Buying a present for a loved one at Christmas can be a difficult and time-consuming task, so luckily Sarah Vine has made her husband Michael Gove’s job easy thanks to her column in today’s Daily Mail.
In a piece entitled ‘Sorry chaps but women love sleep FAR more than sex!’, Vine — who says that there are ‘vast chunks of a woman’s life when surrendering to the pillow and duvet is infinitely more enticing a prospect’ than sex — argues that men should refrain from purchasing sexy lingerie for their partners in favour of comfortable pyjamas:
‘She’ll get a good night’s sleep in their cocooning embrace (especially if you disappear to the spare room) and then . . . well, who knows?’
But perhaps Gove ought to go one step further and splash out on a new bed for his charming wife — given that she longs not to share a bed with the Justice Secretary:
‘We all persist, of course. But really, it’s unsatisfactory for both parties and the marital bed becomes less a place of pleasure and more a battleground for the duvet. The Victorians had the right idea: the key to a healthy, happy marriage is separate bedrooms.’
Mr S hopes that the message — emblazoned on the front of the Daily Mail — does manage to get back to Gove. After all, Vine could no doubt do with some cheering up over the Christmas period after she received flak online for a piece she wrote about a photo of the Duchess of Cambridge. The Guardian‘s Roy Greenslade went on to describe the article — in which Vine examined the reasons why Kate may have looked tired on a shopping trip — as one of the most ‘risible and childish pieces of journalism’ he has ever had the pleasure of reading.
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