If you have problems with mobility, you may think it’s better not to use a stick or a crutch or that dreaded object the Zimmer frame.

But if without some support you are unable to stand erect and walk about amongst other people having your eyes at the same level as most adults then it’s better to use a walking aid.

It’s rather like spectacles. I met a new colleague a few years ago who had a very good reputation was very interesting and intelligent but all I was aware of when I was with her was the fact that she obviously needed spectacles: that she was very short sighted

But clearly she believed that she looked better without her spectacles on. I’m not sure why she would do this in a staff room when you’re not normally signalling your availability to be someone’s sexual partner but even if you were I think it would be better to wear your spectators or contact lenses rather than peer about.

Maybe I’m just a bit dim I didn’t realize that the staff room was the place for picking up partners of any kind. But would you rather date someone who was going blind or someone who was wearing some very attractive spectacles and seemed lively and interesting?

After  all you can take the spectacles off when you go to bed.

If you wear lipsticks which doesn’t last long on your lips then you can either just forget about it or you can do what  some women used to do namely keep reapplying their lipstick every 20 minutes or so regardless of where they are or what else is happening.

This makes you seem like an airhead.

If that’s what you want then fine but if you don’t want to look like that then you either need to give up wearing lipstick or do a bit of research into how to make it stay on your lips longer. It could be you just need to buy a more expensive brand.

It could also be a nervous tic that you’re not really aware of. The other people will notice you constantly fiddling in your bag or your pocket and then applying this unguent to your lips

It’s very distracting when someone appears like this

But it’s not as bad as reapplying your deodorant to your armpit while you’re in a meeting whether it’s a mother’s meeting or a business meeting or a religious meeting

Of course applying lipstick can be very seductive similarly so is powdering your face in certain circumstances but these are unlikely to occur in most situations in life.

And anyway it’s a waste of money buying lipstick. Don’t you wonder why it doesn’t last  very long? In the past I remember one of my teachers at school saying that scientists could have found out why our nylon stockings were always getting ladders but they didn’t want to.

Well we found the answer which is to wear trousers which do not get ladders in them strangely. I wonder why that is

But anything that you can do that makes you feel more confident or improve your posture etc then do it if you can afford it. But when it comes to face lifts.. probably best avoided.