Tell Me About It: ‘I don’t ever remember a time when we were truly happy. It’s the hostility I find difficult’ PROBLEM: I’m living with my wife of 35 years. We have spent the last three years living in the same house, but apart, in separate rooms. I’ve been through MABS and a PIP adviser (Personal […]
Tell Me About It: ‘I feel he is planning to cheat on me again and my feelings are very hurt’ PROBLEM: I have been in a relationship for one year and a month, but my man cheated on me and I eventually got him to admit it. Since that day, I have huge trust issues […]
Tell Me About It: ‘My husband is angry with me, as he believes I have not thought this through’ PROBLEM: I am a senior healthcare worker. I have been qualified in my discipline for more than 25 years, and my career has progressed well. My husband is a well-paid professional in a stable job, and we […]
Tell Me About It: He has a free house when I have to struggle to keep a roof over my head PROBLEM: My mother died almost seven years ago. Her house passed to her children – myself, my sisters and brother. However, the day after she died, my brother moved into the house. I didn’t say […]
I fantasise all the time – and almost committed fraud as a result. How can I stop myself? PROBLEM: I would describe myself as the living embodiment of two well-known fictional heroes/antiheroes, both called Walter. The first being the world-famous fantasist Walter Mitty and the other the wannabe villain Walter White from the drama Breaking Bad. […]
Tell Me About It: ‘It is obvious that she is suffering deeply. What can we do?’ PROBLEM: Our mother is in her early 70s and physically very healthy. She is outgoing and involved in activities since her retirement and has good friends and social life. On the surface all looks good. Within the family, though caring, […]
Tell Me About It: ‘I have a job opportunity I’d like to accept, but it would mean hiding who I am PROBLEM: I moved to Ireland from a developing country almost a decade ago to work with a large international firm. I have worked very hard, and my career has progressed beyond my initial ambitions. […]
Tell me about it: This was something I had never seen coming. I thought we were happy PROBLEM: Will my ex-husband ever regret leaving me and my two kids for his younger co-worker? This was something I had never seen coming. I thought we were happy. Ours was his second marriage. His first marriage only lasted […]
Tell Me About It: ‘I’m afraid to look for a new job. I fear that I’m a bad person’ PROBLEM: Recently, I lost my job. It wasn’t Covid, it was because I was accused of being a bully. I don’t know how I was a bully but I know I wasn’t the most “friendly and […]
Tell Me About It: I can’t have them at our wedding, but the ramifications will be permanent PROBLEM: The question sounds a bit overboard, but how do we disinvite my future husband’s family from our wedding? We are currently not on speaking terms with my fiance’s siblings. To be honest, this has been a relief as […]