‘My relationship is at serious risk because of what a psychic told my partner. This is bonkers’Tell Me About It: There have even been long periods where I have to sleep in the spare room as I can’t be trusted enoughWed Jun 18 2025 - 06:01
‘My husband would rather go for a run, cycle or swim than spend time with me and the children’Tell Me About It: He would rather leave the house for a run, cycle or swim than spend time with me and the children Wed Jun 11 2025 - 06:01
‘I’m worried: My ex-husband and I have been invited to a wedding’Tell Me About It: The problem is my family – they think I am soft and stupid for giving in to himWed Jun 04 2025 - 06:01
‘I’m having fun with a flirtatious man, but worry he might want sex. The body prep is too much effort’Tell Me About It: ‘The body preparation involved for women at my age to consider actual sex is beyond the effort I am prepared to make’Wed May 28 2025 - 06:01
‘My husband recently died. We are in our early 50s. My whole future has been taken from me’Tell Me About It: We had plans, hopes and dreams. I am simply bereftWed May 21 2025 - 06:01
‘I’ve met someone and want to try a relationship, but I’m worried about my young children’Tell Me About It: Separation has taken a toll and left me to shoulder all childcare responsibilitiesWed May 14 2025 - 06:01
‘I was overheard saying my date wasn’t very good-looking. Now he’s blocking me’Tell Me About It: I thought being back in the job after extended remote work would be great, but it’s becoming nightmarishWed May 07 2025 - 06:01
'My future looks empty and lonely ... I should have invested more in friends, but it feels too late now'Tell Me About It: ‘I didn’t realise how much I depended on my friend until the last month, when I realised there is no one else who really knows me’ Wed Apr 30 2025 - 06:01
‘I found out the rugby player I’m seeing is four-timing me, and I am more attracted to him than ever’Tell Me About It: ‘Knowing about the other partners has added another layer to our get-togethers’Wed Apr 23 2025 - 06:01
‘Some friends have more need of me than I have of them’Tell Me About It: ‘I like to be there for friends but often I often find this draws a desire to have too big a piece of me’Wed Apr 16 2025 - 06:01
‘I am exhausted and frustrated, and my husband is emotionally distant and uncommunicative’Tell Me About It: Six years ago, my husband had an emotional affair with a woman in his workplaceWed Apr 09 2025 - 06:01
‘I have been invited to eight weddings, eight hen parties and now baby showers. It has to stop’ Tell Me About It: ‘Think of what I could have saved towards a mortgage in these two years. It is driving me crazy’Wed Apr 02 2025 - 06:01
‘Our daughter is almost 40 and moving out soon, but she has told her son that he can stay with us’Tell Me About It: ‘We think she does not want the responsibility of having him around’Wed Mar 26 2025 - 06:01
‘I am really struggling with the drinking culture among my friends’Tell Me About It: ‘My family tell me to go and make new friends, but it is not easy in my mid-30s’Wed Mar 19 2025 - 06:01
‘I think my brother might be controlling his wife and daughter’Tell Me About It: ‘He and his wife never engage in any larger family events’Wed Mar 12 2025 - 06:01
‘My son is in his 20s, but still lives like a teenager – staying in his room playing video games’Tell Me About It: When he finished college, he told me he was earning enough money from gaming-related activity, but now he is asking me for loans more oftenWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:01
‘I’m 50 this year and feel a bit like a teenager with my problem. My best friend has fallen in love’Tell Me About It: 'It’s like my whole life and future has been torn away. I really did not know how lonely life can be without her'Wed Feb 26 2025 - 06:01
I’ve been given an opportunity to go to Europe, but I’m scared of being aloneTell Me About It: I’ve never been strong socially and there was a time in my 20s when I felt that I would always be aloneWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:01
‘If I don’t go to Australia, I feel my relationship will break up and my whole world will collapse’Tell Me About It: I feel resentful that I have spent my whole childhood parenting my mum and I was so looking forward to not having to do thisWed Feb 12 2025 - 06:01
After an ancestry DNA test, I discovered my 80-year-old brother has a daughter. Can I let my other siblings know?Tell Me About It: My brother has decided not to contact his daughter. Do our siblings have a right to know about their niece?Wed Feb 05 2025 - 06:01
‘I’ve been blind to the fact that my partner is actually married to his mother’Tell Me About It: ‘I am furious and feel that I have been walking around blind to the fact that my partner is actually married to his mother’Wed Jan 29 2025 - 06:01
‘My sister’s boyfriend never left us alone at Christmas. Should I confront her?’Tell Me About It: Should I confront my sister, tell her what I really think about her boyfriend? I worry about losing her, tooWed Jan 22 2025 - 06:01
‘I think my cousin may be manipulating my grandmother into putting her into her will’Tell Me About It: Your parents or others are not raising the same concern flags that you are and this is worth consideringWed Jan 15 2025 - 06:01
‘I don’t know what I am supposed to feel, but surely life needs to have more to it than this’Tell Me About It: ‘I have all the usual accoutrements of car, house and holidays, and no fears about future finance, but it is not enough’Wed Jan 08 2025 - 06:01
‘Everyone expects us to get married and it feels like an unstoppable train’Tell Me About It: I moved to a far-flung place to be with the woman I fell in love with online, but now I’m wondering, ‘What have I done?’Wed Jan 01 2025 - 06:01
‘I am back in the workplace full-time and it is unbearable. Managers have become mistrustful’Tell Me About It: ‘I never thought I’d be a person who would work just for the money and it feels against my principles’Wed Dec 18 2024 - 06:01
‘I am 38, living at home, with my mother doing my washing and cooking my meals. I feel like a child most of the time’Tell Me About It: ‘Smoking dope gave me some peace, and I suppose I withdrew from life in general’Wed Dec 11 2024 - 06:01
‘I feel lost and lonely. I have begun to think there’s no reason for me here anymore … do any other people feel this way?’Tell Me About It: It is not easy to make genuine connections, but all of this starts with spending time with people you either admire or share an interest withWed Dec 04 2024 - 06:01
‘My wife, who I love and adore, has emotionally abandoned our relationship’Tell Me About It: Begin taking actions now that increase your engagement with life, thus building your confidenceWed Nov 27 2024 - 06:01
‘I’m in my early 30s and recently married - but I cannot imagine spending the rest of my life with her’Tell Me About It: ‘I feel that if we divorce, I will be letting my family down and also abandoning this woman to a country that she did not intend to live in’Wed Nov 20 2024 - 06:01
‘I want out of this marriage, but feel like I am trapped’Tell Me About It: My controlling husband has a nasty temper and lashes out at me when he gets stressedWed Nov 13 2024 - 06:01
‘I am expected to prepare food for the extended family while my husband chats with the lads’Tell Me About It: I have climbed the career ladder as an outsider in the Far East, but my husband’s family there put a lot of pressure on me to be a traditional wifeWed Nov 06 2024 - 06:01
‘My husband wants to sell our house, buy an RV and go travel the world’Tell Me About It: ‘I can’t imagine anything more horrifying than giving up my home to spend it in a tight space’Wed Oct 30 2024 - 06:01
‘The whole adult world is sold as a bright, shiny thing but it’s actually a sad and lonely place’Tell Me About It: Am I the common denominator and are people staying away from me? I’d hardly blame themWed Oct 23 2024 - 06:01
‘I love my husband of 40 years but he has been emotionally and verbally abusive. How can I overcome my fear of leaving?’Tell Me About It: ‘I know so many single women and I don’t envy them’Wed Oct 16 2024 - 06:01
‘I want to ask someone out at work, and I am terrified, with some justification’Tell Me About It: The object of my affection is not Irish so I’m also afraid of the cultural implications of asking him outWed Oct 09 2024 - 06:01
‘The worst picture is of me, drunk at a party, kissing someone with my skirt up way too high’Tell Me About It: ‘I am mortified and so very angry. I know this is wrong and that the law is now able to take this on, but I’ve been getting very conflicting messages’Wed Oct 02 2024 - 06:01
Our mother is refusing to use incontinence wear. My sister who cares for her is exhaustedTell Me About It: My sister, who is my 91-year-old mum’s main carer, is exhausted from having to get up several times during the nighWed Sept 25 2024 - 06:01
‘I’m trying to build a social life, but how can I when my parents call to see me all the time?’Tell Me About It: I have a great relationship with my parents, but I feel stifled by their constant attention. How can I set boundaries so my life can really blossom, without hurting their feelings?Wed Sept 18 2024 - 06:01
‘My husband’s weight has begun to affect my desire for him’Tell Me About It: ‘What more I can do before I end up a widow, or a carer for a seriously disabled man, before my time?’Wed Sept 11 2024 - 06:01
‘Although my current job has a structured career path and is secure, I find it meaningless’Tell Me About It: Should I experiment with another career move or double down and make the most of what I already have?Wed Sept 04 2024 - 06:01
‘I’m struggling to accept the loss of a deeply meaningful photograph album and move on from it’Tell Me About It: ‘I am an only child and my father died before I could consciously know him’Wed Aug 28 2024 - 06:01
‘My daughter’s friend, who is 15, is in a secret online relationship that is causing her to be fearful’Tell Me About It: My daughter promised her friend she would not tell anyone about this, but she is struggling with this burden and has had trouble sleepingWed Aug 21 2024 - 06:01
‘I am on the receiving end of aggressive behaviour from some individuals nearing retirement age’Tell Me About It: This behaviour is really tough on all other colleagues and causes huge resentmentWed Aug 14 2024 - 06:01
‘How did I not see that my son was turning out like his father?’Tell Me About It: ‘I love my son but am also afraid of him and for him’Wed Aug 07 2024 - 06:01
‘I chose two of my three close friends to be bridesmaids and everything is now difficult’Tell Me About It: The stress of this is starting to sour my wedding celebrationsWed Jul 31 2024 - 06:01
‘I am divorced at 60, envious of my ex-husband’s new life and struggling with loneliness’Tell Me About It: ‘Nobody calls in to me and I think if I died, nobody would know for days’Wed Jul 24 2024 - 06:01
‘I want to ask someone if their parents are separated before going on a date’Tell Me About It: The abuse I get for ending a relationship is so over the top that it makes sense that other stuff is going on – for which I am not responsibleWed Jul 17 2024 - 06:01
‘I’m dating a previously married man but I feel sad that I will always come second to his children’Tell Me About It: I knew what I was signing myself up for, but I wish almost every day that things were differentWed Jul 10 2024 - 06:01
‘I care for my elderly parents, but my efforts are taken for granted. I think I might be going mad’Tell Me About It: When I ask for help from family members, the response from some is wholly unsupportiveWed Jul 03 2024 - 06:01
