Another thought for "troubled": You say you've been waiting for years for this performer to come to town. If you blow off this Saturday's concert, it could be years before the performer comes back again. You wouldn't have to wait so long to see your partner again – just until the concert is over!

If you put off seeing the performer till "next time", in the meantime he might die of cancer (George Harrison) or in a plane crash (Ricky Nelson and a host of others) or a car crash (Harry Chapin), or he might develop a debilitating disease that would prevent him from performing (Johnny Cash, Naomi Judd)...

I say this because I kept putting off going to see Harry Chapin, thinking I'd catch him the next time he came to town... till he ran out of "next times". So I never did see him perform, and I regret it to this day.