Excessive costs for the kitchen?!

A conclusive explanation for a necessity of that cannot be found.

That can be applied to many areas of life. Does everyone need their own home? Even that (in its most basic form) is a luxury. But that leads again off topic. The fact is: I don't have to find a conclusive explanation for my purchase. Especially not for others. I only have to be accountable to myself. A "because I wanted it!" is sometimes enough. But one shouldn't complain then, you are right about that.

: "Decision luxury" is a wonderful word.

With so many words, there has to be a useful one every now and then.

You can apply that to many areas of life. Does everyone need their own home? Even that (even in its most basic form) is a luxury. But that leads off-topic again. The fact is: I don’t have to find a convincing explanation for my purchase. Especially not for others. I only have to justify it to myself. A "because I wanted it!" sometimes is enough. But you don’t have to complain about it, you’re right about that.

That’s EXACTLY how I meant it!!! I even find it nice that I can do some things that simply please only me and because I want to. I walk through the apartment and enjoy my furniture every day, just like you do, and that’s how it should be, just like the next person enjoys their mini-kitchen and has a 5-meter-wide TV on the wall for it; individual, exactly.

I do not have to find a convincing explanation for my purchase. Certainly not for others.

100% agreed.

I only have to justify that to myself.

80% agreed. One's own freedom reaches its limit when it begins to restrict the freedom of others. Therefore, in some matters, there is no area of responsibility that can be related solely to oneself. One may perceive that as a restriction. Looking at the extent to which one also benefits oneself, it is easy to accept. With a kitchen, not much can go wrong – for example, a loud and smelly extraction fan disturbing the neighbor or products made with child labor, a partner unfortunate in its choice...

How do you want to avoid child labor? I assume that child labor is involved somewhere in the production chain - no matter where I buy something. Expensive doesn't help - see clothing Made in Central Europe - everything from raw material to finished product must be made here - almost impossible

One's own freedom reaches its limits when it begins to restrict the freedom of others.

There are laws for that. That I didn’t mean it so platonically should be clear in a kitchen thread

a matter of choosing unlucky partners.

Of course the partner / family counts in there, logically

a loud and smelly extractor fan towards the neighbor, for example

I certainly won’t plan my kitchen differently because the extractor fan would face the neighbor. There are laws, distance regulations etc. that one must of course adhere to. If the side fits, I don’t see a problem.

Expensive doesn't help - see clothing

I could start again, but I am holding back