My wife spent the last half of last year talking about this specific high-end stand mixer . She watched videos of people using it, showed me recipes she wanted to try, and complained about her old hand mixer failing. It was on her mind constantly. For our anniversary back in February, I decided to drop a solid chunk of cash on the exact model and color she wanted. I even had to track it down from an appliance site because the local stores were sold out of that specific grey finish. I was completely sure this would be the best gift I ever got her.
She opened it, got super excited, and we cleared off a major spot on the kitchen counter for it. It looks like a spaceship sitting there . The problem is that was three months ago and she has not turned it on a single time.
Every weekend I think she is finally going to use it, but she just pulls out the old battered hand mixer or does stuff manually with a whisk. Last week she wanted to make cookies and I literally pointed at the machine and said it would take two minutes in there. She just shrugged and said it was too much work to wash the bowl after. It makes zero sense to me because she spent months telling me how much time it would save her.
I am not trying to be a jerk about the money, we can handle the expense, but the logic is completely breaking my brain. Why spend so much energy wanting a piece of tech just to treat it like a premium paperweight. Yesterday I caught myself wiping dust off the top of it . I guess it matches the toaster at least.