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Recreational shopping. I literally can't understand how this is supposed to be fun. I don't want to waste my time looking at a ton of stuff that I'm not going to end up buying, and I'm also not about to spend a ton of money on stuff I don't really need. I go to stores when I need to get something and that's it.

I assume people who enjoy it either have money to burn or are OK acting like they do

1. I like fashion. I follow a bunch of fashion blogs and vlogs because I genuinely like seeing how different people put things on their bodies in ways that look fab. And because I like fashion, I like buying clothes, and I feel confident in my own sense of style, which makes it fun.

2. I mostly like my body? Actually, I'm pretty insecure about my body. But I'm tallish and slim, with what people generally seem to feel is a nice-looking face. So I know I'm doing okay, looks-wise. Which I think helps with shopping for things I'm going to wear, because it makes it more ego-boost than ego-hit. (Except underwear. I feel like a lumpy sausage whenever I go underwear shopping, or bathing suit shopping.)

What I do hate shopping for, however, is technology. Because it's expensive and I don't know what I'm doing, and I don't understand what's good and what's bad, and I hate buying things when I have to buy them - such as cell phones or laptops whenever my old ones crap out. I'm not wild about shopping for home appliances either, for all the same reasons.

I mean, I like my body too but I'm not going to buy clothes that I don't need. I only have so much closet and drawer space and it's pretty much filled with the stuff I DO need and stuff that I like, which I already have plenty of. I also don't have the sort of money to just be throwing it away on clothes that I'm only going to wear for a little while and then get rid of.

I haven't bought a new bathing suit in more than five years. Why would I? The one I have fits and looks fine and I don't go swimming often enough to need more than one. I guess if you've got money to throw away then yeah, sure, but...

I mean, I like my body too but I'm not going to buy clothes that I don't need.

Refer back to point number one: I like fashion, and therefore I like shopping for things to put on my body. It's fun, for me, because fashion is fun for me.

I also don't have the sort of money to just be throwing it away on clothes that I'm only going to wear for a little while

It's not that I'm loaded, it's just that I share the rent on my small apartment, I tend to be a cheap grocery shopper, I have very cheap cell phone and internet plans, and I don't drive. So my monthly expenses are very low. Personally, I prefer to have a smaller living space and take public transit if it means having a decent amount of disposable income (and of course it helps that I live in a fairly big city, where the transit system is serviceable). I choose to go cheap on some things so I can have more disposable income. If I had to pay gas/parking/insurance on a car, I would have almost no disposable income.

Of course there are people who can't afford to drive, need a roommate to cut down on rent, eat cheaply, AND don't have any disposable income. I was one of those people for quite a while, and it's awful, and those people have my empathy for sure. And in that case, yeah, I know they can't afford to go shopping just for fun, whether they want to or not.

I never shop recreationally in stores, but I can spend a hot minute browsing my favorite sites online. I don't know why I enjoy looking at things I'm not going to buy. I guess it's just a form of entertainment, seeing all the possibilities.

I agree unless it is books and dvds. Those I enjoy shopping for. There is something genuinely fun about browsing in a bookstore or library.

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