Ms. Mannerisms answers millions of people around the world with questions about their sexuality, relationships and etiquette in general. Letters may be sent to her in care of her manager and boytoy here, Alexandria177. If it's funny, or allows her to demonstrate your inferiority, she may answer it. She is better than all of you, as she can speak of herself in the third person.
Dear Ms. Mannerisms,
I've been married for over 11 years, and have noticed a decline in my wife's willingness to give me oral sex. At the same time, I've increasingly noticed that my administrative assistant Heather has full and pouty lips, and she always seems eager to please me - bringing me my coffee, picking up my dry cleaning, stuff like that.
I'd like to pursue some kind of affair with her, but thought I'd heard once at some HR meeting that it could be a problem. What's the scoop?
Dreamer
The 'scoop', as you so crudely put it, is that Ms. Mannerisms notes that we are in an economic downturn that shows no signs of ending, that layoffs abound, that prices are going up, and that any who have a job should be careful not to offend those who employ them.
Ms. Mannerisms is a big believer in that long lost concept called 'gratitude', and believes that you should give this 'administrative assistant' - one assumes you mean 'secretary' - an opportunity to excel in this regard. Have her stay late on some pretext and share your feelings. If she agrees, then all is well. If not, then you may make clear to her who will be next to go come the always pending downsizing.
Dear Ms. Mannerisms,
My husband of close to 12 years has been more distant lately, works late, and never wants sex any more. I admit that I hadn't liked giving him oral sex as much, never had liked it really, but now that he doesn't badger me for it any more, I'm concerned. If you saw that slut secretary of his, you'd know what I mean.
What should I do?
Doubter
Ms. Mannerisms has always been annoyed at letters like this. Women (note I do not say 'ladies') like you regard oral sex as a chore to be performed reluctantly, and phased out as soon as you have a ring on your greedy finger, instead of the polite and mannerly way of saying "I love you" that it actually is. True ladies are cheerful givers, not grudging ones.
What is worse is that now that your degraded husband has acceded to your wishes, you complain the more, and attempt to shift the blame on to him with vague innuendo and cruel insinuations. Ms. Mannerisms notes that not content to insult the gentleman who provides for you, you lash out at one of his employees as well.
Ms. Mannerisms is of the opinion that if one is delinquent in her duties, she should not criticize any other who may be kind enough to perform those duties for you. Focus now on such other duties that you still bother to do, and do them cheerfully and well, for I can assure you that cooks and maids are hardly difficult to come by when unemployment is approaching record highs.
Dear Ms. Mannerisms,
I'm an administrative assistant at a medium sized company that has been having lay offs and downsizings. Recently, my married boss, who I had liked but not been attracted to, made it clear I'd have to have sex with him to keep my job. Being a single mother of three little girls, I've done so, but he is so fat and sloppy that I am starting to dread coming to work.
What can I do?
Desperate
If Ms. Mannerisms is understanding you correctly - and she fears that she does - you were aware that a man was in a state of holy matrimony, but because of your desire for money have had sex with him? In more honest times this was called 'whoring', was it not? Ms. Mannerisms notes that you hide behind your children to justify your immoral and criminal activity - how charming.
Ms. Mannerisms finds it remarkable that you would now choose to complain about your freely chosen profession. One imagines that when you were answering phones, making copies, gossiping idly about the watercooler, or whatever you 'administrative assistants' do all day, that there were unpleasant facets of that. Such as actually having to work now and then.
At least in your new position of 'whore' you may experience the unpleasantries while lying down. Which Ms. Mannerisms finds likely to be a position well familiar to your type.
Ms. Mannerisms suggests that you do your best for this man, who was kind enough to offer you a way to make up for your inabilities elsewhere - for if you had been doing your job well, he'd have left it at that, and not needed more from you to make it worth his while to retain you.
Private to Dilemna: Your desire as a Human Resources Director to enforce the policies against fraternization is good and proper, but in this case there is no real harm being done. A middle manager is performing at peak again and a formerly useless 'administrative assistant' is finally doing some real good. Ms. Mannerisms suggests that there is no further problem. Do not fret over the upcoming 'Take Your Daughter To Work Day'. Ms. Mannerisms is sure that those three were soon enough for that profession anyway.