I am good at making connections with women, but I can only stay with them for sex
Tell me about it: Becoming friends with someone, as opposed to casual lovers, takes effort PROBLEM: I read your recent article about […]
Author: MurphyTrish
I’m 6ft 2in, weigh over 14st and I’m a trans woman. I don’t fit in this world
Tell Me About It: It seems like a waste to spend life living how strangers dictate rather than just doing what you […]
My needy friend texts me several times a day. It’s not normal
Tell Me About It: ‘It’s not my fault she doesn’t have many other close relationships’ PROBLEM: I am a 23-year-old woman. I […]
Our fight turned physical. Is there hope for our relationship?
Tell Me About It: After five years together I got close to another woman and my partner attacked me PROBLEM: I have […]
I am pregnant with our fourth child and my husband is angry
Tell Me About It: First of all resource yourself, possibly through your female friendship network PROBLEM: I found out a few weeks […]
I want to contact the brother I discovered in a DNA test – but it’s complicated
Tell Me About It: You must decide whether to tell your half-sister about contacting her twin PROBLEM: I did an online DNA […]
My ex-husband is about to marry the mistress he left me for
Tell Me About It: Some of my so-called friends are attending their lavish wedding PROBLEM: I am beyond frustrated at how my […]
My Irish fiance thinks my family and I are bigots
Tell Me About It: He is shocked by my political views PROBLEM: I moved to Ireland four years ago to work in […]
My wife is 16 years my junior and I think she feels pressured into having children
Tell Me About It: I don’t want to stifle my wife’s plans to travel and pursue a PhD PROBLEM: I am 44 […]
It breaks my heart that our son will not have a committed father in his life
Tell Me About It: In three years, he’s never brought him to see his grandparents and none of his friends seem to […]
Since our son turned 15 I cannot think of a single person he has socialised with
Tell Me About It: Up until two years, he was a fun-loving, gregarious boy with lots of friends – now he has […]
I think I made a big mistake moving to a bigger company
Tell Me About It: I moved my team to a well-known brand and lost them all in the process PROBLEM: I think […]
My father had an affair with a young woman and assaulted her
Tell Me About It: My alcoholic father’s actions have made me a social outcast PROBLEM: I grew up in living in a […]
Two years ago, a gorgeous, witty co-worker changed my world. Now he is leaving
Tell Me About It: He’s moving to be with a boyfriend he’s only just met. It’s the worst pain I have ever […]
I don’t know what happens in therapy but I think I need to go
Tell Me About It: ‘I am worried that my lack of commitment will cause me to miss out’ PROBLEM: You may think […]
Our son stole from us to fund his cocaine habit
Tell me about it: We cleared his debt and he promised to stop taking drugs but now he is partying again PROBLEM: […]
I am pregnant and do not know how to fix my relationship with my mother
Tell Me About It: Do I keep her at arm’s length or do I try to make amends? PROBLEM: I am six […]
My husband had an affair while I was being treated for breast cancer
Tell Me About It: Should I separate from my husband to start a new life abroad? PROBLEM: My husband and I have […]
‘I left my job because it was boring and now I regret it’
Tell Me About It: I told my boss I was moving abroad but I’m still here and unemployed PROBLEM: I am a […]
‘Nobody likes me, especially at work, and I have no idea how to make friends’
Tell me about it: After the initial acquaintance, people keep their distance from me PROBLEM: Nobody likes me, especially at any company […]