Gee, I guess it isn't all gender-linked, is it? My husband is the "I don't need anything new" person in our house. I wish he would buy some new things sometimes, so that I don't feel so guilty when I indulge. When I built up the Calfee with all the fancy parts, I asked Loren if he wanted a piece of the action (team buy on the parts) and all he wanted was a new shifter for his 10 year old Gios.
He's still mourning the wreck two years ago of his 1980-era Trek with the downshifters. He truly loved that bike, and I sorta don't blame him. I think it was one of the first stock frames Trek made. Once they were a custom operation only and a small company. We saved the head badge and made it into a pendant.