Should my 71-year-old sister still wear miniskirts? Anne Robinson advises

A reader asks...

My sister was always the more daring of us - she had the boyfriends, the miniskirts.

The trouble is, she is 71 and still wearing them! She doesn't seem to mind her baggy knees on display.

Should I tell her I've heard people make snide comments?

Anne Robinson advises...

As far as I know there has yet to be invented a gadget that calculates the exact floppiness of one's knees. But glancing at my own, I'm certain you would advise me, if shopping for clothes online only to click the outfits that come in maxi and midi lengths.

However, I don't think your problem is your sister's knees (though it is a pity you don't mention the size of her ankles as l've always thought if these are tiny a woman is unfairly blessed), but rather a more complicated one of sibling rivalry.

It is an undisputed fact that children growing up in the same home will have vastly different approaches to life.

Your sister had the boyfriends and the miniskirts and, blow me, now in her seventies, she still has the nerve be ahead of the curve, wearing what she fancies - which really, really annoys you.

It is possible that the snide comments you refer to are born out of jealousy. It might well be, too, that others find your wardrobe a bit dull and frumpish but are too polite to tell you.

However, thank you for illustrating that the competitiveness that brothers and sisters experience growing up is still alive and well more than half a century later. Even if heavily disguised.