Ask Abbie - Agony aunt.

Q: Hi Abbie, Your Ballerina Hold-ups at £19.99 each! A bit steep isn't it? There is no reason why I should feel the need to defend the prices of my Ballerina holdups hosiery products. And I gave thought here of not responding. Stop thinking about your question, and not take it personally. But I will respond with  Yes, you are correct in your statement. Taking out the fact we sell 100s of pairs of Ballerina Holdups a month, many being repeat purchasers. Our customers shell out the money buying what you call expensive hosiery, is they last much longer than the...

Q: Abbie, my wife, 53-years-old thinks she is too old for lingerie sticking to comfortable pyjamas only, and the three pairs of sexy underwear I brought remain unworn in her drawer. Lingerie does not have an upper age limit, though I accept marketing does have mature women believing differently. Even our top Lingerie brands gear their products to younger women, so I see her point. I also see your point. I am going to assume you are around the same age and dealing with your levels of self-image issues, So let us find a compromise. The good news is we...

Abbie advises a lady who is too tired for sex last night I was settled in bed falling asleep, when hubby came in with that look I know so well - He wanted to have some fun with me! The trouble is I had just done a full day at work, cooked dinner, walked the dog, bath night for the kids, housework and a million other things a mother does at night time.  I had no interest in being honest.  What I wanted to do was go to sleep.  It is nothing personal to my husband, but he does not...

Abbie advise a women who caught her husband wearing her underwear.  I have been married to my husband for ten years. Last month I caught him wearing my underwear  I found out entirely by accident, after a silly drunken row with a girlfriend on a night out, I came home earlier than expected, and there he was in the living room wearing nothing but a pair of my briefs. I could tell he was embarrassed! After a conversation, he admitted he had been wearing my underwear for years in secret. I had a few to drink, thinking it was a...