‘My cousin won’t end his marriage and formalise his relationship with his lover of 15 years’
Tell Me About It: ‘He has been living a kind of Irish divorce of old where he still goes to family events […]
Category: Tell Me About It
‘Am I crazy to think my partner secretly wants to get back with his wife?’
Tell Me About It: ‘He does not bring me to any of the kids’ events. It feels like I am not important […]
‘I’m in my late 30s, have a good job and travel a lot. I don’t think I’ve ever been in love’
Tell Me About It: ‘I find it hard to muster the enthusiasm that might be required to take any relationship to the […]
‘I don’t love my husband. I care for him and don’t wish him ill health, but I’m struggling’
Tell Me About It: I just feel so deflated, with nothing to look forward to any more PROBLEM: My husband is in […]
I’ll soon have a second house. How do I tell my friend who just had to move back in with her parents?
Tell Me About It: I feel awful for my friend in her situation and don’t want her to feel like I’m rubbing […]
‘I’m really starting to dislike my husband… I am exasperated and I dread spending time with him’
Tell Me About It: He has become extremely interested in and angry about immigration issues… I find his online presence an embarrassment […]
‘I’m an atheist and my fiancée’s strong Catholic beliefs have caused a chasm over our wedding and raising our future children’
Tell Me About It: Use the mutual influence in your relationship to grow what is already great about it PROBLEM: Our issue […]
‘My sister-in-law will never organise or contribute to family events, she won’t offer to help in any way’
Tell Me About It: ‘She is almost rude to us and is certainly ungenerous in all her dealings with us’ PROBLEM: My […]
‘I’m in my mid-30s and split up with my long-term boyfriend, but now I think I still love him’
Tell Me About It: ‘I had stopped all physical contact, and we were essentially living together as flatmates’ PROBLEM: I’m in my […]
‘My relationship is at serious risk because of what a psychic told my partner. This is bonkers’
Tell Me About It: ‘There have even been long periods where I have to sleep in the spare room as I can’t […]
‘My husband is obsessed with exercise and sports … it feels a bit like an affair’
Tell Me About It: ‘He would rather leave the house for a run, cycle or swim than spend time with me and […]
‘I’m worried: My ex-husband and I have been invited to a wedding’
Tell Me About It: ‘The problem is my family – they think I am soft and stupid for giving in to him’ […]
‘I’m having fun with a flirtatious man, but worry he might want sex. The body prep is too much effort’
Tell Me About It: ‘The body preparation involved for women at my age to consider actual sex is beyond the effort I […]
‘My husband recently died. We are in our early 50s. My whole future has been taken from me’
Tell Me About It: We had plans, hopes and dreams. I am simply bereft PROBLEM: I’m sending this into the void. My […]
‘I’ve met someone and want to try a relationship, but I’m worried about my young children’
Tell Me About It: Separation has taken a toll and left me to shoulder all childcare responsibilities PROBLEM: I have three small […]
‘I was overheard saying my date wasn’t very good-looking. Now he’s blocking me’
Tell Me About It: I thought being back in the job after extended remote work would be great, but it’s becoming nightmarish […]
‘My future looks empty and lonely … I should have invested more in friends, but it feels too late now’
Tell Me About It: ‘I didn’t realise how much I depended on my friend until the last month, when I realised there […]
‘I found out the rugby player I’m seeing is four-timing me, and I am more attracted to him than ever’
Tell Me About It: ‘Knowing about the other partners has added another layer to our get-togethers’ PROBLEM: I met a rugby player […]
‘Some friends have more need of me than I have of them’
Tell Me About It: ‘I like to be there for friends but often I often find this draws a desire to have […]
‘I am exhausted and frustrated, and my husband is emotionally distant and uncommunicative’
Tell Me About It: Six years ago, my husband had an emotional affair with a woman in his workplace PROBLEM: I have […]