How boring is IT-Security?

I had some friends over for dinner a couple of weeks ago and for some odd reason we started to talk about my blog. The verdict was that is had to be good...as they did not understand a word about anything I wrote. I have to admit I was a little but surprised because I want to think that I write about things that people should understand...as it concerns everybody. My wife gave me the simple (but fairly cruel) answer...IT Security as a dinner discussion is very very boring for 99.999% of the worlds population. It is such a boring subject that next time I bring it up..she will force me to bed without dessert. So why is IT-Security such a boring subject? I am not boring; my friends in the industry are not boring (at least we do not think so). I do not have the answer but maybe security is boring because we do not think it is that important. We actually believe that the threat is un-real and that the makers of software do a decent job to protect us. Therefore we who work in the industry are troublesome whistleblowers who try to make a dollar by scaring honest people to buy stuff they do not need. I wish it were true. I am open to any suggestion how to make IT Security more interesting for people outside the industry..at least that would make my dinner parties more interesting.