How many lovers have you had?

Continuing her series looking at socially unacceptable questions, Christine Manby asks whether there’s a double standard when it comes our magic numbers

(Tom Ford)

Over a few glasses of wine one evening, my friend Jenn asked all the people around the table: “If the answer is six, then what is the question?”

“Six?” someone echoed.

Jenn nodded. “Yes. What’s the question?”