After 30 years of marriage, my wife and I have found the sparkle has gone, and I have found the spark missing too.

I was alarmed to read that a footballer is to face ‘no-sex’ charges. I very much fear that if my wife tells her friend, whose cousin is married to a man who plays football with a policeman, that the latter might find out that we too have had no sex for a number of weeks (months actually). I don’t want to face a charge of no sex. I don’t think the marriage could stand it, and after everything else that’s been going on, I fear this might push me over the precipice.

Can you advise?

Droopy Dave, Dundee.