‘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 am prepared to make’
‘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
‘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
‘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 is no one else who really knows me’
‘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’
‘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 too big a piece of me’
‘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
‘I have been invited to eight weddings, eight hen parties and now baby showers. It has to stop’
Tell Me About It: ‘Think of what I could have saved towards a mortgage in these two years. It is driving me crazy’
‘Our daughter is almost 40 and moving out soon, but she has told her son that he can stay with us’
Tell Me About It: ‘We think she does not want the responsibility of having him around’
‘I am really struggling with the drinking culture among my friends’
Tell Me About It: ‘My family tell me to go and make new friends, but it is not easy in my mid-30s’
‘I think my brother might be controlling his wife and daughter’
Tell Me About It: ‘He and his wife never engage in any larger family events’
‘My son is in his 20s, but still lives like a teenager – staying in his room playing video games’
Tell Me About It: When he finished college, he told me he was earning enough money from gaming-related activity, but now he is asking me for loans more often
‘I’m 50 this year and feel a bit like a teenager with my problem. My best friend has fallen in love’
Tell Me About It: 'It’s like my whole life and future has been torn away. I really did not know how lonely life can be without her'
I’ve been given an opportunity to go to Europe, but I’m scared of being alone
Tell Me About It: I’ve never been strong socially and there was a time in my 20s when I felt that I would always be alone