Scientists blame lack of sex activity in the bedroom on the stresses of modern living. The researchers say this decrease in the amount of sex we have could be due to the increased connectivity of modern life, with screens and distractions which don’t go off at 11pm as the old and few TV channels used to.

The letter nearly burnt holes in my hand – it was that scorching. If, for a minute you readers think I was the one being ‘seduced’ by such erotically crafted letter, then, you are wrong. What I had in my hands was a photocopy of the original letter purportedly written to a married woman by a close relation of mine. The wronged husband had phoned me about this startling discovery, threatening mayhem!

When he told me of his encounter with Monica, I warned him to be careful. Monica is in her early 40s and recently separated from her husband. Joshua had met her in one of his sisters’ shops and hadn’t let the 10-year age difference faze him. He always looks more matured for his thirty-something anyway. On his way to pick up his ‘date’ he showed up at my place looking good enough to eat. He was casually dressed in expensive clothes and wafting an exotic aftershave.

“The next day, a huge lorry laden with packed materials pulled up in front of the house with hefty men off-loading the realms. When they were done I handed over my cheque and the man told me what identification I should demand when the realms were to be collected by the contractors the next day.

Studies have shown that those who confessed to being lonely suffer from raised blood pressure at times of stress. That blood pressure rose with age in lonely men and women, while it remained more stable in people who said they were content.