Tell Me About It: Dad is giving my inheritance to charityIt is not really about the money, but a gesture of care from him would have been niceWed Jun 22 2016 - 08:00
Tell Me About It: A health problem has derailed my lifeA lawyer is trying to get compensation for me and I have expert reports that point to malpracticeWed Jun 15 2016 - 06:00
My husband cannot accept that our son would rather be a girlMy husband thinks it is all nonsense and a fadWed Jun 08 2016 - 01:00
My wife has dementia and my kids think I am being unfaithfulI feel let down by my family’s behaviour and sordid thoughtsWed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
My partner wants us to split, and I blame her new friendsThese two female friends have developed a reputation in the area and on social media for outrageous behaviourWed May 25 2016 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I feel only half alive since my daughter moved to AustraliaMy biggest worry is that she will like it so much there that she won’t come backWed May 18 2016 - 01:00
My eldest daughter is leading her younger siblings astrayThey have no problem using the foulest of language during yelling matchesWed May 11 2016 - 01:00
I have been seeing a married man and it is driving me crazyI haven’t even told my family as I know they would disapproveWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I’m jealous of my mum’s connection with the son she put up for adoptionMy mother is delighted to have him in her life, but I can’t bring myself to meet himWed Apr 27 2016 - 01:00
My dad just uses me as a free babysitterI don’t mind looking after my sister sometimes, but I feel like I’m being taken advantage ofWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
A neighbour my husband is friends with is invading our spaceI’m at my wits’ end. I have made it clear to my husband on a number of occasions that we need more privacyWed Apr 13 2016 - 06:00
I feel alienated by my friends’ drug-fuelled social lifeThey don’t peer-pressure me or anything like that, but I feel isolated all the sameWed Apr 06 2016 - 07:00
I came home to find my school-going daughter in bed with a guyI am really upset that she did not wait until she was older to have sexWed Mar 30 2016 - 06:00
I am twentysomething and I have never been kissedI think I’m bisexual, but the thought of kissing either sex instils a desire as well as fearWed Mar 23 2016 - 03:00
My history of bad relationships has made me suspiciousI constantly think my wonderful partner is looking at other women when we are out togetherWed Mar 16 2016 - 06:00
I think my daughter’s boyfriend is gayI cannot afford to lose my daughter by making her feel I am interferingWed Mar 09 2016 - 06:00
I’m worried my parents might have a drink problemThey have what they call ‘cocktail hour’ at 5pm and then it just keeps goingWed Mar 02 2016 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I think my mother might have joined a cultI don’t know if I should dig deeper or just hope that it burns outWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
I cannot decide between two womenI used to judge this kind of person but now I have become oneWed Feb 17 2016 - 06:00
My friends have become so self-involved since they had childrenFRIENDSHIP WEEK: I don’t mind seeing the children sometimes, but not all of the timeWed Feb 10 2016 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My adult children are poisoning relationships in the familyThe youngest sibling is getting married and wants all of us thereWed Jan 27 2016 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I slept with a guy I thought was single. Now I feel I’m keeping his dirty secretShould I make him tell her, should I tell her, or should I say nothing?Wed Jan 20 2016 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I should be grateful for having a good job but I feel sick insideI know my friends are bored of me going on about my job but I can’t stop thinking about itWed Jan 13 2016 - 06:00
I am sick of my separated parents using the holiday to score pointsTell Me About It: I feel like I will explode. I worry about my brother tooWed Dec 30 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My family make me feel like Scrooge even though we’re strugglingI don’t want to be the person to dash hopes but someone has to be realisticWed Dec 23 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I’m in love with an older, married woman but we have different needsWe have fallen head over heels for each other but I have so much to do in my life before I want to settle downWed Dec 16 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My father disapproves of my gay weddingIt has come to light that he will not attend, and I am very disappointedWed Dec 09 2015 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My husband has had several affairs but I’d be destitute if I leftSince my husband found out that I have met someone else, he has made life hell for me at homeWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My life is slipping away from me due to my porn habitI’ve never had sex and my experiences so far have been disastrousWed Nov 25 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I live in a constant state of panic and fearI lie awake at night for hours fretting over the day ahead. What can I do to regain control of my life?Wed Nov 18 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My fear of rejection is making a relationship impossibleI lost my parents as a child, and my first relationships with women ended with me being leftWed Nov 11 2015 - 06:00
My daughter is selfish and insufferableTell Me About It: Her recent behaviour – ignorant, emotionally lazy, lying at the drop of a hat, disrespectful – has left me reelingWed Nov 04 2015 - 06:00
I left my wife for another woman but it might have been a mistakeI’m between a rock and a hard place and I know I have to make up my mind soonWed Oct 28 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I feel as if an old friend is taking advantage of meI can either leave a friendship that has given me much, or I can continue in a one-sided relationship that costs me a lotWed Oct 21 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My son’s falling-out with his best buddy has spread to us parentsI feel so much anger about being thrown into this situation, which I didn’t make happenWed Oct 14 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: The abuse I suffered as a child is inhibiting my love lifeI don’t want to be defined by the incest I survived. But as I approach 40, I have bouts of despairWed Oct 07 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: We are heartbroken that we cannot have childrenMy husband and I are finding it extremely difficult to accept that we will never be parentsWed Sept 23 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I got my top course, but I’m daunted about starting collegeI feel as if I am in some sort of no-man’s land between secondary school and collegeWed Sept 16 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I have felt so alone since I separated from my husbandEveryone thinks I am flying, but I’m not. Living alone is hardWed Sept 09 2015 - 10:03
Tell Me About It: I feel like I am just a provider of money to my familyThis is not my idea of how a father should be treatedWed Sept 02 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I’m furious they voted against same-sex marriageI wrote to all my family asking them to support the Yes side. No one repliedWed Aug 26 2015 - 05:00
I’ve fallen for a girl but I’m afraid she is leading me onTell Me About It: I can’t help but feel that this is some sort of game for herWed Aug 19 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My promotion has caused a rift with my unemployed best friendHis financial successes or failings do not matter to me. I wish we could be as close as we were beforeWed Aug 12 2015 - 06:00
My desire to become a mother trumps love of my husbandTell Me About It: If you need advice or if you have some for the person with this problem email tellmeaboutit@irishtimes.comWed Aug 05 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My boyfriend is stopping me from seeing a male friendIt doesn’t seem to matter how much I stress to my boyfriend that it is platonicWed Jul 29 2015 - 06:00
My daughter is a compulsive liar and she is getting worseTell Me About It: If you need advice or if you have some for the person with this problem email tellmeaboutit@irishtimes.comWed Jul 22 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I’m a 23-year-old man and my virginity is a burdenI want to meet the right person but I am so afraid of telling anyone I get intimate with about my lack of experienceWed Jul 15 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My partner plays me like an emotional accordionOne day he tells me he can’t wait to see me, another that I’m a boring personWed Jul 08 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: Worrying about my ADHD son is burning me outHe has dropped out of education and has lost his confidence, and I’m running out of energyWed Jul 01 2015 - 06:00
Sex survey puts paid to the myths and shows the realityWhat is ‘average’? When it comes to sex, it’s comforting to know we are not as strange or weird as we might thinkTue Jun 30 2015 - 01:03
