Support for this idea can be found here: Can You Be “In Love” With Your Gadgets? Study Says Yes

I have experienced this as well. I really enjoyed the PS1 that was purchased for me.

It was Christmas 1995 that I received it as a gift from my parents. No, that’s not right – it must have been ’94 because I’d just quit my job in McDonald’s and I was living in Jute Street at the time. I had been using an old black and white portable television until then. The kind that didn’t have buttons on it – just a rotary tuner. It served me well when I was at university, but it was done, and my folks decided to replace it with a new colour … Read More

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