Oh yes, all for entertainment value. The daughter of one of my friends in AZ moved to Hong Kong. She applied to be on House Hunters International when choosing an apartment. She made the cut, but after finding out the deception that is involved, decided to pass on it.
Pax, you nailed it. My DH can do just about any house related thing, including painting, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and landscaping. And, if it's beyond his comfort level, he knows what has to be done, even if someone else is doing it. This says something for having your kids experience a trade type job before graduating from college. He learned this all in summer jobs. On the other hand, no one in my family had any sense of this. My mom was good at this stuff, but of course, it was not popular for woman to "fix" things in the 50s and 60s. My dad was as useless as I am in repair! I guess what I am saying, is that when you have generations of people who have no idea of what it takes to get things the way you want, your expectations are unrealistic. I like a lot of HGTV renno shows, as opposed to the house hunter ones. Then I laugh at the ones where you can buy a house like mine, for, oh, about 200K.
I stopped diagnosing myself about a year before I started my grad program . But, I spent a lot of time diagnosing various relatives and friends in my head... a bit easier when you can infer it from behavior and history and not a blood test!