Dear Lizzy

Bugged and Lovelorn
Dear Lizzy,

I have a house plant with aphids. This particular plant is an herb which I plan to eat, so I want to be careful what I do to it. Do you know some good non-toxic treatments for aphids?

Bugged

( Hose it down, boys, hose it down... )

Dear Lizzy,

I am in love with a married woman. I am very close friends with her, and she loves me too. She has been considering leaving her husband for me for several month at least. Her husband is very jealous, and if he even though that she was still speaking to me, he might leave her/kick her out on the spot. (He has actually delievered such an ultimatum; she is never to call me again).

I'm certain that she is in the wrong place and the wrong relationship. I could make her happy. But I won't do anything deliberately to end their relationship - I'm not going to out her to her husband, or anything that would make the choice for her. If she were free, I'd marry her and spend the rest of my life with her in an instant, no second thoughts. How can I convince her that she wants to leave him?

Lovelorn

( Reconsider whether she's really worth wanting, laddie )