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15th November 202316th November 2023Tell Me About It

‘I came to resent my parents as I grew older and now I feel guilt about inheriting their wealth’

Tell Me About It: ‘ I left the country as soon as I could as I could not bear to be the […]

8th November 202316th November 2023Tell Me About It

‘I’m considering ending a five-year relationship, but living in a small town I’m worried I may end up single forever’

Tell Me About It: ‘ I know he loves me and wants the relationship, but I feel my own needs aren’t being […]

1st November 202316th November 2023Tell Me About It

‘My elderly mum is a good person, but she made my childhood and teenage years as painful as she could’

Tell Me About It: ‘I have to keep an emotional distance for my own mental health, but it doesn’t prevent me from […]

18th October 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

‘How does a father in Ireland have a relationship with his children when the mother prevents it?’

Tell Me About It: ‘Everyone I have spoken to – guards, therapists, doctors, clinical psychologists and lawyers – openly admit the Irish […]

11th October 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

‘I’m frightened of spending retirement with my husband, I’m not sure he is someone I would choose again’

Tell Me About It: We were pregnant (at 20) so got married and, in retrospect, it was way too early in the […]

4th October 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

‘I’ve met a wonderful man, but he feels guilty about moving on’

Tell Me About It: ‘His wife died of cancer a couple years ago and they had 20 years of a wonderful relationship’ […]

27th September 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

‘My relative’s extreme hoarding and self-neglect are out of control’

Tell Me About It: Her house is infested with rodents, she does not use a fridge or wash, but refuses our help […]

20th September 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

‘My fiancé is great, but I don’t feel attracted to him’

Tell Me About It: ‘I have been happy for most part in the relationship except I never feel satisfied, and he doesn’t […]

13th September 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

My husband suffered a brief psychiatric illness and I feel unable to tell him about my medical diagnosis

Tell Me About It: I have just been diagnosed with adult-onset Type 1 diabetes and I am adapting to a new way […]

6th September 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

‘I have considered giving my mother the ultimatum of me or her boyfriend’

Tell Me About It: I feel everything in my life has been a lie – my mother is dating and says her […]

30th August 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

‘When we go shopping, my boyfriend – who earns a considerable salary – will always steal one item’

Tell Me About It: Addressing his behaviour needs to be seen as a joint project for the two of you PROBLEM: When […]

23rd August 202325th October 2023Tell Me About It

‘I thought my partner was having an online affair, but then I realised there was more to it’

Tell Me About It: He has been seeing doctors online, in many countries, on almost a weekly basis due to his anxiety […]

9th August 202322nd August 2023Tell Me About It

‘My neighbour sunbathes naked on sunny days and it’s making me uncomfortable’

Tell Me About It: ‘He waves and then proceeds to lie in a very explicit fashion. I simply do not know what […]

2nd August 202322nd August 2023Tell Me About It

‘My girlfriend has worn me down and I feel she wants to shape me into her corporate partner’

Tell Me About It: ‘I had thought I wanted to marry her, but I have grave concerns about this as I think […]

26th July 202322nd August 2023Tell Me About It

‘My family don’t particularly like me and I despair about retiring and spending more time with them’

Tell Me About It: A reader is not relishing retirement because of his troubled relationship with his wife and children PROBLEM: I […]

19th July 202322nd August 2023Tell Me About It

‘My husband has no interest in having a sexual relationship’

Tell Me About It: ‘It has been more than five years since any intimacy took place. I feel entitled to look for […]

12th July 202322nd August 2023Tell Me About It

‘I’m in my 30s and have grown out of “sessioning” but worry about sustaining important friendships’

Tell Me About It: A lot of the most memorable times with friends involve going out and staying out well into the […]

5th July 20236th July 2023Tell Me About It

‘I was married for three decades. Why did I stay when I was so unhappy?’

Tell Me About It: I was married for 30 years and I wonder why I allowed myself to remain sad, unhappy and […]

28th June 20236th July 2023Tell Me About It

‘We are at our wits’ end. Our adult daughter still lives with us and her boyfriend has started to settle here too’

Tell Me About It: Their plans to go travelling, instead of focusing on their careers, concern us as the current situation will […]

21st June 20236th July 2023Tell Me About It

‘My mum wants me back in Ireland, but now an Aussie woman is pregnant with my baby’

Tell Me About It: I feel very conflicted: I do not want to repeat the past and have my child grow up […]

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  • ‘I came to resent my parents as I grew older and now I feel guilt about inheriting their wealth’
  • ‘I’m considering ending a five-year relationship, but living in a small town I’m worried I may end up single forever’
  • ‘My elderly mum is a good person, but she made my childhood and teenage years as painful as she could’
  • ‘How does a father in Ireland have a relationship with his children when the mother prevents it?’
  • ‘I’m frightened of spending retirement with my husband, I’m not sure he is someone I would choose again’

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