Tell Me About It: ‘This person has changed from caring to much more hard-nosed’

I am worried that my older son will suffer because we do not have the bandwidth to make sure he is getting what he needs

Tell Me About It: ‘For the umpteenth time I have questioned what I am doing there and how I should change my life to something more meaningful’

Tell Me About It: I’m afraid that if I do the wrong thing, she might cut me off

Tell Me About It: We have decided to stay together but it has been an uphill battle to rebuild trust

Tell Me About It: I spent the night with someone I shouldn’t have . . . I feel like I cannot stop myself from self-destruction

Tell Me About It: Your family is worth your effort and your children will connect with their heritage and gain cousins

Tell Me About It: I’m bringing my partner home for the first time. He’s not Irish, and I’m worried he’ll judge my family

My mother-in-law is a control freak and she criticises everything I do, say or wear

Tell Me About It: My wife wanted me to retire five years ago, and we had plans for travelling. I stubbornly kept putting it off

It took a long time for me to earn this child’s trust but I feel like I am getting sucked into her mother’s black cloud

Tell Me About It: ‘Extended family and friends subtly, and not-so-subtly, suggest that I’d be happier in a relationship’

Tell Me About It: ‘I really feel worthless and can’t see myself doing anything worthwhile’

Tell Me About It: I am tempted to pull him out of this sport as it normalises such awful behaviour

Tell Me About It: ‘I’m worried I’ll be put into a situation where I have to tell them something I don’t want to share with them yet’