‘I’m dreading retirement as I don’t really like my husband’
Tell Me About It: We’ve never been that close, that hasn’t been a problem up to now. He’s about to retire and […]
Author: MurphyTrish
All the Lonely People: take the first steps to overcoming loneliness
Loneliness is a natural phenomenon that we all experience at various points throughout life: when we leave home, we have a break-up, […]
My wife is ignoring me and won’t wear her wedding ring
Tell Me About It: now I am very concerned that this lack of communication by me due to fear of conflict could […]
I’ve found love, but he spends weekends with someone else
Tell Me About It:I love him and dream of a fantastic future but he needs to face his responsibilities Problem I am […]
My friends have become so self-involved since they had children
FRIENDSHIP WEEK: I don’t mind seeing the children sometimes, but not all of the time PROBLEM: How do I deal with extremely […]
I am unemployed, my business is failing miserably and I have no friends or family to talk to
Tell Me About It: I am mentally in a terrible place, the walls are closing in and I am in a thick […]
I have a very happy gay daughter and a homophobic mother’
Tell Me About It: I don’t want to tell her because I don’t want my daughter to have to experience that sort […]
I think I’m falling in love with a younger woman at work
Tell Me About It: If I were to ask her out I would likely be perceived as a pervert Problem I am […]
My wife wants to separate because of my once-off gay sex
Tell Me About It: I love my wife and our family life. I don’t want it to end like this Problem Recently […]
My husband is a successful investor but I think it’s an addiction
Tell Me About It: He is euphoric when he makes a sale but when things don’t go well he becomes aloof Problem […]
After ending my affair with a married man I’m overwhelmed with grief
Tell Me About It: This must be what bereavement is like PROBLEM: I have just ended an affair with a married man […]
A junior colleague I had an affair with is blackmailing me with nude photos
Tell Me About It: I told him that any attempt to publish the pictures online would be illegal, but I don’t know […]
I am a man who is being bullied by a female colleague
Tell Me About It: I have always shaken off the unpleasantness – until now PROBLEM: I work in the education system and […]
After my wife’s death, my son cut all ties with the family
Tell Me About It: try to keep a brave face, but sometimes I fall into a state of despair Problem I am […]
I don’t want to admit that I used my partner as a sperm donor
Tell Me About It: This vulnerable man has the right to honesty Problem About four years ago I returned to Ireland after […]
I’m 29, single, jobless, living at home and my parents won’t help me out
Tell Me About It: My parents view a new suit or holiday for themselves as more important than offering me any financial […]
My boyfriend withdraws from life when something upsets him
Tell Me About It: He has cut my brother off over a nothing incident Problem About once a month, a row breaks […]
The love of my life has died and I can’t even tell anyone
Tell Me About It: She never put pressure on me to leave my wife and was content to share only a part […]
My abusive ex-husband is telling our kids lies about me
Tell Me About It: His family and current partner speak badly of me to the children too Problem I am a mother […]
My difficult colleague is holding me back
Tell Me About It: I am not responsible for this person’s work but I end up paying the price PROBLEM: I work […]