Mr. Recessionista Strikes Again (well...kinda)

My sweetheart of a boyfriend was so overwhelmed by the positive response of his first and only review here on Nouveau Cheap (click here to see his Woody's Meat and Potatoes Soap review) that he felt compelled to write a message to all of you who enjoyed what he had to say. So please read on if you'd like to hear his response (it's pretty funny, if I do say so myself!):

Thank all of you for your kind comments on my Woody’s review. I was reluctant to get involved with my girlfriend’s blog, but after hearing that you enjoyed my review, I don’t feel so reluctant now. That doesn’t mean, however, that I will be doing another one soon. It really depends on what I’m reviewing.

Obviously, I REALLY have to like something to bother writing about it. Since there are not that many products out there for men that are worthwhile [his opinion, not mine. -R], it’s really difficult to get excited about a particular product. Yes, men also experience disappointment in this regard, perhaps more so than women, statistically speaking. This is an essential reason for why men don’t care so much. We simply find a way to function without them (products) because, in a very real sense, it doesn’t really matter to us.

We think about other things like “what’s the shortest way to get to work” or “how to blow up a snowman with a cannonball.” And since saving gas in our vehicles is practical and experiencing the sudden beheading of an inanimate object by a cannonball is AWESOME, our thinking about products – beyond the very barest of essentials – takes the back seat of a very large bus. BUT, if we come across a product that is practical, helpful, and enhances our experience, we’ll pay attention for about a minute or so. That minute is VERY CRUCIAL because that is how we decide things (it’s also why we mess things up so frequently). A minute is the maximum temporal extent of our decision-making process concerning certain things. And products are some of those things. But if we really take our time thinking about something, it means that we care deeply and what we are thinking about is important to us.

So, I will write a review sometime in the future, but it will have to be something that’s worth thinking about for more than a minute. This is why the Woody’s review was particularly important and why I really appreciate all your comments, you made it worthwhile.

Mr. Recessionista

So the next time you see a review on Nouveau Cheap that was written by Mr. Recessionista, you can be darn well sure that he had some very strong opinions on it! :) Thanks again for making his first review experience a great one, and hopefully we'll see another review from him in the very near future.