I just don't get it. For almost any event I can barely gather the enthusiasm to raise myself from my rather pleasant sofa, cope with the trauma of travel and missing that night's TV not to mention the "oh god how do I get home again" nightmare.

Any event has to be:

1. Absolutely unmissable 2. Astonishingly convenient

for me to even consider leaving the house...

Why is television such an important fixture in your life that everything revolves around it?

I guess it’s a choice between watching show X in comfort or standing in line for 6 hours for a chance to spend 10 seconds with an actor/actress from show X. Probably not even the main star as they have better things to do. Put it like that and it’s a no-brainer.

There was a touch of exaggeration for comic effect there. But only a touch.

It's the simplest way to relax with my significant other. It's almost infinitely varied and can be as demanding or undemanding as we choose.

Why even comment if you don't like going places?

I have no idea why you think I shouldn't be able to comment on this!

you forgot: 3. My mother makes me go

Haha, true!