An answer to something I have just been talking about here...

QUESTION: I’ve been trying online dating after my partner left me. Recently, I met a lovely bloke, and we’ve been seeing each other for two months. But his obsession with stockings is bothering me. He bought me some black, seamed ones and keeps asking me to wear them. I find the idea uncomfortable and a bit sexist. At 53, I feel too old to change. Is this unreasonable?

ANSWER: Obviously, it is your right to wear whatever lingerie you like. But that doesn’t mean your other half has to like it, any more than you have to fake ecstasy if he wears socks and a vest!