Terribly poor stuff, coming around yet again

[oursin]

On facing pages in today's Guardian G2 section:

I don't complain when I'm ill, but my husband never stops:
I am now eight months pregnant and have many of the usual symptoms: a sore back, sore feet, cramps and so on. I am still working full-time and I make sure that my colleagues are not bothered by my pregnancy. At home, when I tell my husband

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[tree_and_leaf]

I thought of that tactic, too!

[nineveh_uk]

It's the first response in the reader comment column!

[tree_and_leaf]

Oh, lord, yes, I have just this minute been being rude about 'Sexual Healing' on Twitter. I used to like the column, but she has a terrible tendency to advise that 'reluctant partner has to learn to do whatever keen partner wants', even in circumstances where it would involve a lot of faff and discomfort (and bloody time consuming; surely most women have better things to do than spend hours in salons having their pubic hair yanked out?)

Snatched Away

[ankaret]

Dear Pamela Stephenson

I know you're a sex counsellor and not a rifts-in-time-and-space counsellor, but, hey, you cope with Billy Connolly, so I figured it was worth a shot.

Recently I discovered, to my horror, that my husband has been snatched away by agents of some unknown temporal force and replaced with a clone of John Ruskin. I wouldn't mind this, as the Arts and Crafts movement has always been an interest of mine, but he seems to have been brought up on a diet of urban legends, and he is suggesting some arts and crafts that I don't feel inclined to deal with.

Not only this, but he wishes to involve me in a plot to go back and 'correct' some hidden Turner drawings. As I write this, I can see him out of the corner of my eye trimming his beard and gazing lovingly at a bottle of Tipp-Ex. Please send help.

Yours,

Effie

Re: Snatched Away

[wordweaverlynn]

Will you marry me? I like painting and pubic hair. I am developing an interest in bubbles. I can get you an order of release.

J. E. M.

Re: Snatched Away

[ankaret]

Wait for me whilst I steal the time machine! I have distracted my husband with a pamphlet from my waxer, in which she offers 20% off to gentlemen willing to try the new 'Stones of Venus' treatment.

Effie

[coughingbear]

I think Pamela Stephenson Connolly is a bit too understanding about this 'problem'.

Me too - was just reading that on the tube and was quite surprised at her advice! And yes, I wonder how neat and well-groomed he is...

[noveldevice]

I'm going to guess "not", working on my observation of the same phenomenon vis-à-vis men who specify their lack of enthusiasm for fat chicks.

[parthenia14]

'Or am I just being selfish?'

Yes. Yes you are.

'I believe this is all part of good grooming.'

0.o

Talk about 21st century problems.