Bassbob
Emissary
Going one step further would be not just to get rid of something but to change who you are as a person, a true mate accepts you as you are. M1 tank in the garage or not.
My daughter was over the other day. She was talking about some friend of hers with a root cellar. She called it a bunker. I said, “ I need a bunker”. My wife said “ Of course you do”.
She now claims it was sarcasm. Too late, I already rented the backhoe.