‘As far as my mother was concerned, I was never good enough’Tell Me About It: ‘Since her death, I’ve revisited incidents and feelings I had as a child’Wed Sep 19 2018 - 06:01
‘Do I have a particularly cold and callous family?’Tell Me About It: ‘Life in a family with a disability is a never-ending struggle for support’Wed Sep 12 2018 - 06:01
My daughter is refusing to visit her biological dad in AustraliaEven though she cannot articulate it, I think she is jealous of his new baby boyWed Sep 5 2018 - 06:01
‘My son is convinced my Spanish lover is a fraudster’Tell Me About It: Plan to emigrate and open cafe in Spain with lover hinges on trustWed Aug 29 2018 - 06:01
‘I’m stealing from my employer and fear getting caught’My bosses gave me no sympathy when my alcoholic husband died, leaving me in a lot of debtWed Aug 22 2018 - 06:01
My mother will be deeply hurt if I offer my philandering father a homeHe was never really there for us as children and he regrets it now but my mother and siblings are still very angryWed Aug 15 2018 - 06:00
I fear my daughter will reject me if I separate from her fatherI find myself staying in a relationship that is impacting on my emotional health and I feel so desperateWed Aug 8 2018 - 06:01
‘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 bansheeWed Aug 1 2018 - 06:01
I have started to use unprescribed drugs to help me focusTell Me About It: My girlfriend is furious and also worried that it may impact on my healthWed Jul 25 2018 - 06:00
‘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?Wed Jul 18 2018 - 06:00
I’m divorced 12 years and feel ridiculous chatting up womenTell Me About It: I’m wary of internet dating and feel like a sad case chatting up women in pubsWed Jul 11 2018 - 06:01
‘I resent my husband for my mental and emotional load’Tell Me About It: I got very sick last year and had a breakdown. I dread it happening againWed Jul 4 2018 - 06:00
‘My father sells himself as a hero, but I’ve just found out about his affair’Tell me about it: He sells himself as the family breadwinner hero despite the fact he betrayed my motherWed Jun 27 2018 - 06:01
‘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’Wed Jun 20 2018 - 06:01
My teenage daughter never met her father and now he's dyingI’ve kept it a secret all these years but now time is running out and my daughter is devastated about not knowing her biological fatherWed Jun 13 2018 - 06:01
‘My fiancé now says he is too young to settle down’Tell Me About It: Sleeping with someone else made him think twice about commitmentWed Jun 6 2018 - 06:01
‘This is awkward ... My flatmate wants me to pay more rent’Tell me about it: Our unequal arrangement was agreed a year ago so why should I budge?Wed May 30 2018 - 06:01
‘I left my wife for another woman and now my eldest children won’t talk to me’Tell Me About It: I try to stay in touch with them but I get stonewalled most of the timeWed May 23 2018 - 06:01
‘I chased an older woman for a long time and we got married – but now she’s 70’Tell Me About It: I am no longer attracted to her physically and she is not interested in sexWed May 16 2018 - 06:01
I won’t have sex with my husband – he says no man would stay in those circumstancesTell me about it: ‘Counselling is not going to help as nothing can make me want him’Wed May 9 2018 - 06:01
‘I’m in my 40s and like smart, attractive men, but that pool keeps getting smaller’Tell Me About It: ‘For the last 10 years I’ve had short dating episodes with a divorced local man’Wed May 2 2018 - 06:01
‘We are two broken souls pretending we are fine living together’Tell Me About It: ‘There is a huge echoing void between us. I don’t know what to do’Wed Apr 25 2018 - 06:01
I was a good mother, but my only daughter has cut me offI’ve had counselling for all the hurt I feel, but I continue to feel hurt and cry very easilyWed Apr 18 2018 - 07:01
My boyfriend thinks we should separately move back in with our parentsI have a challenging relationship with my family and haven’t lived with them for yearsWed Apr 11 2018 - 06:01
Why we should teach about consent in primary schoolsTraining in saying yes and no, whether online or not, is now an essential skillThu Apr 5 2018 - 01:39
‘My husband thinks everything is coming together while I think everything is falling apart’Tell Me About It: I’m terrified of uprooting our children and moving to the countryWed Apr 4 2018 - 06:01
We all have responsibility to create a culture of consentLet’s make sex and intimacy something to be celebrated and not something to be fearedThu Mar 29 2018 - 17:46
My wife wants to continue her affair while we carry on as if nothing is happeningTell Me About It: I am hurt but I know the whole family would suffer greatly from a separationWed Mar 28 2018 - 06:00
‘My husband said he was on a health buzz, but he was just cycling to the pub’Tell Me About It: If he does not do more exercise, it is likely he will have a second heart attackWed Mar 21 2018 - 05:45
I don’t want to spend my life with someone who overvalues alcoholAny time I mention my concerns my partner laughs it off and says I’m exaggeratingWed Mar 14 2018 - 07:01
It feels like my daughter is just waiting for me to die for her inheritanceI have two granddaughters whom I love dearly, but I never see them and I am terrified of not seeing them if I fight with herWed Mar 7 2018 - 07:01
I am being phased out of my co-parenting role with my lesbian partnerIt quickly became apparent that my partner viewed shared parenting differently from me, she makes all the decisions about the child without consulting meWed Feb 28 2018 - 07:01
A much older man made a drunken pass at me at a work eventThe atmosphere at work has completely changed, in a way that’s hard to describeWed Feb 21 2018 - 06:01
Am I wasting my boyfriend’s time by staying with him?Tell Me About It: Not arguing is nice, but it is important for couples to thrash out their differencesWed Feb 14 2018 - 06:18
I am seeing a nice, family man (who is cheating on his wife)He is a gentleman and he was the reason why I decided to leave my husbandWed Feb 7 2018 - 06:01
I am treated like a hated presence and nuisance in the houseI have unsupportive parents and my brother and his girlfriend have broken me downTue Jan 30 2018 - 06:00
I know about my dad’s affair, and now I’ve moved home again to save for a depositThe other woman also had kids in my school and it was awful carrying this secretWed Jan 24 2018 - 03:01
A woman tricked me to become pregnant and I am devastatedIt’s been one of the most terrible situations, I almost ended my life because of itWed Jan 17 2018 - 07:01
My 17-year-old has said she won’t be going back to schoolI have told her she’s mad for leaving now . . . but she won’t listen to anything I have to sayMon Jan 8 2018 - 09:01
Should I tell my boyfriend that I do not want children?Tell Me About It: As our relationship strengthens, I feel this needs to be addressedWed Jan 3 2018 - 05:01
I’ve been emotionally battered but I’m still in love with himMy partner told me to move on with my life but I'm finding it incredibly hardWed Dec 20 2017 - 06:01
Is it wrong I want to continue the relationship, even though I know he has a girlfriend?Tell Me About It: My problem is he is still in a relationship with someone elseWed Dec 13 2017 - 06:01
I’ve had the same problem my whole life – no one likes meTell Me About It: I know my problem is minuscule compared to other people's, but at the risk of sounding self-involved, I had to get it off my chestWed Dec 6 2017 - 06:01
‘I’m seeing two women. The problem is I can’t choose between them’Tell Me About It: Both are attractive to me but I know I have to commit to one of themWed Nov 29 2017 - 07:19
My girlfriend is considering going out with her ‘psycho’ ex for his birthdayHe even threatened to kill me when he first found out about usWed Nov 22 2017 - 08:56
How soon should I tell someone I’m dating that I cannot have children?Tell Me About It: In most situations the relationship does not progress when I tell of my infertilityTue Nov 14 2017 - 10:01
Tell Me About It: I am petrified of being alone forever because of my acneI struggle with relationships and am repulsed by my own skinMon Nov 13 2017 - 17:19
Tell Me About It: I yearn to break out of my self-imposed isolationThe problem started when I gained weight as a child and was often ridiculed by family and friendsSun Nov 12 2017 - 19:39
I live in an area I just don’t fit into. I haven't made a single friendTell Me About It: How can I convince the people in this small village that I’m worth knowing?Tue Nov 7 2017 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I was bullied at school and never made friendsI care about others but I have never been able to build a connection with anyoneSat Nov 4 2017 - 15:01