6. You Can't Buy A Horror Novel Without Feeling Guilty
A trip to Waterstones turns into a panicky moral dilemma as you hover indecisively between the James Herbert shelves and the philosophy section. You know where your S.O would be - gracefully and joyfully perusing the works of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle - but all you want is a new copy of Rats because yours is so tatty, and maybe a few new Stephen King novels. You love trashy horror - and you're proud of it. But you know the look on your partner's face when you get home is going to be one of low judgement. Maybe you'll buy a small Greek Philosophy paperback (do they even exist?) and put it on your bookshelf to collect dust just to make yourself feel a bit more clever.