When I got my Kitchen Aid, I was so nervous and so afraid of using it, that I

I got those little paddles in the bread, and I had to remove them. AS for the Kitchen Aid, I could make cakes by hand and even beat egg whites, and I was afraid of breaking it. I had some crumby mixers before and one crumby food processors and I know that often when a gadget has been used by professionals, they sort of dumb it down (make it break easier, a lighter motor) for us civilians. Well a year after I bought it, the KitchenAid mixer worked perfectly and it still does even though they no longer make that model. And the saute pan I got with it is quite good.

yup thats how I lost paddle forgot to take it out of the bread! Your lucky with that one then

That does happen. I really should get a better bread maker. The motor is gone on this one, and it is not like making a few loafs and putting them all in the oven, and then after they cool, putting most of them in the freezer except for the one you are going to use. And all that electricity wasted just for one loaf seems rather high.

I am always afraid that I would break it and the warranty would not allow it.

Me? It is not that fear of being able to use it, it is the fear of breaking it. I used to get in trouble when I was a youngster of getting something new and in a few minutes it was all in pieces, or I broke the handle. I must have been one of the most clumsy kids in the neighborhood. I think the saying went around, don't give A- anything she'll break it. It got that I had to ask my parents to put stuff together. I am getting braver now, I used my electric wok the first day I got it and it has not been broken yet. So there's hope for me yet

I suppose part of the reason I do not use something at first is that when I was young I was told so many times if I broke it I paid for it. I also did not like to spoil something. So I did not want to break something before I had enough money to replace it. Of course, I forgot about the warranty, but I guess the warranty also said that if it was damaged by carelessness, the warranty did not work. I sort of forgot how strong they made it.

I only waited one year, but once I started to use it, it was all right. I have not used my cellphone yet and that has been a year, but the reason for that was soon after I bought it I was on myLot and there were these warnings about brain tumors and disintegration from radiation if you put the cell phone to your ear and you have to use bluetooth so you do not have the cellphone to your ear. And guess you gave all these fears, people from a country where almost everyone has cellphones and they just throw them away when they get a new one because the rates are so cheap. With clothes, I sort of gained weight so I had to wear the clothes as soon as I bought them because i would gain weight. Now I am losing, so I have to wear them before they get too loose.

I do not mean checking it out before you buy it. I mean, you get something that is expensive as a birthday or a Christmas present, and you do not want to use it right away because you are afraid of breaking it. Beside with a Kitchen Aid or a Microwave, when you go to the store, they are not going to allow you to take your flour, shortening, eggs, baking powder, milk, and vanilla and make the cake right there in the store, are they?

I have a son who wants to put things away. We went on holiday and he decided to help Men think that everything gets stored, but we women want the Kitchen Aid, and the necessities to be on the counter so we can use it.

You should have seen me when I went to the dentists years back and the equipment was frayed. I looked at the cord and thought "am I going to be electrocuted?" Even a small nick in the plastic around the cord or the plug not starting right scares me.