My mother will be deeply hurt if I offer my philandering father a home
Tell Me About It: He was never really there for us as children and he regrets it now but my mother and […]
I fear my daughter will reject me if I separate from her father
Tell Me About It: I find myself staying in a relationship that is impacting on my emotional health and I feel so […]
I am caught in a vicious and unhealthy relationship cycle
Tell Me About It: Because of my partner’s behaviour I’m crabby, a roaring banshee PROBLEM: I am caught in a vicious and unhealthy […]
I have started to use unprescribed drugs to help me focus
Tell Me About It: My girlfriend is furious and also worried that it may impact on my health PROBLEM: I am a 28-year-old […]
My mother has one set of rules for family, and one set for me
I hope to be able to move out in the distant future, but how do I survive until then? PROBLEM: I’m recently […]
I’m divorced 12 years and feel ridiculous chatting up women
I’m wary of internet dating and feel like a sad case chatting up women in pubs PROBLEM: I am a 59-year-old divorced […]
I resent my husband for my mental and emotional load
I got very sick last year and had a breakdown. I dread it happening again PROBLEM: I know I shouldn’t complain, but […]
My father sells himself as a hero, but I’ve just found out about his affair
He sells himself as the family breadwinner hero despite the fact he betrayed my mother PROBLEM: I recently went to a school reunion […]
I’ve been in a sexless marriage for 30 years – I feel I will explode sometimes
I have struggled very badly with this, watching my prime slip away and not being fulfilled PROBLEM: I am a man in […]
My teenage daughter never met her father and now he’s dying
I’ve kept it a secret all these years but now time is running out and my daughter is devastated about not knowing […]
My fiancé now says he is too young to settle down
Sleeping with someone else made him think twice about commitment PROBLEM: I am a 28-year-old gay man and I have only ever […]
This is awkward … My flatmate wants me to pay more rent
Our unequal arrangement was agreed a year ago so why should I budge? PROBLEM: I am living in Dublin. When myself and […]
I left my wife for another woman and now my eldest children won’t talk to me
I try to stay in touch with them but I get stonewalled most of the time PROBLEM: A few years ago I left […]
I chased an older woman for a long time and we got married – but now she’s 70
I am no longer attracted to her physically and she is not interested in sex PROBLEM: I’m feeling very conflicted about my relationship […]
I won’t have sex with my husband – he says no man would stay in those circumstances
‘Counselling is not going to help as nothing can make me want him’ PROBLEM: My husband of 24 years was diagnosed with bipolar […]
‘I’m in my 40s and like smart, attractive men, but that pool keeps getting smaller’
‘For the last 10 years I’ve had short dating episodes with a divorced local man’ PROBLEM: I’m a 49-year-old woman who seems […]
‘We are two broken souls pretending we are fine living together’
‘There is a huge echoing void between us. I don’t know what to do’ PROBLEM: I’m not really sure where to start, or […]
I was a good mother, but my only daughter has cut me off
I’ve had counselling for all the hurt I feel, but I continue to feel hurt and cry very easily PROBLEM: My daughter, […]
My boyfriend thinks we should separately move back in with our parents
I have a challenging relationship with my family and haven’t lived with them for years PROBLEM: I have been in a relationship […]
Why we should teach about consent in primary schools
Training in saying yes and no, whether online or not, is now an essential skill The average age at which children first […]