If you’re considering buying an MP3 player, but wondered if getting a girlfriend might be a better option, you’ll probably need some convincing otherwise. Yes women can be great, and by and large we all agree you can’t live without them, but MP3 players are so much better than a woman.

Here are the top ten reasons why.

1. MP3 players come with volume controls; alas girlfriends do not.
2. You can share your MP3 player with your friends, it won’t mind. Girlfriends can be quite funny about that sort of thing.
3. It only takes a second to turn on your MP3 player… girlfriends can take substantially more work.
4. Your MP3 player will look as good in the morning as it did the night before, the same can’t always be said for your girlfriend!
5. The most an MP3 player will cost you is a few hundred pounds, and that’s for the top of the line. Girlfriends are considerably more expensive.
6. You can play with your MP3 player every day of the month; your girlfriend will be off limits for a few days at least.
7. Accessories for your MP3 player are things YOU want to buy.
8. Recharging your MP3 player is a simple task of plugging it into the USB port on your computer. Recharging your girlfriend means paying for a weekend in a health farm… you do the maths.
9. When you get tired of a song on your MP3 player, simply get a new one. Girlfriends are not as easy to update.
10. You can have more than one MP3 player at a time, one for home, one for work, one for travelling etc… girlfriends can be really funny about that sort of thing.