‘My partner never once lifted a finger to help me with my brother’Tell Me About It: I love my fiance but also have a commitment to my sibling, who has special needsWed Aug 19 2020 - 06:00
‘I’m afraid an intimate photo may be used to blackmail me or be sold to a porn site’Tell Me About It: ‘I lost my virginity to a really nice guy who then took his phone out’Wed Aug 12 2020 - 06:01
Dear Roe, dear Trish, dear John: Your thorniest sex, relationship and parenting problemsWe asked you for your pandemic-related issues. Here, our experts tackle some of the trickiestSat Aug 8 2020 - 06:00
‘My mother is a controlling, manipulative, narcissistic person'Tell Me About It: I have lived abroad for 10 years and she still tries to manipulate meWed Aug 5 2020 - 06:01
My 21-year-old daughter doesn’t seem to have any friends. Would therapy help?Tell Me About It: She is functioning and competent but appears to have no social lifeWed Jul 29 2020 - 06:48
I can’t stop thinking about my ex-boyfriendTell Me About It: My current boyfriend is very good to me but I don’t feel the same connectionWed Jul 22 2020 - 06:01
‘I ended my relationship with the man I deeply love because of my children’Tell Me About It: When they are not with me I feel guilty, like I am living a different lifeWed Jul 15 2020 - 06:00
My mother showers her negativity and toxicity on me and has ruined my lifeTell Me About It: I am her scapegoat, while she has a favourite son who is her golden childWed Jul 8 2020 - 06:01
‘A younger colleague called me a pervert and I don’t know what to do’Tell Me About It: Your good name is being targeted and some action needs to be takenWed Jul 1 2020 - 06:01
How do I stop my brother-in-law treating my house as his own?Tell Me About It: ‘We inherited the family home but the brother was part of the deal’Wed Jun 24 2020 - 06:00
Am I just a sleazy landlady using a struggling young artist for sex?Tell Me About It: I feel this could be a proper relationship, but my friends think I’m fooling myselfWed Jun 17 2020 - 06:01
‘Dad left my mom for a much younger woman after 35 years of marriage’Tell Me About It: ‘Mom was jobless in a new city. He dumped looking after her on me’Wed Jun 10 2020 - 06:00
How do I convince my wife that I’d be a great stay-at-home dad?Tell Me About It: Having this choice can bring up very strong underlying ideas and valuesWed Jun 3 2020 - 06:01
‘My husband now says our life could be better without children’Tell Me About It: ‘My IVF clinic closed and now my husband thinks it’s all for the best’Wed May 27 2020 - 06:00
‘I live alone, all my friends are married and the isolation is unbearable’Tell Me About It: Tackle what is important to you now, before a busy life hides it againWed May 20 2020 - 06:00
‘I’m trapped in a dull environment with my husband and it’s making me feel restless’‘He relies on me to fill all the social aspects of his day’Wed May 13 2020 - 06:00
‘If my wife discovered my affair, she might just have a nervous breakdown’Tell Me About It: You are being deceitful while being the dutiful father and husbandWed May 6 2020 - 06:00
‘I think my anger is actually depression’‘I can’t seem to rein it in. I’m angry at work, with my husband and even with my kids’Wed Apr 29 2020 - 06:00
‘I cannot stop reliving all the bad memories from my school days’Tell Me About It: ‘The years of bullying I endured in school are affecting me in college’Wed Apr 22 2020 - 06:01
‘My husband won’t let our child carry both our surnames on the birth cert’My mother-in-law has swayed him to break our deal that the child have both our namesWed Apr 15 2020 - 06:00
‘I am in a sexless marriage that also includes constant criticism’Tell Me About It: ‘My wife’s new boss is a younger guy who can do no wrong’Wed Apr 8 2020 - 06:00
‘My husband uses my past infidelity as a stick to beat me with’Tell Me About It: Should I accept the negative comments are part of what we are now?Wed Apr 1 2020 - 06:01
‘My best friend has cancer and I’m upset at not being able to hold her hand’Tell Me About It: Meeting my friend is not an option as she is in such a high-risk groupWed Mar 25 2020 - 06:00
‘I’m 18 and in college but I feel like I have no friends’The road to meaningful relationships requires courage, perseverance and faithWed Mar 18 2020 - 06:00
‘My 14-year-old son with ADHD is becoming more difficult to manage’His father is barely involved in his life. My friends think I should reach out to him for practical supportsWed Mar 11 2020 - 06:01
‘My girlfriend is unhappy with life in Ireland but I don’t want to leave’Tell Me About It: I don’t think a long-distance relationship would be fair on either of usWed Mar 4 2020 - 06:01
‘People are beginning to avoid me because I talk about my fears for society’Tell Me About It: I spend a lot of time thinking about climate change and dangerous leadersWed Feb 26 2020 - 06:00
How do I find love as a transgender individual in Ireland?Tell Me About It: Being open about who and what I am in relationships past has been met with shaming and tearsWed Feb 19 2020 - 06:00
‘My siblings are angry because I used my mother’s money to prop up a business’Tell Me About It: I used her savings without her knowledge and paid it all back but now no one is speaking to meWed Feb 12 2020 - 06:01
‘My husband got angry when I suggested sex – we haven’t been intimate in 20 years’Tell Me About It: I think he has become comfortable in our relationshipWed Feb 5 2020 - 06:00
‘I had an abortion. Now my fiance says I am heartless and has broken it off’Tell me about it: Young professional couple took the decision, now he blames herWed Jan 29 2020 - 06:01
‘I am dating a minor celebrity and I don’t like the extra attention’Dear Trish: Manage these challenges and your relationship is likely to be all the stronger for itWed Jan 22 2020 - 06:01
‘I caused a serious road traffic accident in my youth and I feel guilty’Tell me about it: I was never a suspect, and no one was ever identified as the perpetratorWed Jan 15 2020 - 06:00
My family think my plan to emigrate to the US is ridiculousTell Me About It: Because I had a stress-related illness last year, they won’t support my decisionWed Jan 8 2020 - 06:00
I want my new-found son to live with us but my wife won’t even discuss itTell Me About It: He’s a troubled young man and I want to offer him stability and a good education but my wife is completely opposedWed Jan 1 2020 - 06:01
‘How do I tell my younger boyfriend I’m going through the menopause?’Tell Me About It: We’ve discussed having children and I’m frightened his desire for a family and active sex life will end our relationshipWed Dec 18 2019 - 06:00
‘My son believes he is female and I am finding it incredibly difficult’Tell me about it: My son calls me transphobic and hasn’t spoken to me in monthsWed Dec 11 2019 - 06:01
‘I find my wife’s behaviour utterly frustrating’Tell Me About It: ‘How can I distance myself from my wife on a day-to-day basis’Wed Dec 4 2019 - 12:12
‘I’m tempted to run away and start all over again’Tell Me About It: I don’t know how to keep navigating living when I’ve nothing that I wantWed Nov 27 2019 - 06:01
‘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 effortWed Nov 20 2019 - 06:00
‘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 want toWed Nov 13 2019 - 06:01
‘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’Wed Nov 6 2019 - 06:01
‘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 meWed Oct 30 2019 - 06:01
‘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 networkWed Oct 23 2019 - 06:00
‘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 twinWed Oct 16 2019 - 06:01
‘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 weddingWed Oct 9 2019 - 06:00
‘My Irish fiance thinks my family and I are bigots’Tell Me About it: He is shocked by my political viewsWed Oct 2 2019 - 06:00
‘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 PhDWed Sep 25 2019 - 06:01
‘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 know my little boy existsWed Sep 18 2019 - 06:01
‘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 completely isolated himself and has started to fail in schoolWed Sep 11 2019 - 06:01