How many times do we women ask stupid questions like this? Does it matter? Your ass isn’t going to look smaller unless you’re wearing a loose, free flowing skirt, so why worry about it? We’re all going to wear pants and jeans and shorts because that’s what we feel comfortable in.

Should you ask your husband, partner or boyfriend this question? NO. Firstly because it’s a stupid way to get a compliment on your ass and secondly, if they know what’s good for them, they won’t say yes.

If you are desperately seeking a compliment or some confirmation that your sweetie still thinks you’re wonderful, why not come up with a much more clever way to get what you want. Ask for it.

“Honey, I got this outfit because I thought you’d like it, what do you think?” will work wonders. You have a good chance of getting a compliment on your choice but you also have a chance of finding out what he likes if he doesn’t like this one. It also gives you a chance to let him know that you like dressing in ways that are pleasing to you both.

What began as New Zealand’s (and now the world’s) National Nude day on July 14th every year is not a public holiday (sadly) but a day to celebrate the human form.

Brain child of former New Zealand All Black rugby star and TV presenter Marc Ellis, National Nude Day (also now known as International Nude Day) is a celebration of the skin with much fun attached. The concept has been adopted by particularly Dunedin, New Zealand students (Scarfies) where getting nude is nothing new. Dunedin is a legend University City in the south of New Zealand.

Nude Day is a one day a year that all in NZ can celebrate nudeness, nakedness, being in the nudey, running free in all your original raw beauty, putting on your best birthday suit. It’s a day everyone can participate in, fat, skinny, big, small, firm, soft and the flabby can all get involved. Just between you and me, looking around the office where I work, I’m not sure I want to see them all nude. Not to worry, it’s only one day a year and I can stand it if they choose to get their gear off.

To everyone around the world, celebrate your body and celebrate New Zealand and the Worlds Nude Day. It’s liberating and it’s beautiful. Our bodies are the only things we own, be proud of yours no matter what shape or size you are.

This National Nude Day video does show nudity so if you don’t want to see that, don’t click, ok?

That was the first thing that popped into my mind when I received an email a few weeks ago from a guy who said his real name was Phil and he was having a tough time finding someone new for a long term relationship. I need to clarify long term relationship for Phil. He’s 82. How long term is a relationship gonna be for this guy?? Seriously, all I could think about was isn’t this a terrific old fella who doesn’t want to give up on love.

I said that to my husband with this dreamy look in my eye while I was thinking wonderful, romantic thoughts. He brought me down to earth in a minute when he flatly said, “Maybe he’s sick of doing the dishes and the laundry?”

Who cares? If this guy is having no problem navigating around the internet and can write a well worded email asking for help, that’s exactly what I was going to give him.

To be perfectly honest, we don’t have too many women over 75 (that was his request) on SexyAds.com. We do have a few though so I figured I’d do my best to help Phil out. There wasn’t anyone in his small town on SexyAds who was female and over 75, so what to do? Any woman over 75 who’s still looking for a partner and is on the internet probably would move for true love, right?

It turns out I was right. I helped Phil hook up with a cutie who’s 77 in Pittsburgh and they’ve been emailing. He would love to see her on video camera but she hasn’t quite worked out how to set all that up but she was able to send him a few photos. They haven’t met yet but he plans to make the trip to visit her in five weeks. Frankly, at 82, I think he should go right away before something breaks and he can’t make it.

I wish these two luck and hope they can find some happiness in their later years. It must feel the same to fall in lust even if you’re 82. Rock on, Phil!

Imagine living as a man for years and then deciding that you wanted a child so bad that you stopped taking the necessary hormones to remain outwardly male?

Thomas Beatie, the man who started all our tongues wagging when he announced he was pregnant earlier this year, has given birth in an Oregon hospital. ABC News reported Beatie, 34, had given birth to a healthy baby girl at the St Charles Medical Center.

Though he was born female, Beatie underwent a sex change operation ten years ago and became legally male. Two years ago, he and his wife Nancy - who have been together since Beatie’s operation - decided to start a family.

Unfortunately Nancy had previously undergone a hysterectomy and could no longer bear a child, but Beatie was able to conceive as he had opted to retain his female reproductive organs at the time of his sex change operation.

He stopped taking testosterone and once his menstrual periods has re-started, he was artificially inseminated. The first pregnancy resulted in an ectopic pregnancy of triplets and Thomas underwent emergency surgerty. The second attempt was successful and that’s when the news spread around the world that a legally male person had become pregnant.

Most people thought it was a huge hoax but Oprah Winfrey sorted it all out when Beatie appeared on her show last April. He told Oprah that his pregnancy didn’t define who he was. Because he was a man didn’t diminish his desire to have a child.

How do you feel about it? Frankly to me it’s a non-event. So what if a couple wanted a baby and figured out a way to have one? Is it really any of our business? Should people have an opinion about what these two people do in the privacy of their home?

I say congratulations to them both and I hope their little baby girl brings them huge amounts of joy and happiness. She’ll do that and she’ll do all the other things other kids do. She’ll poo in her pants, she’ll have tantrums, she’ll sneak stuff from the grocery store and she’ll leave her tricycle behind dad’s car.