Drake, from Tennessee, in the USA, writes:
You guys keep coming up with ways to surprise me. I don’t know why I never read 'Phone Sex foils Suicide Attempt', but it’s brilliant. Not only is it funny, and a bit sexy, but also it made me feel better somehow.

At any rate, this story hit home and I thought to myself that the poor bastard had shot himself, and then I found out he was just reaching for his wallet. I laughed my ass off. What made so much of an impact was that if I were to call a suicide help line (which I wouldn’t) and got a sex line, it would work on me! It’s the distraction, the mind is so low at that point when the gun is in your mouth, you need something in your head other than bleak brain busting tragedy.

Our webmistress, Miranda Givings, replies: In your head? Don't you mean your hand, Brad? Whilst the story is fictional, I'd like to think that if we all took the time and the effort to truly understand our partners' needs and meet them, there might be fewer attempted suicides. It's a sad indictment of our society that men (and sometimes women too) should have to pay — in more ways than one — to enjoy a full and satisfying sex life.