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No. 1972: Agony uncle

Jeffrey Bernard has told us that he once stood in for an agony aunt in a newspaper. Let us assume he has resumed the job in his own name. You are invited to provide a distressed question, from male or female, followed by a typically Bernardesque answer. Maximum 150 words. Entries to `Competition No. 1972' by 27 February.