Lifestyle Archive

Dear Counsellor,I am working and parenting four children.

You've waited long enough! On April 11 Roving with Lalah - More Slices of Everyday Jamaican Life, the second collection of your favourite Gleaner feature will be available at bookstores islandwide.

I was almost sure he wasn't dead. Well, it was more fervent hope than actual conviction, but when I came across the elderly fellow laying under a tree near a canoe in White Horse, St Thomas, I was a bit concerned. The sea was nearby and behind us, the roadway....

Dear Counsellor,

My son was shot dead about a year ago. I am still crying every day. It was my only son and he showed such promise.

The following is feedback to last week's feature: What a pleasant read! Thoroughly enjoyed it....

I am a girl who does not know much about sex, but I have a new boyfriend and he is much more experienced than I. Doctor, last night he gave me the first orgasm of my life using his fingers. I was very surprised! But what is making me fret is this. Afterwards, he told me that earlier in the day, he had masturbated.

My wife has been depressed for sometime and I am frustrated. I have to work, help with the children, and do chores around the house. I am fatigued and worn out. I need a break!

I could smell the coffee beans - I think. Maybe it was just the power of suggestion. All over Mavis Bank in rural St Andrew, there were signs pointing to coffee tours, coffee farms and coffee drop-off and pick-up points....

Q: Doctor, last night I made a guy penetrate me.

The man stuck his head out the window and looked at the ground. His eyebrows arched into a scowl. "Shi fowl!" he shouted, waving his hands in front of him. Four or five hens and roosters that had been casually roaming the roadway suddenly scattered....

Dear Counsellor, I have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Will I be able to outgrow it?

FOR MORE than 24 years, Nathan 'Jack' Lynch has taken on the task of repairing a number of potholes in several communities across Jamaica. Now, the ex-soldier believes the time has come for him to assume another responsibility - that of representation at the local government level.