Agony Aunt

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, I am a 57 year-old 'cougar' with four children and two failed marriages behind me. Until recently I had given up all hope of finding love again. However, during a recent holiday to Turkey with my good friend Barbara, something amazing happened...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, I recently agreed to let my husband relinquish his evening washing up duties and attend a line dancing class in our village hall...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, I'm the only girl in my office and I am starting to feel like the rest of my colleagues are objectifying me and making lewd comments behind my back. The other day, I went to fetch a flip chart for a meeting and discovered a crude drawing of a naked lady being interfered with by several stick men and a cartoon dog...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, I used to have a loving boyfriend who treated me like a princess. However, since the World Cup began, my boyfriend has been spending every single waking hour either watching football or talking about football, and barely acknowledges my presence...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, I suspect that my husband is having an affair with my sister, but I haven't yet been able to prove anything. Last night, I walked in to find my sister sitting astride my husband with her top off, lipstick smeared all over her face and his, shouting 'ride me, cowboy!'...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, I'm fed up with being taken advantage of at work. For some reason, my boss thinks she has the right to give me tasks to do every day, and constantly expects me to turn up to work on time and stick to deadlines...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, Having been on the dole since I left school in 1976, I'm suddenly finding the long lie-ins rather tiresome and feel like a career change...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, Having been married for a number of years, my husband and I have got into an unfortunate habit of spending most of the weekend on the sofa eating fast food and watching TV programmes for the feeble-minded. But recently, my husband has taken up a new hobby called 'dogging'...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, I recently joined a government 'Back to Work' programme which was intended to stop me claiming benefits and start actually being a productive member of society, whatever that means...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly, I am a working class NHS employee  whose dad was a miner and whose grandmother was once sent to prison for evading poll tax. As a single parent I like to take my son on countryside rallies to campaign against fox hunting and my favourite colour is red. Many of my friends are gay immigrants...