue Ridge mountains and she has been very diligent in planning out what she wants to plant where, she has started her compost pile when we raked the leaves in the fall and was just asking me if she can build a greenhouse before next fall. </p><p>I just showed her your videos and her eyes lit up the way a kids eyes light up when they've found their new obsession.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjob7xy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">drman3211</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Shower Chair
<p>Shower chair. </p><p>I've got a f*cked up back and I initially got it for that but even if my back was fine I'd still have one, they're so useful. If you shave your legs, you won't regret it.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjndu5d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">madfishmonger1</a></p><p>I'm heavily pregnant at the moment and have been seriously considering getting a shower chair lol. Now I think I may just go ahead and do it</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjnqef2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">wifejugs69</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Butter
<p>A butter dish/butter tray. </p><p>Room temp butter always available. No more trying to spread hard butter out of the fridge. Unrefrigerated and covered butter is good for like 2 weeks. </p><p>It never lasts that long. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjnm0hu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">drawingxfiles</a></p><p>What?! I did not even know you could leave butter outside. </p><p>I always thought it was in the same realm as milk, where you store it chilled and only take it out when you need to use it. That's just how it is, living in the tropics I guess? This could be a game changer. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjo5hqx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">KabuAtama</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I've always thought butter needed to be refrigerated too but then I went to a friend's house and saw they left theirs out so I started to leave mine out.</p><p>Well I made breakfast and bust out my room temp butter and my friend gives me the <em>are you trying to kill me</em> look. I confidently said butter can be left out, but to be honest I wasn't 100% sure. </p><p>But I'm not going back to cold, hard butter. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjohb5l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LittleMissHulu</a></p>
Spoontula?
<p>I can't for the life of me find it again, but my favorite kitchen tool is a silicon spatula/spoon fusion sort of thing.</p><p>Unlike regular spatulas, you can hold liquid in it, but it still scrapes everything little lick of sauce of anything.</p><p>Couldn't have cost more than $10 and it was part of a set.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gk7ko21?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ascalion</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Immediate Results
<p>A bio electrical scale. </p><p>I'm very impatient with healthy diets and exercise because I don't see immediate results, but with a bio electrical scale which sends small electric currents through your body to measure your body fat percentage, water, protein etc etc you see changes, even if they are minuscule. </p><p>It's motivating because in the end you see your body reacting to sport and healthy food</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gk62u4k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BitchyWitchTM</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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German Shepard Showers
<p>Handheld shower head..</p><p>I have a German Shepard who occasionally enjoys rolling in dirty puddles and creeks.</p><p>I also live in an apartment so no outside hose..</p><p>I was trying the "cup method" of bathing and it was almost impossible...</p><p>Got the idea randomly at Home Depot and it makes the whole process 100X easier</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gk5ot5b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">UsagiSanTX</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Bone Zone
<p>Bone conduction headphones. Bit of a long story this one but I had a tumour removed from the back of my skull behind my right ear and left me with permanent hearing loss on the right, I'd say it's about 30% what it should be.</p><p>Earphones, buds and headphones have to be compensated in the balance settings so my audio sounded central. Bone conduction earphones have now allowed me Cristal clear (in comparison) audio without having to change balance settings.</p><p>I now have these earphones on 24/7 and because they don't cover or enter your ears I'm able to have a comfortable lightweight alternative on me at all times and has brought me additional perks such as always having Siri at use to reply to messages, that are read out to me as I receive them.</p><p>They connect to my phone, watch and I can ask them where my keys and wallet are as they're connected to my Tile key ring and wallet card.</p><p>I feel lost if I don't have them on anymore!</p><p>I'm a big EDC person and these have been the best prices of kit I've owned in a very very long time!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjzxxpv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">rsacelles9655</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Commercial Shiny
<p>Moroccan oil for my hair. I have dry hair and a lot of baby hairs that tend to make my hair look crusty and messy. A little Moroccan oil after you get out of the shower gives you TV commercial shiny hair!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gk1il1y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">neeeenbean</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Peasants
<p>My Luxe 185 bidet, from Amazon. </p><p>SERIOUSLY the best $44 I've ever spent. </p><p>Wiping my a$$ with toilet paper has never made sense to me. If I got sh*t on my hands, I wouldn't just wipe it off, and go on about my day. Why's it okay for the back door?</p><p>Y'all keep wiping.... Peasants.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzap5n/what_item_under_50_drastically_improved_your_life/gjyaccb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Adk318</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>u/kickbackthisthat asked Reddit:</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jrjutr/what_are_some_affordable_items_100_that_are/" target="_blank">What are some affordable items (<$100) that are life-changing?</a></p><p>Here were some of those answers.</p><p><br></p>
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Just Like New
<p>A fabric shaver. Refreshes sweaters/coats etc. n no time and saves replacing the garments that are in otherwise good condition.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NoxWillow/" target="_blank">NoxWillow</a></p><p>Is this like a lint remover? I swear the ones I've had have been super crappy and all my jumpers end up with those little balls of fabric. Any recommendations for a good one?</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kickbackthisthat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">kickbackthisthat</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kickbackthisthat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>It's not like the roller/sticky paper lint remover. This is specifically for piling of fabrics and if you open it up it has actual little blades in there. I don't have a recommendation, I just went with the most reviewed online that was under $20 and so far so good. It made a sweater that I love look so much better!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NoxWillow/" target="_blank">NoxWillow</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Convenience AND Safety!
<p>A shoehorn. So simple and cheap, and instantly turns 5 seconds of the most annoying wriggling and forcing into a 1 second maneuver. I'm amazed they seem to have gone out of style.</p><p>Also, a fire extinguisher on every level of your house.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hungryTurtle2/" target="_blank">hungryTurtle2</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Great For Kid Proofing!
<p>We have a slow-close toilet seat on our toilet since all 4 of our kids like to slam everything in the house. Anyways we took a family trip to my mother's and after using her rest room my stepfather asked me if his toilet upset me. He says well you sure slammed that lid I figured it made you mad. Totally forgot not everyones toilet lid doesn't ever so slowly and gently close.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Zanigrole90/" target="_blank">Zanigrole90</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It's For ME AND For Thieves!
<p>Timer-caps for pill bottles. Basically, the cap is a timer that resets every time you open the bottle. You can get some on Amazon for like $10.</p><p>I take my ADHD medicine every morning right when I wake up. Some mornings I'll even take it and go back to sleep for ~30 mins until it kicks in and wakes me up. Some mornings, I'd forget that I took it and went back to sleep, and accidentally take a second when I wake up. 100mg of vyvanse makes for a fever dream of a day. At that level it actually makes you less productive, so you get nothing done and deal with insane side effects all day. Conversely, some days I'd accidentally go without it because I thought I'd took it already and get nothing done. The timer cap pill bottle literally totally fixed that problem.</p><p>It also made me aware that one of my friends stole my ADHD medication. They still won't fess up to it. I wish they would. It was messed up but I'd forgive them. We're not very close anymore.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MrLionOtterBearClown/" target="_blank">MrLionOtterBearClown</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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In A Mine! (In A Mine!)
<p>One of those headband flashlights. Buy one and thank me later.</p><p>My brother's wife made fun of him for getting me one for Christmas. Turned out to be one of the most practical, useful gifts I've ever received. I use it at all the time.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Answer70/" target="_blank">Answer70</a></p>It Feels Good On Me Nether Parts, Love
<p>Good, high quality underwear. Not like, the 5 pack for 15 at walmart. Quality underwear from somewhere may not be majorly life changing, but the day to day improvement is amazing.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Reita-Skeeta/" target="_blank">Reita-Skeeta</a></p><p>Saxx was definitely a life changer for me. Yes, they're expensive, but not having things sticking together down there is worth it</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Officer-McDanglyton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Officer-McDanglyton</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Bargain Comfort
<p>Costco has amazing towels. I was visiting my parents house and their towels were like clouds and they said they were from Costco so I went and bought a whole new set for myself immediately and they were incredibly affordable.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/insertcleverthought/" target="_blank">insertcleverthought</a></p><p>Costco towels are great! I'm in love with a brand called Wove. A little pricy, but I bought one and then bought four more after I used it for the first time.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/midnight11/" target="_blank">midnight11</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It's Just Worth The New Feeling
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ABraThatFits/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/ABraThatFits</a></p><p>Some measures and a shopping trip later I own a bra two band sizes smaller and two cup sizes bigger. I didn't know how comfy a wired bra can be! No more empty cups when leaning forward or even lying down.</p><p>I actually cried when I got my first well-fitting bra. I don't have weird or ugly boobs (what I thought since puberty). I just had the wrong bra. Fifteen years later, I finally am content and feel sexy. And I wish this for every woman! Don't underestimate what a bra can do for your comfort AND self-esteem!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/getoutalithe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">getoutalithe</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Always A Toasted Sammich
<p>A toaster oven. I used to think of them as something college kids have in their dorm rooms. But at age 60 I bought one. That was early this year, and I haven't turned on my full-size oven since then.</p><p>I now toast things that I never would have toasted before, because the full oven was overkill. No more untoasted sandwiches.</p><p>It also makes a nice pizza oven. Take a tortilla and put pizza toppings on it.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jefuchs/" target="_blank">jefuchs</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Because NOTHING Is Worse Than Wet Socks
<p>This is very lifestyle specific, but waterproof socks. Yes even if you have waterproof shoes these will still change your life (water can sometimes still get in through the top of the shoe via being absorbed by your trousers and working it's way down - thanks, gravity). Every actor or extra who has ever done a location shoot on a historical or fantasy show/film swears by them (yeah I did say they're lifestyle specific lol).</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Katsuro42/" target="_blank">Katsuro42</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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That SodaStream
<p>Two things I wish I had bought years ago:</p><p>A vacuum sealer, this is a game changer for food storage. You can properly package portions for any size family and food stays fresh much longer.</p><p>A carbonation machine (aka sodastrem, etc). I love having on demand carbonated water available.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/denverkris/" target="_blank">denverkris</a></p>To Weigh The Ingredients
<p>A kitchen scale.</p><p>One with 1g precision is good, but better spend another $20 to get 0.1g precision. It will get you a perfect cup of coffee every single time, allow you to mix a cocktail by free pouring, and fundamentally improve your baking forever. Once you get the hang of it, it's so much easier to leave a bowl on the scale and to press the "zero" button between ingredients compared to fishing for tiny spoons of and combining fractions.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/y_gingras/" target="_blank">y_gingras</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Just A Little Strip
<p>This will be buried, but nasal strips absolutely changed my life. Breathe Right or a similar brand. For years, I didn't realize that I couldn't breathe through my nose when my face relaxes to sleep. For the last six years, I have had less acne because I'm sleeping with my mouth closed. I've been a million times better rested and had tons more clarity. I don't wake up as often during the night. If I could ever meet the person who invented them, I would love to thank him/her.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/laffydaffy24/" target="_blank">laffydaffy24</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Swimmy Swimmy Swimmy
<p>A pet. Even just a fish. I lost my pet bird after 16 years. Waited a little while to grieve before getting a new one. The amount of stress reduction from having a pet is so much more than you could put a $ on.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SnooObjections542/" target="_blank">SnooObjections542</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Way To Keep The House In Order
<p>A good tool set. For beginners having a level, screwdriver with many bits, hammer, small clamps, pliers, tape measure can do almost any small-medium sized project around the house. For bonus points get a spare hardware box (screws nails drywall hangers) and a bag of rags from the paint section and your home is your oyster. (Rags are way more durable than paper towels and can be used wet and you can lay them down on the floor to protect carpets/floors from falling objects/dust.</p><p>All this should run you like $80 at most.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/transneptuneobj/" target="_blank">transneptuneobj</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Retail therapy is a thing for a reason. In a capitalistic culture, we get used to using money as a means for comfort. So we think, let me buy some "comfort" food. Let me buy this new video game, because I deserve it. Ooh, this hat is cute. Buying this will make everything better.
But sometimes the usefulness of a purchase actually outlasts the simple thrill of just buying it.
<p>u/WrathOfChevy asked:</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/" target="_blank">"</a><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/">What's the best purchase you've ever made?"</a></em></p><p>Here were some of those answers.</p><p><br></p>
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Just A Quiet Moment
<p>We were at the tail end of a 32 hour road trip with our 5 kids ages 5 to 15 years old at the time. I love them but I needed silence. I bribed them with a dollar for whoever could be quiet the longest. I thought I'd buy myself perhaps 5 minutes of quiet tops before someone breathed someone else's air. Nope. Complete silence for just over an hour until we pulled into our destination. I declared them all winners so they all got a dollar. By far the best $5 I've ever spent.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/naughtyducklings/" target="_blank">naughtyducklings</a></p>I Want To See
<p>Got LASIK 4 years ago and continues to be the best money I ever spent. I wake up, and can just...see? With no glasses or contacts? Amazing</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Nosoulinmortgages/" target="_blank">Nosoulinmortgages</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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My Own Coffee Shop
<p>Bought a Breville Barista Express espresso machine 5+ years ago. I drink at least 2 americanos or lattes a day. It has never failed in any way shape or form, and at this point has saved me approximately eleventy billion dollars at Starbucks over this time period. I absolutely love that machine.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/newsreadhjw/" target="_blank">newsreadhjw</a></p>Paco The Horse
<p>I bought a horse named Paco for $500. My mom's hairdresser kept trying to sell him to me, starting at $3500 and every few months she would lower the price $500. When she got to $500 I said I would look at him. That was 18 years ago. He was the first horse my daughter was able to get out and ride on her own. She took him to the county fair the first year she showed there and won numerous ribbons on him, including hunter over fences jumping him over 3 foot fences. We didn't know he could jump.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>After she moved on to other horses we kept him and many different kids showed him at the fair all doing very well with him. Another lady had a parade horse get sick, and borrowed Paco and took him to the Kentucky derby parade and the Indy 500 parade. He proudly marched in both.</p><p>He also became a lesson horse and taught hundreds of beginners how to ride a horse. Never once has lost his patience with anyone. The only thing he asks in return is some peppermint candy.</p><p>He's in his late thirties now and is still going strong. He doesn't do many lessons anymore, but every once in a while someone is lucky enough to get to learn on him.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/goggerw/" target="_blank">goggerw</a></p>
When You Live In Suburban America
<p>My car.. It isn't even that great (96 Camry).. But going many years without a car was a daily struggle. Now I can get anywhere I need to without having to bother friends and family. Something as simple as grocery shopping went from being embarrassingly difficult to not a big deal.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Lysdexic-Serpon/" target="_blank">Lysdexic-Serpon</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Our Best Friend For Life
<p>When I was about 10 years old my parents and I were in our backyard clearing out a ton of weeds that had gotten out of hand. I had trouble focusing because our next door neighbor had this really adorable puppy and all I wanted to do was play with him.</p><p>We found out that they were actually going to take him to an animal shelter because their son was not taking care of him like he promised. I decided to ask my parents if maybe we could get him instead. I was an only child and never really have anyone to play with unless a friend would come over and the thought of having a puppy to play with whenever I wanted to was great.</p><p>My parents agreed and our neighbors offered to sell him to us for $20, which is really cheap for a dog when you think about it, but a lot of money for a kid. I had that saved up and immediately agreed and promised I care for him and love him forever. So, he became my puppy and like a brother. After a few days of debating I named him Snoopy.</p><p><br>Snoopy became my closest friend. He made me laugh, played with me, and would just hang out and watch TV with me. He was always there for me, especially through some tough times in my life where I was extremely self-destructive. He saved me from myself. He was there at my side through tough breakups where all I ever wanted to do was lay in bed. He was an amazing friend. He was there to see me graduate 8th grade, high school, and college. I hoped he would be there on the day I got married and maybe be around for when I had kids, but unfortunately as much as we wish for things, sometimes they don't happen.</p><p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/rSliuc1.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> is the first picture of I have of us together and <a href="http://i.imgur.com/gm9myIo.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> is the last. He died 5 years ago after being by my side for almost 17 years. That little ball of fur in the first picture made such a huge impact on my life bringing me years of happiness, friendship, and love.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/-eDgAR-/" target="_blank">-eDgAR-</a></p>
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There And Back Again
<p>I broke up with my HS sweetheart near graduation for reasons. She got a new boyfriend and I a new girlfriend (mine didn't last but 2 weeks). Months go by, I started college, and we remained in touch. I missed being with her and as our initial anniversary date neared I knew she was single again. So on that day I dropped by her job as a supermarket cashier and bought a pack of gum. As she rang me up I asked her if we could get back together. She said maybe, but would call me later. Of course she said yes and we've been together ever since, got married, & have 2 kids. Easily the best $1.07 I ever spent!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/WeAllHaveOurMoments/" target="_blank">WeAllHaveOurMoments</a></p>Halving My Size
<p>The food and fees for the medically supervised diet I'm on right now. I've lost 121 pounds so far and only have 36 to get to my goal. I feel so happy with myself and very proud that I've managed to do this. And of course I already look damn good, I started at a size 26 and I'm a size 14 now, there's so many small and large benefits I've noticed from being a ton thinner. From no longer worrying about being able to fit in chairs to simply being more comfortable in my own skin.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/zhanellz/" target="_blank">zhanellz</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It All Worked Out
<p>My divorce. I didn't even know how miserable was until one day, I was planning how I could successfully abandon my whole life.</p><p>I was going to apply for jobs across the country. I was mentally making lists of what I could fit in the car with the dogs so I could ghost. I was going to abandon the house I just bought, figured my parents would disown me based on their anti-divorce stance and years of telling me "marriage is forever. You vowed good times and bad." I was going to change my number so no one would know where I was. Started trying to figure out how I could save the deposit for an apt. I would stay married but live separately and I'd just start life over as if I was an orphan.</p><p><br>Had this moment of clarity that to go through all that to get away from him, i should just divorce him anyway. My parents didn't have to live with him and it was worth severing ties with them to get away from <em>him</em>. Why was I giving up the home I'd bought, and the life I'd made?</p><p>Things came to a head one day, the next week I had a consultation with a lawyer. Took off work so as not to rouse suspicion. He told me I could think about it and I was like "dude, I've done nothing but. Here's my cc." I called my mom on the way home and let her know. I was expecting "we're disowning you" and was shocked and in tears when she said that she had been wrong, if it was that bad they would support me and help me pay the lawyer fees. I hung up with her, my dad called me not 2 mins later and said it was about time.</p><p>I was expecting this bitter divorce and... when I broke it to him he's like "I'm going to let you go." We had an uncontested divorce, I gave him an, as my lawyer phrased it, "overly fair", settlement. It's been 8 years, I'm still paying off the divorce settlement, but I am in a better place mentally, a better relationship and it was worth getting out of an extremely toxic, emotionally abusive relationship.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Lepopespip/" target="_blank">Lepopespip</a></p>
Puppies Are Good For Your Health
<p>I was living with my mum when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had her surgery and had started the first of three years of chemo and radiation.</p><p>I drove her anywhere she needed and went in with her. Doctors visits and chemo can be really boring, so I always had two bags full of different things depending what she felt like doing.</p><p>We were in our way to a chemo visit and instead of going in with her, I felt like visit the animal shelter. No idea why, I had never left Mum during a chemo visit before.</p><p>The shelter was five minutes from the hospital and there were plenty of animals but I had my eye on one. A six month old lab x border collie puppy that was just terrified. Would not come anywhere near me. I couldn't leave him in that outdoor concrete kennel. How can a puppy be so terrified.</p><p><br>I drove with him back to the hospital. The chemo ward had a garden with windows, so we sat there waving at Mum. Mum came out and wasn't happy, there was enough going on let alone a puppy. But this dog was so quiet and timid. He curled into mum's lap and I never heard her complain again.</p><p>The best part was mum would walk him every day along the beach (she was covered head to toe in clothes and sun block) and she became stronger and healthier each year. When I was at work, I was comforted in knowing he was by her side.</p><p>He was $360 but easily the best purchase I've ever made.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/EcoKateable/" target="_blank">EcoKateable</a></p>
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"Bought my dog..."
<p>Bought my dog during severe depression and loneliness. She's been a great friend so far and makes most days fun. Even when she shits on the carpet (she's still a puppy).</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxxn1t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SFxTAGG</a></p>"Lived like a miser..."
<p>My house.</p><p>Lived like a miser for 10+ years to afford a down payment. The feeling of putting money into the house instead of rent is fantastic.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxbbae?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">RandomRavenclaw87</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Excellent.
<p>18 pack of toilet paper a month before the pandemic began.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxhbww?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DeathSpiral321</a></p>"Thanks to..."
<p>Thanks to a Costco membership and basement shelving, My family of 3 were packing 60+ Charmin triple rolls when the shortages started. We just stock up whenever it is on sale and there had been a sale not long before. I wouldn't call myself a prepper but when at the prices costco has for things like 25lb boxes of high quality rice for around 10 bucks, you would be a fool to not keep one of those bad boys in the bottom of your pantry.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxyvqg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MechanicalEngineEar</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
"Invested..."
<p>Invested $20,000 of an inheritance into a weed grow. Now I've been working in the Cannabis industry 4 years and have made probably $300k on my investment.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxdasy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TrumpLiedPeopleDied</a></p>"No one is allowed..."
<p>The Complete Calvin & Hobbes, bound, three volume set.</p><p>No one is allowed to touch it. My daughter reads all the cheaper paperback collections I received over the years every xmas. She 17 now, I might just let her have a peek.</p><p>Also, a close second is a painting of a Hawker Hurricane I found in what I thought was a nice art store. I just felt like I should have it. I looked it up after i bought it and it appears to be commonly replicated. But I liked it, I love military history, and its one thing in our house that can be pointed to and said "that's here because of Kurt_Go_Bang."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxfwpw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">kurt_go_bang</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"They will change your life..."
<p>Birkenstocks! They will change your life, especially my high-arched comrades.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxf2ic?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Cherryjuicyjuice</a></p>"I never had pets..."
<p>The pet adoption fees for my cats.</p><p>I never had pets growing up (my mother is allergic) but my wife always had cats. So after we were dating for awhile and living together we adopted two cats.</p><p>I never felt so much unconditional love or had a stronger feeling of having a home until they lived with us.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxhdnx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">whereegosdare84</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"They didn't have much money..."
<p>Laptop for my younger brother and his wife. They didn't have much money and really needed one. Started breaking down crying in Starbucks. Made me start tearing up as well.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxg3le?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">snowdaruma</a></p>"Got drunk once..."
<p>Got drunk once on holidays and thought it would be a great idea to buy a dog. Woke up later that afternoon in my hotel room with a 10 week old Alaskan Malamute puppy I had somehow managed to sneak in.</p><p>It's been 6 years now and she is the greatest thing to ever happen to me.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsyptzk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x"></a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsyptzk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Splicer201</a></p>"Only..."
<p>Squatty potty. Only $25 and I poop so smoothly now!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxbn97?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">starggg</a></p>"It's still..."
<p>A tackle box I got when I was 10. It's still functioning and I'm 49.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxe443?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MexElf</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"While on unemployment..."
<p>When I was 23, I got let go from my job as a groundskeeper. While on unemployment, I bought a $2 scratch off ticket. Turned out, I won $2500! I used that money to purchase the parts to build a gaming PC, which I had no experience with. After buying all the parts, and with a little help with wiring, I found a love for computers, and how they work. I am now working at an engineer level at my current IT job, and am doing very well, mentally, which I was not before that $2 scratch off purchase.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsypc4h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">wipton7</a></p>"I can take a bunch..."
<p>A crockpot. I can take a bunch of vegetables and meats or beans or whatever , and some water or chicken stock, throw in a pack of frozen seasoning vegetables (bell pepper, onion, celery), toss in salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder, put it on medium to high heat and go to bed and literally go to work the next day and never worry about it. The roast and veggies? Perfect. The chicken fiesta soup? Immaculate. The red beans and sausage? Food of the gods. The vegetable stew? To die for.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>All I do is throw things in it and then literally ignore them and the next day dinner is just ready, like I actually did something.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxtgi2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">newcatholic2019</a></p>
"I suffer..."
<p>I suffer from severe insomnia and I'm currently pregnant.. So I'm a person who already doesn't sleep, who can't take any of my medication for this and I'm growing a human inside of me, which isn't comfortable.</p><p>I bought a new mattress about a month ago and have gotten the best sleep I've ever had in my life! Definitely agree!</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxh80q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MiLeenaLee</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"I've worked..."
<p>Graduate school. Switched from an undergrad of Microbiology to Computer Science masters. I've worked for some of the top companies in the world, done some pretty cool stuff, and had a lot of fun along the way. Far and away the best purchase and 2 years of my life.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxt76k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">love_that_fishing</a></p>"I grew it..."
<p>I purchased a pizza shop in 1999. I grew it to 4 pizza shops and then sold them all. I now own 8 restaurants in another concept and am financially set.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsy0xlr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">hutchman2</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"She still hasn't..."
<p>The engagement ring for my wife. She still hasn't figured out how far beneath her that she married. Please, nobody tell her!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxrf13?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">beerandboogie</a></p>"My old boss..."
<p>My car. '08 Prius in 2014, 50k on the clock, perfect service history, 1 previous owner, $7.5k. My old boss had more money than sense.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxkg5a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">mpm206</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"It's calming..."
<p>A guitar. If you give it some time, any instrument can be great. It's calming and stress relieving.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxe9aa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">1234444466661</a></p>"Trust me people."
<p>King Size Casper Matress. Trust me people, it's LIFE changing. LIFE CHANGING. Second prize: an attachable bidet for 32 bucks off amazon. LIFE CHANGING.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxk1m6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">FultonPotzz</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"This little pug..."
<p>Most stories here are a dog. And I agree that's the best purchase I made. My pug is my wife's and I kid and for all sakes, it behaves like one. We've been married for 5 years and got him after our first year married as a prelude to kids. Neither one of us would think that we would go thru infertility and the possibility of kids may not happen. This little pug has allowed us to fill that gap, not in an unhealthy way but definitely in the loving way. A little source of constant happiness while dealing thru the shittiness that's comes from infertility. It's the little things that allow for us to always maintain perspective.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsyzcor?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">xDCPYROx</a></p>"Recently?"
<p>Recently? An herb garden. Got parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, peppermint, dill, cilantro, and of course, catnip. Watering and watching them grow is extremely soothing. Plus, freshest possible herbs! And cat drugs for my kitties, because they should benefit, too.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsyzj1j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">RavynousHunter</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"After driving nothing but..."
<p>A new car. After driving nothing but crappy old cars with tons of mileage on them I got a new one. Crazy how nice it drives and how often it DOESN'T break down.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxdgrm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SENDBOB5076</a></p>"My then girlfriend..."
<p>$10 for a Kappa duffle bag.</p><p>My then girlfriend (now wife) bought one at the same time. We picked them up at a Kroger almost 20 years ago when we were in college. We use them nearly every other weekend to pack clothes and supplies to visit family and friends. Hell, my wife damn near lived out of hers for 3 years for her job. I would not be surprised if they last another 20 years.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxeiiw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MikeWANN</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"The kind that comes..."
<p>Compact floor jack. The kind that comes in a plastic case and fits nicely in the trunk of your car. Makes changing a tire on the side of the highway a speedy, safer affair. Those scissor jacks are not good.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxnpl7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">NYStaeofmind</a></p>"I love being able to..."
<p>My guitar has given me more pleasure than anything. I love being able to pull it out and play something to speak with people</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsyigd3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">VanishXZone</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"I almost never..."
<p>An InstaPot. I almost never cook without it now.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxoulv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Bri70_vengeance</a></p>"Honestly..."
<p>Honestly, if I think of time used, reliability and just never breaking down in 12 years, it has to be a white Sony VAIO laptop. Astonishing in it's durability... shame they stopped making them, was the best $700 I think I've ever spent.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxulnu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x"></a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxulnu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">sir_percy_percy</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_19" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"Where I live..."
<p>My central air conditioning. Where I live, we get two-three months of summer, but totally worth it. I hate trying to sleep when it is hot.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxwp5v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Meeg1971</a></p>"Heading out..."
<p>My hiking bag. 2012. Decided I was going to get one, hopped onto Kijiji knowing almost nothing about hiking backpacks and found a large mec brio for $50. Apparently you are supposed to try on different ones until you find the right size, well I just impulsively bought it and it fit like a glove.</p><p>It's carried me from memory to memory, bursting at the seams with tent poles, punctured beer cans, clothes, gear. Whatever I want to bring I can find a way to stretch the bag to accommodate. I have abused the hell out of it and it just doesn't break.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_20" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Regular visits to the Bruce Trail, Lake Superior, Kawarthas, Algonquin, Ganaraska trail. That thing took me through so many of the experiences of my 20's that made life worth living.</p><p>Heading out for my first hike of the season this Saturday, these days I store it prepacked with gear and whisky and add food and batteries the night before a hike.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsy64p8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">baoo</a></p>
"Maybe not the best..."
<p>Maybe not the best but I recently bought a convertible sofa for 30 dollars. There was an error on the site and it was 94% off.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fszli3e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">chiminguito</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"I finally..."
<p>My computer bag. I finally bought a good leather bag and it'll be the last one I ever have to buy.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsx9cil?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ohiojeepdad</a></p>"I've been sewing..."
<p>I've been sewing for a while now, and my brothers birthday is coming up, so when my grandma dragged me into a fabric shop, and I found the best thing for his birthday, he's a cyclist, and I found a peoce of material with bikes on it. I bought it, and I'm really excited to get started! I've never given my brother a proper birthday gift, and I'm sure hell love it, at least I hope so!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gwtrjx/whats_the_best_purchase_youve_ever_made/fsxtvjh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">short_tiny_person</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_22" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Explain Which Of Their Purchases Disproved The 'Money Can't Buy Happiness' Adage
January 02 | 2020
Money is NOT the root of all evil. It can be arduous and it can cause extremely difficult situations but it can also make life far more comfortable and stress free. Money can't buy you class, humanity or truth but it can buy you happiness... even the simple. superficial.
Redditor u/Dougyparker wanted to some truths about having cold hard cash that we're always wondering by asking.... What have you purchased that disproves the old adage "Money can't buy happiness"?
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Touching.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjI3Nzc4NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMzQzMzM0N30.OzsjdzeU0CbhrlzdF8gvSN5g1XouruM1xMG1R9v_pOY/img.gif?width=980" id="e5403" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8b5f3e0364e4bfa76f8ebb355c223276" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Massages. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcl8vcx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SugarieBeast</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcl8vcx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>They usually end with me feeling happy too. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcly92j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">FruitGuy998</a></p>Damn straight.
<p>A new mattress. I wake up feeling refreshed instead of groggy now, and sleeping well makes me feel happy. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcldzp6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DeathSpiral321</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcldzp6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Damn straight. My wife and I paid an insane amount of money for a two-sided, dual controlled temper-pedic bed. We each have a remote to control our own head and foot elevation. And every night for the last eight years as we climb into bed each of us makes loud happy noises as we climb in and pull the covers up. No more back pain, no stiffness in the morning, just comfort and good sleep. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcm2bua?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Cheerio13</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Bliss!
<p>Debt and mortgage free. Bliss! <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcleb07?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> OoLaLana</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcleb07?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Seriously, this would be it for me. I'm a weirdo because when I fantasize about winning the lottery I fantasize about paying off my mortgage and all my bills. Like I literally envision getting a mortgage payoff amount from the bank and going online and making payments. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcm3b34?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">anitabelle</a></p>Vacations.
<p>Vacations. Being able to go anywhere anytime. Explore, live in a nice hotel, have other people make your food and clean your room. Travel brings happiness and it costs money. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcle1a6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">thefriendlypuffin</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Goodies for the backyard wildlife......
<p>Goodies for the backyard wildlife. I don't even want to say what I spend on snacks for wild animals. They make me happy, though. I get stupidly excited to see how stupidly excited they are for free easy snacks. I've even bought medication for one when I couldn't get any help from animal clinics and shelters, it made me happy just watching him recover. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fclbu73?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> Alt_Because_Stuff</a><span></span></p>1000% this......
<p>Therapy sessions. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcl8ukp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> FrogginBullfish</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcl8ukp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>1000% this. First off, what the hell is happiness? What does that even look like? Therapy has helped me start answering these questions and build a life that looks like how I want it. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcleeds?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> twirlingpink</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/twirlingpink/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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WOOF!
<p>My dog. I paid money for my dogs and there's nothing that makes me happier. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcl5r1m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Outlander56</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcl5r1m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>I got my dog through marriage (does that make him my step-dog?), best decision of my life! But, yeah, still not free. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fclks4d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">imnotfunnybutitry</a></p>Same Old...
<p>Some good damn food, tickets to the movies, and video games. Seriously, people underestimate the value of going to the movies by yourself, it's cool as heck. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcl7hml?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> Lo-Fi_Kuzco</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Lo-Fi_Kuzco/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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EXACTLY!!!!
<p>Gym membership. I bought self esteem. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcldbiw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> InfinitePizzazz</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcldbiw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/InfinitePizzazz/" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Exactly. He bought the opportunity to work for self esteem, not self esteem itself. Getting a gym membership isn't a ticket to confidence; I know a guy who has said many times that he would go work out every day and lasts a max of two in a row. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcm7or5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Dialgalazer</a></p>Best .99 ever spent.....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjI3Nzc4Ny9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MzQ2NTQ1OX0.V4RistU2d_INixVk4vF81E7bzNt3Pp5KiVgjy2x-pvM/img.gif?width=980" id="f3eda" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9cfd71d7818100b8b0e189f557866e5c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>I went into Goodwill earlier and bought one of them old fashioned ball attached to a cup with string toys. I've been playing with it off and on for hours.</p><p>Best .99 ever spent. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehs7v2/what_have_you_purchased_that_disproves_the_old/fcldl6d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Butwinsky</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Ever experience buyer's remorse? I know I have. Impulsive, unnecessary, and overall stupid purchases can be the bane of anyone's bank account. But your's probably is nowhere near as bad as these Redditors.
u/victoriwnl asked: What are some dumb purchases you made?
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I see the Sign....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ4MDQ4Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MjEwMjAwMX0.tGy7TvUKvA1httjQJrhrMhVrjfWrm6MfDW91JF2UJQY/img.gif?width=980" id="452bd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ea27229fb432082a8ebe0ab9ebe36af4" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="320" data-height="250" />sign language GIFGiphy<p>I bought several sign language books because I wanted to make friends with a deaf kid at my school. I ended up learning a tiny amount before discovering he was a total creep who wouldn't stop staring at my feet. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f50f7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">GA_HoneyBee</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Meowed.
<p>So I have this cat this constantly dressed up in stupid crap and I know that people judge me for it, but in reality I figured one day that maybe he was constantly biting and scratching me because he was cold. Turns out I was right and if he doesn't have a sweater on he just goes right back to being an fool.</p><p>I no longer judge anyone with any animal in any sort of ridiculous attire because I would rather have some one think I'm a crazy cat lady than be covered in scratches and bite marks. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f7082?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Guitarfoxx</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Annabelle?
<p>I bought a faceless doll to scare people. Turns out I was the most scared one. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f3l14?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">BolleChakriThakbeNa</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f3l14?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a>I got a scary doll too, it was $30. It was so I can creep people out with it. Turns out they're creeped out for the minute they see it, but I saw it every night on my desk in my room and it creeped me out. One day the hair started moving on its own, and when I checked it out, it was a bunch of small flies. A fly laid it's eggs in her hair.</p><p>It was something like "Apple Sine Doll"? </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9fdxjs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Kurtisrayne</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How To....
<p>I've bought a lot of how to kits/books. Like how to knit, how to calligraphy, how to paint, how to write poetry, etc... have I learned how to do a single one of those things? No, no I have not</p><p><strong><em>Edit:</em></strong> y'all thanks but I am aware of the existence of YouTube, google, and libraries... that would be why I'm saying they are dumb purchases lol. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f2hlb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">bethmichelle19</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Dane Undone.
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ4MDQ4NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzOTc1NTAwNn0.hYQUSNknUZVZoTnmureEcf--y9WfpEFejTDPdaCG-S0/img.gif?width=980" id="32e3c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6caa27fd487ef157cf23203ee2dce9de" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="400" />dog show GIF by Westminster Kennel ClubGiphy<p>Bought a onesie for my Great Dane. don't know why I bought it but I think he liked it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f4l4m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> iLoveReedit</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/iLoveReedit/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"get whatever you want"
<p>I bought an $80 pen one time.</p><p><strong><em>Edit: </em></strong>I was about 8 yrs old, and was driving to Florida from NY with my dad and sisters. My dad is super showy (and I have no idea where he got the money) so at a rest stop, he handed us each a $100 bill and said "get whatever you want." So I bought the pen for $80. He was not happy when I got back to the car.</p><p><strong><em>Edit edit: </em></strong>My father and I don't get along, and one of the reasons is he throws money at everything instead of actually solving the problem. So this was basically just to keep 3 little girls quiet during a 19 hour drive. It was pretty typical of him.</p><p><strong><em>Edit edit edit: </em></strong>I'm 33 and no longer have the pen. Idk what happened to it over the years, but I hope someone who loves pens found it and gave it a nice life. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f2xjm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> I_am_TylerDurden</a><span></span></p>Snapshot
<p>I thought I was buying a vintage Polaroid camera but when it arrived I realized it was a giant poster with a small picture of the camera in the center. I have a bad habit of not fully reading the description before buying (the exact reason I had to go to summer school in the 7th grade) and my boyfriend forced me to hang the poster for a full year as a reminder of what a dummy I am. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f85kz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> LoveOfficialxx</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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House
<p>A house in 2007.... it's still not worth as much as we paid for it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f1jte?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">skellmedic4</a></p><p>My parents bought in 2004. Around 2012-2013 when I was applying for the FAFSA, it gave an error when I entered that their mortgage was more than the house is worth. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f7ob8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> threetenfour</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/threetenfour/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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LIIITTTTT!!!!
<p>A cactus that lights up. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f12w3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">OW2000</a></p><p>Hey now. I love my lighty cactus. In fact, I'm sitting next to mine right this instant and it's already lit up! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9fbl9o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">offthegridd</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Fish Luxury....
<p>$400 dollar fish tank lighting. I wasn't carpenter enough to build the hood to mount it. It sits in the basement as a monument of my idiocy. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f1ddf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Argle</a><span></span></p><p>In the past I convinced me parents to spent $500 for fish stuff. I don't know how they were convinced. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f4his?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">liruge</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Ryan & Ambien....
<p>I had accidentally doubled my dose of pain meds right before I went to go see a showing of the film Drive. On my walk home I ordered a pair of what I thought was the gloves Ryan Goslings character wears in the film. A week later I got them in the mail and realized they were 3 sizes too big and a entirely different color. 160 bucks down the toilet. That night I took my Ambien and apparently decided to try again after staying on the computer after my sleep meds had kicked in. I bought the same pair of gloves. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9faciw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">notanothercirclejerk</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Crappy Birthday....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ4MDQ5MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NDk0OTYxMX0.Oxqvzi1PjdzKhDwRGJojW2iEQvHi5XggqXkKKNQNpDM/img.gif?width=980" id="9bad5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5acaed7f18686b923c0f3763c90bf218" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="330" />suspicious birthday cake GIFGiphy<p>An ex broke up with me. She was the first person I dated and didn't really know how to navigate the break up so I bought her a really thoughtful gift for her birthday a month later. What a waste of money and time looking back on it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f0rzj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">tellmetheworld</a></p>Over Niagara....
<p>This kills me every time I remember it and it's honestly made me into the extreme money saver I am today. When I was younger, my family visited Niagara Falls. I had $50 (which is A LOT for a kid with no job) and was excited to buy some souvenirs. I spent it all on key chains, I only got like 6 of them which made it to $50. They were all of the same place, too. It's not like they were from different cities. I wasted all the money I owned on FREAKING KEYCHAINS. Who even uses those?? It haunts me to this day. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f52qo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">100-billion-galaxies</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Useless Air....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ4MDQ5Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxODI5NDAwNH0.nh94VlIdPrKrHx7O6OAkxhzPd5UPU5rseJKJUJCJUl4/img.gif?width=980" id="449c9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="72eb47c4995a6cd722b4e31d4948be95" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="360" />michael jordan basketball GIFGiphy<p>Not me, but my mom. She surprised me with a pair of fancy basketball shoes for my birthday, even though I'd never expressed any interest in such a thing, and I was neither cool nor athletic. I brought them to scout camp a few weeks later and lost one of them in the mud.</p><p>They were original, size 11 Air Jordans. In 1984 or 1985. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f3yap?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">nrith</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Still Cringing....
<p>I'm usually pretty conservative with my spending but I have bipolar disorder and sometimes when I am manic I go a little nuts with dumb purchases. My two worst are probably a top of the line spin bike (which I had never tried before) for about $1000 and I resold for 300 once I was out of the episode) and I also convinced myself to join a hockey league. I spent $1200 on skates, pads, gloves, stick and helmet. I have never skated and I still haven't. All the gear is in the back of my closet and I cringe whenever I stumble across it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f8e0v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Reddit</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Slide....
<p>200 dollar Gucci slides for my high school graduation. Yeah, I bought them for the joke of saying I wore gucci slides to my high school graduation but they aren't even that comfortable so I just re-sold them to someone. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f03d6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">KindaA</a>**<span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Blame Canada
<p>Today I purchased these foot balloon/condoms for my dog to walk in the snow (the ice always leaves her paws bleeding). Of course her nails ripped them apart in 3 mins flat. I have yet to find a solution for my dogs paws in winter, I'm a failed Canadian. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f3mhb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MrsTaco18</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Dalmatian....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ4MDQ5Ny9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NDAwMzgxMn0.1Ajq7Jw76Jz9sQbniOh2O_UNOGSEOwSxVZMEQ-ty24U/img.gif?width=980" id="1f731" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b62350fcf9d175f706964d2414ef6baa" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />fun lol GIF by Disneyland ParisGiphy<p>When I was 7, I saved up for a 1' (foot) high porcelain Dalmatian from a department store. My pocket money was £1/week, the dog cost £27.</p><p>My mother still has it at her house. It's the kind of thing a 70 year old would buy. I have no freaking idea what was going on in my head.</p><p><em><strong>EDIT: </strong></em>I think it was ceramic, not specifically porcelain. Maybe as tall as 18 inches. This is the closest I could find <a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/8Jb9fZLipec4zV8aA" target="_blank">https://images.app.goo.gl/8Jb9fZLipec4zV8aA</a></p><p>I was obsessed with getting it, and I never had buyer remorse. It's also so completely out of character. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f2wha?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ISPEAKMACHINE</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Getting Gnawed
<p>Those claw covers for cats to stop them from scratching up your furniture.</p><p>They were ripped off the next day. He was gnawing at his little feet until every one was gone. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f0d0h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">LadyCreepsPasta</a></p><p>I've trained my cat to not scratch furniture by placing a sturdy scratch pole close to the furniture he would scratch. Every morning when he is eager for breakfast I made him scratch the post before putting down the food. I've done some basic dog training before but so far I've gathered that cats only respond to positive enforcement. I kept encouraging him with treats if he would scratch the post during the day and I've never had any issues since. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f3909?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">carolinasilva93</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Bugs?
<p>Omg when I was in 1st grade, we got school bucks for good behavior and we could "buy" things with them at the school store once a week. One of those things was a ceramic bunny and when it was my turn to buy something, I RACED over to get that bunny so no one else would get it first... no one else was going for that bunny. After I thought about it, I was like wtf was I so worried about. Anyway, the reason I wanted it so much was to give it to my mom as a gift and she kept it for ages. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f5z6g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Reddit</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Twice...
<p>Accidentally bought stuff in clash of clans. Twice. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f1yc2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">fbdajh</a><span></span></p><p>I knew a guy in high school who worked at Burger King part time just to exclusively fuel his Clash of Clans addiction. He legit spent his entire checks on that game. Wonder how he feels about it now. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f6bpk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">StarsCanScream</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Green Death
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Halloween Blues...
<p>I spent $60 dollars on a electric blue ceramic pumpkin.</p><p><strong><em>Edit:</em></strong> it is a different shade of blue then I thought. I haven't seen it in years because I hid it in the back of my garage after I broke the stem off.</p><p><a href="https://imgur.com/tAkk6LO" target="_blank">https://imgur.com/tAkk6LO</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f1jnb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">hop378</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_20" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Online Info
<p>I bought books when i was in 1st semester, later realize that i could have read online. So sold them after the semester. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f0fnp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Baited_</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f0fnp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a>After my first semester and realizing that not every teacher even used the books, I waited until I got the syllabus for each class to see if we in fact needed them. This was when shipping still took 7-10 days too, so I would just use the library copy (if available) or share with a classmate until I got the ones in the mail. But still, I felt good about saving a few hundred dollars every semester.</p><p>It's still an insane rip-off though. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f4pyp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Jen-Walters</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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My Looks
<p>I have so many... maybe the personal training package & gym membership I kept too long because I felt awkward cancelling. I'm still fat. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f1961?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">dietdiesel</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_22" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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bad romance....
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<p>This was close to 20 years ago. I was 19. I had just moved into a new apartment, and thought mounting a katana on the wall would look mature and cool. It never made it up on the wall in any place I ever lived. I eventually sold it at a garage sale. Got $20 for it.</p><p>The date wasn't going terribly up to that point, but it was also clear we weren't destined for a second date.</p><p>I've never owned a fedora, and thought I grew out of my nice guy/neck beard tendencies by 10th grade. Maybe it was a last gasp attempt for those traits to manifest themselves.</p><p>I hope she remembers it, preferably with a laugh. I certainly remember it. I have three boys, and they will definitely hear about it as a cautionary tale. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f36u9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">tomdincan</a></p>
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Ruined...
<p>Bought a motorcycle from somebody that didn't "properly" take care of it. There were a few small warning signs but I just let the fact it was the specific model I was looking for, in my price range, with things I could easily fix, cloud my judgement. Basically anything he touched on the bike I have had to replace, or more accurately, pay a shop to replace, because I don't have a garage or really the time/energy to do much of the work on it myself.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_25" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>It was a little bit cheap (and came with a bunch of spare parts) but I really wish I'd held out longer and paid a bit more for one that had been better looked after, because it would have probably worked out to be cheaper and less hassle to boot. But I live in a pretty small market and was after a specific model, so it might have been 6-8 months.</p>
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<p>Altogether the expense hasn't ruined me - I bought it to sorta celebrate getting back into full-time, salaried work - it has definitely made me enjoy the bike a lot less than I have previous ones. I will definitely vet the PO of my vehicles more thoroughly in the future - have just been pretty lucky until now I suppose.</p><p>* he did sorta try, which is the problem...</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f2pq1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">grey_ghost</a></p>
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Life Choices
<p>Cocaine. Expensive, addictive, and dangerous all to feel a little euphoric and annoyingly chatty for 30 minutes at a time. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f2uxy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Reddit</a></p><p>Way way back in the day, I and one of my friends used to spend about 800 bucks a week , sometimes more. I remember getting ready to go on a two week long road trip with her and a couple other friends, and we blew about 3 grand on it, just so we wouldn't run out while at this huge gathering in the woods. It's a strange feeling doing lines in a tent with a bunch of US Marshals and national forestry service people trotting by on horses.... </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f9nt4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">squezekiel</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_28" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Crabs & Me....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ4MDUxMS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNDIwNTA4N30.-xc_VjnZS3UACw4BWPuoO-Hv2gFRABxg8gqueCIsFTg/img.gif?width=980" id="348cf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1f36fece4a046cd2c0c5a0169663509b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="280" data-height="221" />Giphy<p>I went on a first date with the girl that I liked, we live in New Jersey and it was July so obviously I took her to the boardwalk. While we were there I saw a vender selling hermit crabs, and my dumb fool thought it'd be funny to buy them as a joke and try to impress her. I then realized after spending $30 on two crabs (two because one would get lonely) that I needed a proper set up. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_29" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>So we went to petsmart and got a tank, food, sand, and a log for them to play on. Long story short I spent over $100 on hermit crabs and supplies. Not to mention that the girl completely friend zoned me, which is okay because now I have my two crabs Pickles and Júrgis to keep me company.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9fb9qf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">OscarFromSharkTales</a></p>
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The Meds....
<p>When I was high off pain meds after my ACL surgery I was on amazon and saw a typewriter that I really wanted. Order it— and it was a picture of a typewriter on a notebook. I'm still mad about that lol</p><p><strong><em>Update: </em></strong>wow, I did not expect so many people to relate to this lol</p><p>Everything just seems like a great idea when you feel like you're floating.</p><p>It was $12 so I didn't really care about returning it and honestly, it's a funny reminder that I like to have around</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_31" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>My family still brings it up to tease me about it but it is funny so I can't blame them</p><p><em>Super update: </em>I found the link on Amazon:</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T2OLV3U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T2OLV3U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f1rxj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">theholymec</a></p>
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Gimme the Whip!
<p>Had a crush on a guy I barely knew who told someone else who told me that this guy was into dominant women. A few days later I dropped nearly $600 on bondage gear, an entire strap on setup and what I imagined to be dominatrix outfits. Everything arrived in the mail by a couple weeks later. I tried on everything, looked all manner of ridiculous and suddenly realized I had never planned beyond that point. I couldn't come up with any non-mortifying way to try to let this guy know that I was prepared to dominate him. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_33" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Like, I couldn't even decide if it would be less ridiculous to pretend I had always had all this stuff and been into such things, or to admit I bought everything on the off chance that a near-stranger I was infatuated with might be down for it. In the end I gave it all away to an elderly gay couple on Craigslist. That was my $600 value charity donation for the year. Wasn't even tax deductible. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f1gjd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">BasedBanshee</a></p>
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Oh the Apple....
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For the Future
<p>I was drunk when I learned that Futurama was leaving Netflix. I was distraught as it's one of my favorite shows. 3 days later I received a package on the doorstep. It was the special edition complete series box set of Futurama. I didn't understand why it was there, but my wife told me that I had drunkenly bought the show out of "solidarity" and then deleted the email receipt because I thought sober me would cancel the order. I then swore her to secrecy until it arrived, at which point she was allowed to fill me in. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f8lmi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">A_Is_For_Azathoth</a></p>Dinner at Burger King...
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For the Win.
<p>A $200 monopoly board game made of wood I found at Winners. It has a drawer for the money and monopoly game pieces but the dividers are made of plastic, thin cheap plastic like the original board game. I was unimpressed so has to return it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4sk5y/what_are_some_dumb_purchases_you_made/f9f3w43?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">foodie_girl1123</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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College purchases are probably the worst ones.
<p>So many unnecessary things early on in college. It was the first time I had some kind of income from working a part time job, so I thought it was absolutely necessary to buy all my textbooks instead of renting them or finding them online for free. </p><p>I also spent a f*ckton on dorm room stuff, which hardly anyone was going to see or care about since the dorms came furnished anyway. Lessons learned, I'd definitely pass on that advice to anyone going into college in the US.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/lil_rolodex/" target="_blank">lil_rolodex</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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RIP Megavideo. Gone but not forgotten.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEyNDc2NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1Njg4NDE1MX0.YjSVExoV4FN0mTwbYEvxtXR9RQ1ke_w2eafiPM4PJnU/img.gif?width=980" id="cdcf4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a9a920f680a400d33ff82aaff3f0c13d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Lifetime Megavideo subscription. It was shut down shortly afterwards for copyright infringement.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TheSweetestLemon/" target="_blank">TheSweetestLemon</a></p><p>Well, you get what you paid for. It was just that it was for Megavideos lifetime, not yours.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Spritetm/" target="_blank">Spritetm</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Story checks out.
<p>When I was 17 I had unknowingly saved up a lot $2,000 from work - I chose to spend this on a double neck guitar.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Beezle-Bubba-Gump/" target="_blank">Beezle-Bubba-Gump</a></p><p>That's the most 17 year old with unexpected $2000 to blow purchase ever.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/whateh/" target="_blank">whateh</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Always go for the BahnCard.
<p>My first time in Germany, I was only there for a few months, so I thought "I don't need a BahnCard; I'm not here for a full year." Then I spent well over 1000€ on train tickets. The whole time I could have been saving 50% AND collecting loyalty points.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/themapoe/" target="_blank">themapoe</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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So did a lot of people.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEyNDc2OC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTAxNDg3M30.TVgqEP_GeYAPxJVjPz-1TuEZHsnJZgvadPTJ6bE0WjU/img.gif?width=980" id="9f69c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="29dbe910dac485c7e7e5a44cacc678b9" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Bought $50 worth of Beanie Babies because I thought they'd be worth something</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ClefairyHann/" target="_blank">ClefairyHann</a></p><p>Also bad - buying those plastic tag protectors, and an expensive giant case to display said Beanie Babies to keep them in pristine "collectible" condition.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/missoctober12/" target="_blank">missoctober12</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Worth every cent.
<p>Airplane WiFi. So I could be browsing AskReddit right now.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/blurredlimes9/" target="_blank">blurredlimes9</a></p><p>I've spent once 20 bucks on airplane wifi on a 12hour flight. Only for reddit. No regrets.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/M4ngolicious/" target="_blank">M4ngolicious</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Big mistake.
<p>Deciding to go to grad school in 2012 -5 years after graduating- for no other reason than "I have no clue what to do with my life".</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CitizenHuman/" target="_blank">CitizenHuman</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Relatable.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEyNDc3NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjQ3NzE0OX0.qMbr2nt7h9xuq4RsNu608S3AqhHuqMwTzyVXzsMPMuY/img.gif?width=980" id="5adfb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6677fe84d5f5645be57492089947e800" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>I traded a rather rare volume into a local used book store because I had two of them. Then went back to the bookstore a month later and excitedly bought MY OWN BOOK BACK because it was rare and I didn't think I owned it.</p><p>I was wrong.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ModernDiabolist/" target="_blank">ModernDiabolist</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Fair.
<p>Spent over $100 or more buying clothes for my avatar on a virtual reality game when I could've spent it on...you know, actual clothes.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/enjoythesilencio/" target="_blank">enjoythesilencio</a></p><p>I miss PlayStation Home too.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Shmeh-Shmeh/" target="_blank">Shmeh-Shmeh</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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The things we do for love.
<p>I commissioned an artist to paint a portrait of my then girlfriend's dying pet rat.</p><p>She had told me her rat was about to die a month before I got it. By the time it was ready, the relationship had ended and I didn't know what to do with it. I paid 90 for it and it was absolutely worth the price. Artist did an amazing job - I just didn't have anyone to give it to now.</p><p>I ended up giving it to her anyway. I regret doing that since I probably just made her feel guilty.</p><p>Thing is, I was fully aware we were about to break-up. I just liked her so much and I was totally alone in a new state. I didn't think I was good enough to earn her love - so I tried to buy it.</p><p>Real dumb.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/StudebakerHotch/" target="_blank">StudebakerHotch</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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A beautiful home.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjE0NTk5NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxNTAyOTA4OX0.rqMLDBF5oAp4dlrvzygqY31j1GzvOrSOG73E6Lr-LZ8/img.gif?width=980" id="43d3d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="469aeb3240c20171c351427cabcb5b50" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>A mobile home. Worse yet, I paid the down payment by credit. Stupidest thing I ever did. Then when I moved to another state I found that they are not actually very mobile. </p><p>It is a great expense and a lot trouble to move them. I wound up letting it get repossessed and eventually had to go into bankruptcy.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BoudiceasChild/" target="_blank">BoudiceasChild</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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It was hiding.
<p>An iPad. I didn't go online a whole lot then, I don't play games, idk where my intentions were. Then I misplaced it. Like, I was questioning if my mom or I sold it without remembering. 4 years. The iPad gone 4 years. I just wished I'd remembered why I sold it & what did I buy instead?</p><p>Yea, no. It was next to my chair wedged between the wall. Super critical purchase, obviously. Gave the rediscover one to my mom since hers was used to death.</p><p>Asked where I found it, told her. She's like, you're such a responsible shopper, the thought that goes into your large purchases, I could learn something.</p><p>Well, reminded her I bought hers too and hate how much she uses it...shame if they both went back into the abyss.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/idkkksureok/" target="_blank">idkkksureok</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Oof.
<p>My mom got me and my two older brothers Pokémon cards from the farmers market. They both got blastioises (a very rare card) I got a charizard, (an even rarer card) they both convinced me blastoise was better so the next day I traded my charizard for a blastoise at school. My brothers laughed at what an idiotic trade that was. I cried. The next day I went back to school to talk to the kid and get my charizard back. He moved to another state.</p><p>My whole life is in shambles now.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Choopzilla/" target="_blank">Choopzilla</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Relatable.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjE0NTk5Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MzE3MTk2Nn0.s2AZNk3q-Yhm6rNeiJB7fZc8Enw_VNi9Gf9rQqFq0Qc/img.gif?width=980" id="deb25" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="edbd29ad41ccc8195abfceff5fc4574e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>When I was around 15, I wasted a lot on Adobe products which I barely used. I never clicked much pictures and actually had no interest in the photoshop stuff. The only product I used was Illustrator for UI/UX design. I almost wasted $2000.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/diganta15/" target="_blank">diganta15</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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That's a lot of stuffed animals.
<p>Crane game currency. Had an addiction to winning prizes from an app. Spent over $1000.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/nihilisix/" target="_blank">nihilisix</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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