Tell Me About It: My decision to break up our relationship has caused me and him immeasurable losses PROBLEM: I broke up with my long-term boyfriend 1½ years ago. I gave it a lot of time and thought before I came to my decision, as I felt uncertain about us having a future together, raising kids […]
Tell me about it: I’m worried that our much-needed family holiday is about to be ruined PROBLEM: I have a wonderful relationship with my husband, and we are very happy together. We have longed for children but due to my health we are unable to conceive (I had two failed IVFs before a cancer diagnosis this […]
Tell me about it: We all experience shame and know its damaging effects on us PROBLEM: I am in my mid 60s, retired, my husband and I are happy together and have no money worries. We both worked in Dublin and built a retirement home in my home county, with a view to eventually settling there. […]
Tell me about it: He won’t come out and talk about it but I know he is bitter towards me PROBLEM: My husband and I married young and are now in our 60s. For 30 some years we have had no sexual relations. He now deeply resents me for this. He speaks harshly to me and […]
Tell me about it: I’m worried that our much-needed family holiday is about to be ruined PROBLEM: Every year we holiday as a family in the same holiday home (not ours) here in Ireland. Our children are all adults now in their 20s and still join us. However, my middle son has a girlfriend and has […]
Tell Me About It: ‘She’s aggressive, abusive and can fly into rages that last hours’ PROBLEM: My mother is completely toxic and, ever since I was young, she has attempted to control all aspects of my life. She’s aggressive, abusive and can fly into rages that last hours at the slightest opportunity over something she doesn’t […]
Tell Me About It: ‘I moved back in with my folks who think I have dependency issues’ PROBLEM: I’m a woman in my mid-30s. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and I moved back home with my folks after living in the US for almost two decades. They’re sceptical about my […]
Tell Me About It: ‘I wonder why he wants to meet my mother before marriage’ PROBLEM: I met a man online a year ago through Facebook and we have fallen in love. Recently, on Valentine’s Day, he got down on his knees and he presented me with an engagement ring asking me to marry him. I […]
Tell Me About It: ‘Should I try to reconnect with old friends, or just try and find new people’ PROBLEM: I am a woman in my 20s and after many months of being mentally unwell, I was diagnosed with a mental illness last year. I have lost all my friends because of this. Some I lost […]
Tell Me About It: ‘My ex is dating a friend of a friend who openly talks about their sex life’ PROBLEM: I had been in a relationship that broke up before the lockdown. I have made my peace with the break-up and while it was a challenging period, I do know it was for the best […]