Agony Subcomandauntie

Do what I say, not what I inhale (June 2008)

Dear Auntie, My daughter is starting to ask awkward questions such as ‘Mum, did you take drugs when you were young?’ I don’t want to lie but I don’t want her to venture down the same route. What do I tell her? Amy (...)

Nice smelling poo (April 2008)

Dear Auntie, I’m a vegetarian who is fed up having to justify why I don’t eat anything with a face on it. And it’s the environmentalists who are also meat eaters who seem the most personally affronted by my choices. (...)

Money matters (January 2008)

Dear Auntie, I just learnt that my father, whom I haven’t seen in years, plans to leave me a very large pile of dosh in his will. As this is the ill-gotten gains of his work as a Ministry of Defence fat-cat (...)

Cleaner minded (December 2007)

Dear Auntie, I live in a house with several friends and while I enjoy the ritual weekly clean they are lazy, so have suggested we hire a cleaner. I am uncomfortable about the idea of hiring someone to be our (...)

Facing up to Facebook (October 2007)

Dear Auntie, I’m addicted to Facebook, spending days online desperate to add more ‘friends’ to my profile and consumed with the need to spill the most intimate details about my life. What should I do? Lost in (...)

Sex and the single socialist (August 2007)

Dear Auntie, I’m a sociable, but single, socialist. A friend of mine recommended I sign up to an online dating website, but I’m uncomfortable with the idea – it strikes me as the death of sociability. What should I (...)

Slow suicide (July 2007)

Dear Auntie I notice that in your picture you always have a tab to go with your pie and pint, so I’m sure you understand my problem. After 30 years on the Golden Virginia I can’t so much as walk past a pub without (...)

Google for it? (June 2007)

Dear Auntie, As a seasoned internet activist I regularly give my friends a hard time for using Google. Its ‘don’t be evil’ motto doesn’t seem to have helped Chinese web users, who now face censored searches, while its (...)

Payback Time (May 2007)

Dear Auntie, As a lifelong feminist, I’ve always insisted on sharing the costs on dates. But I only work parttime and have money troubles, while the man I’m now seeing earns a lot more than me. So he always pays when (...)

Pump it (April 2007)

Dear Auntie I have just got back into work after a lengthy period of unemployment. I tried really hard and after about 50 interviews succeeded. Ironically, I now work for a private training company trying to get (...)

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