The British "Dear Abby"

The Financial Times has a column called "Dear Lucy". It's suppose to be about workplace problems, but this letter, "Is it OK to ask my younger girlfriend to dump her shallow friends for me" is of the personal nature.

Not only does Lucy give her opinion, they allow people to post comments. For this letter there are 78.

One begins;

How would you start such a conversation. “Darling, (or perhaps Honey if we are in America), I have been thinking, it’s time to get rid of those friends of yours!”

Gotta luv the brits.