In Defense of the Selfie Stick

I've heard a lot of people making fun of "selfie sticks" lately and I actually think they're a good idea! Some people travel alone or in pairs, and it's hard to get pictures of yourself when you go to fun places. Yeah, you can ask someone to take a picture for you, but that leaves a few problems:

1. There might be nobody else around.
2. You might feel too shy to ask people (I know I am!)
3. You have an expensive camera or phone and don't want to hand it to someone else to drop or steal (this is most definitely not the case with me right now haha)
4. You ask someone to take a photo for you and they take an absolutely terrible one and you don't want to ask them to take it again (this has happened to me on more than one occasion)

What brought on this rant is that I was just thinking about how Jeff and I hardly ever get our picture taken when we go to fun places, and it's because of a lack of photographer! I'm honestly half tempted to buy a selfie stick, but Jeff would be absolutely humiliated to be seen using one. :) So, I guess for now I'll just have to deal with a lack of pictures!