As you get older, the physical presentation gets harder. You need to work at staying in the shape you took for granted in your younger days. You can no longer get away with eating the way you used to eat.

The easiest way to get around any potential insecurities you might have concerning your body or hair coverage might be to meet potential partners in the pool or sea, not great for someone like me who’s no fan of that type of holiday, but I can see the advantages of such a meeting.

The aquatic rendezvous means much of the work would be done. Straight away, you’d have seen a great deal of one another’s bodies. The woman would already have seen you topless. If you have a belly on you or a hairy back, they’ll see that prior to the relationship reaching the bedroom stage. If there’s a patch of unwaxed hair on your back, she could look at it two ways. She’s either repulsed or takes it as endearing proof that you’re single and have no one in your life to take care of those difficult to reach places on your body. By being in that water, possibly thousands of miles away from home, you are in many ways as close as you can be to being in the bedroom. You’ve done a lot of the legwork. You’re not springing any unwanted surprises on each other.