For me, it is a constant companion that will do whatever I ask of it & doesn't give me any grief. Even as I'm ripping things apart, I can not fault my machine. It was all me. We have many happy memories together. It is a friend when no others are around, through the night, wee hours of the morning when no one else is stirring. I can always count on it to be there for me. It's the next best thing to a dog and I don't even have to take it for walks or feed it!!