Guilty pleasures!

We have all heard the term 'guilty pleasures' but really are they guilty pleasures?

Guilty pleasures are defined as 'Something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo, unadvisable or lowbrow'. To me the word 'guilty' and 'pleasure' is a juxtaposition, they contrast two totally different things, guilty has connotations of taboos, regret etc, whereas pleasure is more enjoyment etc. I remember recently watching Nigella Lawson on an interview and the way in which she counts food as pleasures, an interviewer asked her whether or not she had any 'guilty pleasures' and she replied that you should not feel guilty about pleasures, which is I suppose quite a true statement, as surely if something is making you feel good it shouldn't be regretted - I mean it is not all the time when we are self indulging with the good things in life.

So really should we be guilty about pleasures - I don't think so. Perhaps thinking 'I maybe shouldn't have eaten that' but really it suited us at that time, so go along with it.