Work stressing me out last night. Lying in bed on the iPad, can’t turn the brain off, so start surfing WB, CT, and the online retailers I haunt. Next thing you know, I’ve bought 6 bottles of champagne I had no intention of purchasing. Immediate dopamine rush, stress gone, off to bed.
I frequently walk away from or delay $25 purchases, but with wine, it’s like the math is all different and doesn’t matter. What is my problem and why do I make large impulse buys just with wine?
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Yes but I also buy wine when relaxed, when happy, when depressed, when excited, when tired, when alert…
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I’m most like David, it seems, in that it doesn’t really matter how I feel. I just love to buy wine. This being said, I’ve been trying to put my finger on exactly why I buy in spurts while sometimes going a month or two without much buying. I have noticed I a most dangerous after a formal tasting or visit to a wine destination.
Have you tried drinking it when you are stressed out? I find that helps and can even help you sleep!
Get a new line of work.
Or quit altogether, and go on the dole.
Or find some happy medium in-between.
I just can’t figure out why the wine math in is so justifiable when I’m spending it on wine versus anything else. I basically made an impulsive decision on a $700 purchase just before going to bed. Makes no sense.
2ish, nice! I was stone cold sober last night, nothing to drink.
I’m the same way. I can go weeks or even months at a time and I’ll buy anything, and then all the sudden I’m on a binge buying frenzy!
Yes, that’s the easy part! And it’s already paid for and a sunk cost at that point.
I appreciate your comment, but I actually love what I do. It’s just from time to time I hit some stressful patches.
I agree with this statement. I’ve doubled my current 2019 spend in the past 7 days. Why now and not two weeks ago or months ago, who knows.
The beauty of having a nice cellar and drinking wine you bought long ago. Every bottle is free when you drink it
You really want to know?
For some reason I can’t share the amazon link, but “Collecting: an Unruly Passion” by Werner Muensterberger explains it pretty well.
That book changed my life. In short, you’re making a temporary bargain against death. Warren Zevon (maybe quoting someting) said we buy books because we think we’re buying the time to read them. We buy wine anticipating a pleasant future moment in which we’re still alive to enjoy something. Sure, there are other reasons too but as a coping mechanism for stress, it makes sense.
It’s not a problem. It’s called “retail therapy” and it’s an endorphin rush. Ask your wife - she probably knows all about it.
Scott, the best suggestion I can offer you is to:
No stress, you buy wine at wholesale prices and your customers pay for your intake.
I think you’re on to something here. I often find myself thinking about who I will drink wines with, usually my grown boys and wife many years from now.
I dont buy when I am stressed. However, I become stressed after I see my wine bills. Lol
I used to but changed jobs and do not have that issue now.
I do understand what you mean about justifying buying wine vs something else for the same cost. I have drastically reduced my purchases this year vs the last five so I have more disposable income sitting around, but still have a problem spending it on other things for some reason.
Exactly when I don’t drink.
I buy, but don’t drink.