Him: Want vs. Need

I know the topic is a little broad, but I actually have something fairly specific in mind. What is it that we want, and what do we really need.

I've been thinking about this for a few days now with respect to our newest addition to the house: the pool table. I have been super excited about the fact that we have a pool table, no doubt it was even better when it arrived for free! In order to have a workable game, we needed to buy some cues, balls, and rack. Also bought a cover to keep the dirt off. In all, it only cost us about fifty dollars.

So now the table is there, we've reorganised the room so that it fits, mostly, and I have yet to level it as it is a little crooked. But now, after looking at it for a few weeks and seeing the utility of it, I might have better used that space for something else. Maybe use that room as a space for the baby to play? It takes up a huge amount of space, which I'm sure could be better used. The room was previously a dinning room, but it doesn't really fit in the way we have the house set up, and we have decided that the room as a whole be used as a rec room. We have the gym on one end, and the pool table on the other. It just doesn't seem to be working though.

Did we need the pool table, of course not; did we want one, sure. Now I sort of feel like I believe a dog would once it catches a car. I'll give it a little more time, maybe it will grow on us and start to get used more, but right now it is just not serving it's purpose, or of any benefit to us. We'll just have to see how things work out. I'm not the only one, I'm sure, that will have an opinion about it.

-Another great day