Tell Me About It: I am sickened by the injustice and recently stopped visiting PROBLEM: My sociopathic sister has caused nothing but trouble in my family since she was a child and my mother refuses to confront it. She presents herself as everyone’s friend and fixer, but behind their back she undermines them and their relationships […]
Tell Me About It: All I want is to hold her in my arms like it was in our early years PROBLEM: I am a man and have been married for 49 years. Twenty-eight years ago, my wife came to me and told me straight out, “I do not want a sexual or intimate relationship with […]
Tell Me About It: He spends most evenings out there and when I enter I feel unwelcome PROBLEM: We have a building at the rear of our house, which is converted into a one-bedroom rental. We do not have any children, and both have good jobs, but the revenue this brings in supplements the mortgage […]
I exaggerate things in my mind and often end up being hurt by other. PROBLEM: I am 21 years old and all my life I have experienced things that no normal person my age has, generally. I was sent to a boarding school when I was 14 years old and, since then, I stopped connecting […]
I want it to be over but part of me wants to be friends for our daughter’s sake PROBLEM: How can I tell my husband that it is over and explain to him that I want a divorce without making him angrier? I’ve been married for 14 years and within this time my husband has put […]
Tell me about it: Single-sex school and small town has left boy with no girl friends PROBLEM: I’m a 17-year-old boy living in the south of Ireland in a small enough village. During the lockdown I maintained friendships with around eight or nine guys my age, seeing them often. I realised recently that, since I attend […]
My father passed away and since then my sister’s mother’s behaviour has been erratic PROBLEM: I am in my 30s and have a half-sister (seven years old now) from my father’s second marriage. She was born when I was living abroad, and I have only seen her on a few occasions. Sadly, my father passed away […]
Tell Me About It: I’m fed up with the intolerance and considering moving to a different city PROBLEM: I was born in a war-torn part of the Middle East to an Irish mother and Arabic father. In my early teens, after witnessing a series of traumatic events in the neighbourhood, my parents sent me to […]
Tell Me About It: My dreams are invested in this man and I don’t want to jeopardise my future PROBLEM: I have met a really nice guy for the first time since I became an adult almost two decades ago. As a teenage girl I was outgoing and incredibly happy and had lots of lads chasing […]
Tell Me About It: I love my fiance but also have a commitment to my sibling, who has special needs PROBLEM: I have a brother with special needs. He has both intellectual and physical disabilities, and has lived in a residential setting since he was in his early teens, but every year he comes to […]