I have some sort of disorder

[blacklabel]

I'm the exact opposite. I'll read and research and ponder for months before I decide to make even the most mundane purchases. I almost wish I could be that impulsive.

[Bailey Guns]

I'm the exact opposite. I'll read and research and ponder for months before I decide to make even the most mundane purchases. I almost wish I could be that impulsive.

I do that (maybe not for months) with some guns I know I shouldn't buy. This is how it goes with me:

1. Find gun I want in gun store
2. Talk myself out of purchasing gun on the spot
3. Go home, research gun
4. Think about it for a week or two
5. Decide to buy it
6. Rush to gun store
7. Breathe sigh of relief when it's not there

It's like I've developed some sort of overspending defense mechanism.

[ray1970]

I do that (maybe not for months) with some guns I know I shouldn't buy. This is how it goes with me:

1. Find gun I want in gun store
2. Talk myself out of purchasing gun on the spot
3. Go home, research gun
4. Think about it for a week or two
5. Decide to buy it
6. Rush to gun store
7. Breathe sigh of relief when it's not there

It's like I've developed some sort of overspending defense mechanism.

Leaving without purchasing and going back a week or two later to find it gone is one of my coping mechanisms.

Although, sometimes I go back and it's still there. I figure that's a sign that its meant to be so I go ahead and make the purchase.

[buffalobo]

I do that (maybe not for months) with some guns I know I shouldn't buy. This is how it goes with me:

1. Find gun I want in gun store
2. Talk myself out of purchasing gun on the spot
3. Go home, research gun
4. Think about it for a week or two
5. Decide to buy it
6. Rush to gun store
7. Breathe sigh of relief when it's not there

It's like I've developed some sort of overspending defense mechanism.

Something like this.

[Gman]

I'm the exact opposite. I'll read and research and ponder for months before I decide to make even the most mundane purchases. I almost wish I could be that impulsive.

I have this affliction. When I decide on what I want to pull the trigger on, my wife goes with it because she knows I've researched the daylights out of it. We have a new washer and dryer arriving this weekend...which was the latest acquisition project.

[blacklabel]

I have this affliction. When I decide on what I want to pull the trigger on, my wife goes with it because she knows I've researched the daylights out of it. We have a new washer and dryer arriving this weekend...which was the latest acquisition project.

That's the truth. The wife doesn't second guess my purchases at all.

It's called analysis paralysis.

It's come from not having much discretionary income and having to make my purchases count. Once I've satisfied my need to research I usually feel content/comfortable with my decision.

[Gman]

It's come from not having much discretionary income and having to make my purchases count. Once I've satisfied my need to research I usually feel content/comfortable with my decision.

That sounds really familiar.

If I do impulse buy, that's when I second guess my decision.

[Irving]

I'm the exact opposite. I'll read and research and ponder for months before I decide to make even the most mundane purchases. I almost wish I could be that impulsive.

It's called analysis paralysis.