‘My sister’s boyfriend never left us alone at Christmas. Should I confront her?’
Tell Me About It: Should I confront my sister, tell her what I really think about her boyfriend? I worry about losing her, too
‘I think my cousin may be manipulating my grandmother into putting her into her will’
Tell Me About It: Your parents or others are not raising the same concern flags that you are and this is worth considering
‘I don’t know what I am supposed to feel, but surely life needs to have more to it than this’
Tell Me About It: ‘I have all the usual accoutrements of car, house and holidays, and no fears about future finance, but it is not enough’
‘Everyone expects us to get married and it feels like an unstoppable train’
Tell Me About It: I moved to a far-flung place to be with the woman I fell in love with online, but now I’m wondering, ‘What have I done?’
‘I am back in the workplace full-time and it is unbearable. Managers have become mistrustful’
Tell Me About It: ‘I never thought I’d be a person who would work just for the money and it feels against my principles’
‘I am 38, living at home, with my mother doing my washing and cooking my meals. I feel like a child most of the time’
Tell Me About It: ‘Smoking dope gave me some peace, and I suppose I withdrew from life in general’
‘I feel lost and lonely. I have begun to think there’s no reason for me here anymore … do any other people feel this way?’
Tell Me About It: It is not easy to make genuine connections, but all of this starts with spending time with people you either admire or share an interest with
‘My wife, who I love and adore, has emotionally abandoned our relationship’
Tell Me About It: Begin taking actions now that increase your engagement with life, thus building your confidence
‘I’m in my early 30s and recently married - but I cannot imagine spending the rest of my life with her’
Tell Me About It: ‘I feel that if we divorce, I will be letting my family down and also abandoning this woman to a country that she did not intend to live in’
‘I want out of this marriage, but feel like I am trapped’
Tell Me About It: My controlling husband has a nasty temper and lashes out at me when he gets stressed
‘I am expected to prepare food for the extended family while my husband chats with the lads’
Tell Me About It: I have climbed the career ladder as an outsider in the Far East, but my husband’s family there put a lot of pressure on me to be a traditional wife
‘My husband wants to sell our house, buy an RV and go travel the world’
Tell Me About It: ‘I can’t imagine anything more horrifying than giving up my home to spend it in a tight space’
‘The whole adult world is sold as a bright, shiny thing but it’s actually a sad and lonely place’
Tell Me About It: Am I the common denominator and are people staying away from me? I’d hardly blame them
‘I love my husband of 40 years but he has been emotionally and verbally abusive. How can I overcome my fear of leaving?’
Tell Me About It: ‘I know so many single women and I don’t envy them’
‘I want to ask someone out at work, and I am terrified, with some justification’
Tell Me About It: The object of my affection is not Irish so I’m also afraid of the cultural implications of asking him out