I have a large and mainly pleasant extended family, and we meet periodically at occasions throughout the year. At the last gathering, one member dominated the conversation as usual. At one point, she spoke continuously for 20 minutes — nobody could get a word in edgeways. How can I stop her from yabbering and give everyone else a chance to talk?
FB, London
Tie her to a chair and gag her. With so many others present, it shouldn’t be difficult to enlist help in holding her down, and it keeps children amused for hours.
Fight club
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My husband has recently been promoted at his firm, and we are now involved in a seemingly endless whirl of parties with new friends. At one such event, the wife of another partner in the company began drunkenly to extol the virtues of “apartment wrestling” to me and some of the other women. Apparently, it involves engaging another female combatant in a “friendly” ruckus. She explained that it was better than sex, and said we should all try it. Hosiery seems to be involved somewhere, and it is apparently “lovely” and “hilarious”. I was sceptical, but at least two of the other women seemed interested. Am I missing something? What is this phenomenon? Did she make it up? Was she just showing off? I live in the shires. Is this what they are all up to in London, and do I need to try it?
VW-M, Gloucester
It sounds like an adolescent sexual-displacement activity to me, but I might be wrong. Perhaps other readers can enlighten us. You never know, there might even be a ladies’ apartment-wrestling league in Kensington and Chelsea, exhibition bouts in Knightsbridge and a tag competition in St John’s Wood.
The horror
I am a man, and am into wearing women’s leggings. Is it okay for guys to wear them? And would women like it?
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JK, by e-mail
No, no, no, no, no ...
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