My abusive ex-husband is telling our kids lies about meTell Me About It: His family and current partner speak badly of me to the children tooFri Jul 29 2016 - 01:00
My difficult colleague is holding me backTell Me About It: I am not responsible for this person’s work but I end up paying the priceFri Jul 22 2016 - 06:00
I’m 70 and I feel trapped as a carer for my ill husbandI feel so guilty for thinking this way, but I can’t go on holidays any more and we never go outFri Jul 15 2016 - 06:00
I am always rejected by people and I don’t know whyI have done counselling, joined online forums and started courses, but nothing worksWed Jul 06 2016 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: Dad is giving my inheritance to charityIt is not really about the money, but a gesture of care from him would have been niceWed Jun 22 2016 - 08:00
Tell Me About It: A health problem has derailed my lifeA lawyer is trying to get compensation for me and I have expert reports that point to malpracticeWed Jun 15 2016 - 06:00
My husband cannot accept that our son would rather be a girlMy husband thinks it is all nonsense and a fadWed Jun 08 2016 - 01:00
My wife has dementia and my kids think I am being unfaithfulI feel let down by my family’s behaviour and sordid thoughtsWed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
My partner wants us to split, and I blame her new friendsThese two female friends have developed a reputation in the area and on social media for outrageous behaviourWed May 25 2016 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I feel only half alive since my daughter moved to AustraliaMy biggest worry is that she will like it so much there that she won’t come backWed May 18 2016 - 01:00
My eldest daughter is leading her younger siblings astrayThey have no problem using the foulest of language during yelling matchesWed May 11 2016 - 01:00
I have been seeing a married man and it is driving me crazyI haven’t even told my family as I know they would disapproveWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I’m jealous of my mum’s connection with the son she put up for adoptionMy mother is delighted to have him in her life, but I can’t bring myself to meet himWed Apr 27 2016 - 01:00
My dad just uses me as a free babysitterI don’t mind looking after my sister sometimes, but I feel like I’m being taken advantage ofWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
A neighbour my husband is friends with is invading our spaceI’m at my wits’ end. I have made it clear to my husband on a number of occasions that we need more privacyWed Apr 13 2016 - 06:00
I feel alienated by my friends’ drug-fuelled social lifeThey don’t peer-pressure me or anything like that, but I feel isolated all the sameWed Apr 06 2016 - 07:00
I came home to find my school-going daughter in bed with a guyI am really upset that she did not wait until she was older to have sexWed Mar 30 2016 - 06:00
I am twentysomething and I have never been kissedI think I’m bisexual, but the thought of kissing either sex instils a desire as well as fearWed Mar 23 2016 - 03:00
My history of bad relationships has made me suspiciousI constantly think my wonderful partner is looking at other women when we are out togetherWed Mar 16 2016 - 06:00
I think my daughter’s boyfriend is gayI cannot afford to lose my daughter by making her feel I am interferingWed Mar 09 2016 - 06:00
I’m worried my parents might have a drink problemThey have what they call ‘cocktail hour’ at 5pm and then it just keeps goingWed Mar 02 2016 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I think my mother might have joined a cultI don’t know if I should dig deeper or just hope that it burns outWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
I cannot decide between two womenI used to judge this kind of person but now I have become oneWed Feb 17 2016 - 06:00
My friends have become so self-involved since they had childrenFRIENDSHIP WEEK: I don’t mind seeing the children sometimes, but not all of the timeWed Feb 10 2016 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My adult children are poisoning relationships in the familyThe youngest sibling is getting married and wants all of us thereWed Jan 27 2016 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I slept with a guy I thought was single. Now I feel I’m keeping his dirty secretShould I make him tell her, should I tell her, or should I say nothing?Wed Jan 20 2016 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I should be grateful for having a good job but I feel sick insideI know my friends are bored of me going on about my job but I can’t stop thinking about itWed Jan 13 2016 - 06:00
I am sick of my separated parents using the holiday to score pointsTell Me About It: I feel like I will explode. I worry about my brother tooWed Dec 30 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My family make me feel like Scrooge even though we’re strugglingI don’t want to be the person to dash hopes but someone has to be realisticWed Dec 23 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I’m in love with an older, married woman but we have different needsWe have fallen head over heels for each other but I have so much to do in my life before I want to settle downWed Dec 16 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My father disapproves of my gay weddingIt has come to light that he will not attend, and I am very disappointedWed Dec 09 2015 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My husband has had several affairs but I’d be destitute if I leftSince my husband found out that I have met someone else, he has made life hell for me at homeWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My life is slipping away from me due to my porn habitI’ve never had sex and my experiences so far have been disastrousWed Nov 25 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I live in a constant state of panic and fearI lie awake at night for hours fretting over the day ahead. What can I do to regain control of my life?Wed Nov 18 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My fear of rejection is making a relationship impossibleI lost my parents as a child, and my first relationships with women ended with me being leftWed Nov 11 2015 - 06:00
My daughter is selfish and insufferableTell Me About It: Her recent behaviour – ignorant, emotionally lazy, lying at the drop of a hat, disrespectful – has left me reelingWed Nov 04 2015 - 06:00
I left my wife for another woman but it might have been a mistakeI’m between a rock and a hard place and I know I have to make up my mind soonWed Oct 28 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I feel as if an old friend is taking advantage of meI can either leave a friendship that has given me much, or I can continue in a one-sided relationship that costs me a lotWed Oct 21 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My son’s falling-out with his best buddy has spread to us parentsI feel so much anger about being thrown into this situation, which I didn’t make happenWed Oct 14 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: The abuse I suffered as a child is inhibiting my love lifeI don’t want to be defined by the incest I survived. But as I approach 40, I have bouts of despairWed Oct 07 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: We are heartbroken that we cannot have childrenMy husband and I are finding it extremely difficult to accept that we will never be parentsWed Sept 23 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I got my top course, but I’m daunted about starting collegeI feel as if I am in some sort of no-man’s land between secondary school and collegeWed Sept 16 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I have felt so alone since I separated from my husbandEveryone thinks I am flying, but I’m not. Living alone is hardWed Sept 09 2015 - 10:03
Tell Me About It: I feel like I am just a provider of money to my familyThis is not my idea of how a father should be treatedWed Sept 02 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I’m furious they voted against same-sex marriageI wrote to all my family asking them to support the Yes side. No one repliedWed Aug 26 2015 - 05:00
I’ve fallen for a girl but I’m afraid she is leading me onTell Me About It: I can’t help but feel that this is some sort of game for herWed Aug 19 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My promotion has caused a rift with my unemployed best friendHis financial successes or failings do not matter to me. I wish we could be as close as we were beforeWed Aug 12 2015 - 06:00
My desire to become a mother trumps love of my husbandTell Me About It: If you need advice or if you have some for the person with this problem email tellmeaboutit@irishtimes.comWed Aug 05 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My boyfriend is stopping me from seeing a male friendIt doesn’t seem to matter how much I stress to my boyfriend that it is platonicWed Jul 29 2015 - 06:00
My daughter is a compulsive liar and she is getting worseTell Me About It: If you need advice or if you have some for the person with this problem email tellmeaboutit@irishtimes.comWed Jul 22 2015 - 06:00
