My man’s gone pervy
My husband is suddenly keen to video us in bed together. “Nothing kinky,” he says. I’m very reluctant. I’m long past the age when I thought my body worth showing off, and I don’t really understand why he wants to do this. I’ve always thought of sex as a special and intimate act between two people, so why would we want to film it? Despite my obvious reluctance, he keeps going on about it, as if he thinks I am going to be worn down into submission. What is he playing at?
AS, by email
Men are weird. He has probably just woken up to how easy life has become for the home pornographer thanks to changing technology and thinks he ought to give it a go. Just keep saying no and he should get over it. In the meantime, sneak a picture of his belly (while he’s sleeping) and ask him if he really wants to see that wobbling across a screen. (If he says yes, he’s weirder than most, and I’d keep an eye on him and possibly start siphoning money into a hidden bank account.)
Fine dining
Should one match tablemats and coasters at formal dinner parties, or should one mix and match to provide an inter-course conversation piece for guests? I have a rather tired set of Australian artists and a newer, handsome selection of John Constable, six to a box.
LD, East Sussex
If your guests are reduced to talking about your tablemats, then you should invite more interesting people in future. It is, of course, not at all the done thing to use mats. Smart people would rather lose their youngest son in a hunting accident than have “coasters” in the house, so you always know you are in an upper-class gaff when there are glass rings on all level surfaces, and the top of the dining table looks like something from the pub.
Who’s the daddy?
After finishing my finals, I had a mad few days celebrating and ended up sleeping with twin brothers a couple of days apart. I now discover I am pregnant and I have no idea which one is the father. What on earth should I do?
LH, Reading
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Which of the brothers is the more reliable and more likely to be a success? Tell him it’s his.
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