I had no intention of coming across as a prude. The case I was referring to was far worse than how I put it, and the man subjected his then wife to humiliating, degrading (and criminal) treatment. But better not go there.

@ NGT: Agreed, but it’s neither a fetish nor a gender issue; it’s good sense. Ironing one’s shirt straight after walking out of the shower can have painful consequences.

@G: Don’t be so narrow-minded. Making your wife wear an apron with no knickers is not a fetish. It’s being practical and considerate. You wouldn’t want your wife to scald herself when she rushes around the kitchen making you a cuppa and a chip butty after sex, would you?

The Scerri case, as you said. Daphne, is simply a case where the envious have-nots have been duped into protesting against something without bothering to find out the details for themselves. They allowed themselves to be used by the PL.

Unfortunately, they have the power of the megaphone and the many media people who back them up, excluding some lone voices like Daphne and Stephen Calleja.

Now they are hitting below the belt, by implying that Victor Scerri hid behind his wife’s ‘maiden name’ in order to avoid publicity. According to these paladins of righteousness, she had no business to do so because she has a husband who takes care of these things.

Misshom jisthu. The days when the wife spent her days “zaqqa mas-sink” , as the photo implies, with her brood playing around her feet, are over. But these people are implying that they are not. What a truly cheap shot to take.

It’s a pity that our politicians fuel their egos by paying attention to what they say. I would have thought that they were capable of seeing through the sham, but as always in matters of politicians, I am sadly deluded. The more attention they give FAA, the more they feed on it to grandstand.

Hey D listen up. We’ve had no help at home (hate the word maid, she’s like family) for the last 3 weeks, and guess who’s cleaned the house and washed the floors etc. Yours truly, and incidentally I was wearing knickers and no apron, but then you don’t want to go there…………

On a serious note, I admired the sensitive way you handled the facts in your article, a story which regardless of the ‘farmhouse permit’ outcome, still has a happy ending. Yes Dr. Scerri is simply ‘a nice man’ with a lot more bocci than the so called ”We, the People” always out on their ridiculous witch hunts.

I had nothing to do with the photo.

Joke about it all you wish, Leonard. I know of one particular man with all fetishes mentioned above rolled into one. While his wife was trying to have their marriage annulled, he gained a degree in theology. Never take things at face value, sweety pie.

Like doing house chores in heels? Cool.

[Daphne – You forgot to mention the little apron and no knickers. You men are so cheesy.]