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Tell Me About It: I’m furious they voted against same-sex marriage

Tell Me About It: I’m furious they voted against same-sex marriage

I wrote to all my family asking them to support the Yes side. No one replied

Wed Aug 26 2015 - 05:00
I’ve fallen for a girl but I’m afraid she is leading me on

I’ve fallen for a girl but I’m afraid she is leading me on

Tell Me About It: I can’t help but feel that this is some sort of game for her

Wed Aug 19 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My promotion has caused a rift with my unemployed best friend

Tell Me About It: My promotion has caused a rift with my unemployed best friend

His financial successes or failings do not matter to me. I wish we could be as close as we were before

Wed Aug 12 2015 - 06:00
My desire to become a mother trumps love of my husband

My desire to become a mother trumps love of my husband

Tell Me About It: If you need advice or if you have some for the person with this problem email tellmeaboutit@irishtimes.com

Wed Aug 05 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My boyfriend is stopping me from seeing a male friend

Tell Me About It: My boyfriend is stopping me from seeing a male friend

It doesn’t seem to matter how much I stress to my boyfriend that it is platonic

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 06:00
My daughter is a compulsive liar and she is getting worse

My daughter is a compulsive liar and she is getting worse

Tell Me About It: If you need advice or if you have some for the person with this problem email tellmeaboutit@irishtimes.com

Wed Jul 22 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I’m a 23-year-old man and my virginity is a burden

Tell Me About It: I’m a 23-year-old man and my virginity is a burden

I want to meet the right person but I am so afraid of telling anyone I get intimate with about my lack of experience

Wed Jul 15 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My partner plays me like an emotional accordion

Tell Me About It: My partner plays me like an emotional accordion

One day he tells me he can’t wait to see me, another that I’m a boring person

Wed Jul 08 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: Worrying about my ADHD son is burning me out

Tell Me About It: Worrying about my ADHD son is burning me out

He has dropped out of education and has lost his confidence, and I’m running out of energy

Wed Jul 01 2015 - 06:00
Sex survey puts paid to the myths and shows the reality

Sex survey puts paid to the myths and shows the reality

What is ‘average’? When it comes to sex, it’s comforting to know we are not as strange or weird as we might think

Tue Jun 30 2015 - 01:03
Tell Me About It: My friend has become aggressive towards women

Tell Me About It: My friend has become aggressive towards women

I wonder whether he could ever commit rape and that is a scary thought to have about someone you call a friend

Wed Jun 24 2015 - 16:03
Tell Me About It: My wife is bipolar and I long for female company

Tell Me About It: My wife is bipolar and I long for female company

I have thought about leaving her, but I know she would be unable to cope

Wed Jun 17 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My separated mother has become an embarrassment

Tell Me About It: My separated mother has become an embarrassment

I ran into my mother in a Dublin night club and saw her flirting with men. I didn't think it was appropriate

Wed Jun 10 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I work with my husband and all we do is bicker

Tell Me About It: I work with my husband and all we do is bicker

There have been times I’ve been crying into my dinner and he just hides behind the newspaper

Wed Jun 03 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My husband’s daughter is making my life miserable

Tell Me About It: My husband’s daughter is making my life miserable

She will be caustic and unco-operative with me but all sweetness and light to her dad

Wed May 27 2015 - 14:23
Tell Me About It: I returned to Ireland for solace but I feel friendless and trapped

Tell Me About It: I returned to Ireland for solace but I feel friendless and trapped

My sister has drawn a rota for looking after our sick parents. On top of that, I’m struggling with the work culture and am finding it hard to make friends

Wed May 20 2015 - 04:00
Tell Me About It: I hate that my girlfriend is friends with her ex-lovers

Tell Me About It: I hate that my girlfriend is friends with her ex-lovers

It’s getting me down and I am thinking about it a lot. I am becoming needy and clingy, which I never was before

Wed May 13 2015 - 21:39
Tell Me About It: Should I be friends with this guy or just move on?

Tell Me About It: Should I be friends with this guy or just move on?

We got to know each other, and he kissed me. But then he said he doesn’t want to be tied down

Wed May 06 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My wife won’t let my parents see their grandchildren

Tell Me About It: My wife won’t let my parents see their grandchildren

The atmosphere in our home is horrible and my wife constantly gives out to me

Wed Apr 29 2015 - 19:12
Tell Me About It: My husband has beaten and raped me in his sleep

Tell Me About It: My husband has beaten and raped me in his sleep

I don’t have the finances to move and I’m terrified of the impact it will have on our children

Wed Apr 22 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I am married but have been seeing escorts for 21 years

Tell Me About It: I am married but have been seeing escorts for 21 years

My wife is not interested in a physical relationship and I don’t want a sexless life

Wed Apr 15 2015 - 05:00
Tell Me About It: I’m a depressed virgin and I can’t get a girlfriend

Tell Me About It: I’m a depressed virgin and I can’t get a girlfriend

I’m beginning to accept that I’ll just always be alone and I have contemplated hurting myself and ending my life

Wed Apr 08 2015 - 15:14
Tell Me About It: My mother-in-law is causing problems in my marriage

Tell Me About It: My mother-in-law is causing problems in my marriage

My wife is beginning to treat me in the same way. She has become dismissive of me

Wed Apr 01 2015 - 05:11
Tell Me About It: My partner isn’t pulling his weight and I am going crazy

Tell Me About It: My partner isn’t pulling his weight and I am going crazy

Chores, childcare and financial management of any household have to be negotiated consistently over a lifetime together

Tue Mar 24 2015 - 12:30
Tell Me About It: I cross-dress and I’m worried I’ll end up alone

Tell Me About It: I cross-dress and I’m worried I’ll end up alone

I am sexually attracted to and date women who are fascinated by me, but it goes nowhere because they are just getting their kink on

Tue Mar 17 2015 - 17:26
Tell Me About It: I want to leave my partner but fear he might harm himself

Tell Me About It: I want to leave my partner but fear he might harm himself

He is a good, kind man but more and more I realise our relationship is not good

Tue Mar 10 2015 - 21:50
Tell Me About It: I am depressed and my family don’t seem to understand

Tell Me About It: I am depressed and my family don’t seem to understand

I’m in my 20s, living at home, and feeling more and more angry in this house with every passing day

Tue Mar 03 2015 - 08:00
Tell Me About It: I am worried about my retired husband being at home full-time

Tell Me About It: I am worried about my retired husband being at home full-time

After years of a long-distance relationship, I fear that when my husband retires he will resent my voluntary work and find his family life less perfect than he expects

Tue Feb 24 2015 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: A complaint has been made against me at work

Tell Me About It: A complaint has been made against me at work

People are taking sides and the conversation stops when I walk into a room. I’m wondering if I should leave

Tue Feb 17 2015 - 09:50
Tell Me About It: My marriage is over and I’m struggling with the dating game

Tell Me About It: My marriage is over and I’m struggling with the dating game

I’ve had no luck meeting anyone so far and I am nervous about internet dating

Tue Feb 10 2015 - 20:39
Tell Me About It: I am feeling low and lonely even though I’m just married

Tell Me About It: I am feeling low and lonely even though I’m just married

On the run-up to our wedding, things did not go as I had expected. It was almost as if the plans were being made within my family without me being present

Tue Feb 03 2015 - 16:06
Tell Me About It: Financial woes are causing problems in my marriage

Tell Me About It: Financial woes are causing problems in my marriage

My husband has been unemployed for the past six months and I don’t feel as though he’s meeting me halfway

Tue Jan 27 2015 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I’m back living with my parents and losing self-confidence

Tell Me About It: I’m back living with my parents and losing self-confidence

I am grateful to them for their help but I feel like I have no privacy any more

Tue Jan 20 2015 - 15:04
Tell Me About It: I am gay and have been living a terrible lie

Tell Me About It: I am gay and have been living a terrible lie

I have been married to a beautiful woman for the past 30 years and I can’t bring myself to tell her

Tue Jan 13 2015 - 08:00
Tell Me About It: I really love my partner but I’m not in love with him

Tell Me About It: I really love my partner but I’m not in love with him

We still have sex but not very often and I don’t have that kind of desire for him that was there at the beginning

Tue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I’m a non-EU citizen, pregnant, and my Irish partner is scared

Tell Me About It: I’m a non-EU citizen, pregnant, and my Irish partner is scared

He is 30 years old, not a teenager who didn’t know what he was doing

Tue Dec 30 2014 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: Dad died in front of me 10 years ago and I’ve never recovered

Tell Me About It: Dad died in front of me 10 years ago and I’ve never recovered

I just pushed the memories down. If they got too much for me, I self-harmed until the physical pain distracted me from the emotional pain

Tue Dec 23 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I qualified as a psychiatric nurse but now I’m in despair

Tell Me About It: I qualified as a psychiatric nurse but now I’m in despair

After I was hospitalised in a psychiatric hospital, I did not return to nursing, as I did not like how I was treated as a patient. Now I do nothing all day but watch TV, eat and sleep

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: My partner is closed off emotionally

Tell Me About It: My partner is closed off emotionally

He responds with one-word answers, grudgingly obliges if I ask for a kiss, and some mornings leaves for work without a goodbye

Tue Dec 09 2014 - 08:00
Tell Me About It: I’m worried about my sexual performance

Tell Me About It: I’m worried about my sexual performance

Has porn habit affected my ability to maintain an erection?

Tue Nov 25 2014 - 06:58
Tell Me About It: A casual friend has become too dependent on me

Tell Me About It: A casual friend has become too dependent on me

I don’t feel it’s fair that she treats me like her best friend or counsellor when I don’t feel that close to her

Tue Nov 18 2014 - 06:00
Tell Me About It: I don’t want my mentally ill husband back in the house

Tell Me About It: I don’t want my mentally ill husband back in the house

I feel really bad for thinking this, but looking after him as well as working and looking after our child feels like too much

Tue Nov 11 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My family is fighting over my mother’s will

Tell Me About It: My family is fighting over my mother’s will

I can’t bear to think of Christmas and all the events that I thought I would celebrate with my siblings

Tue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I’m excluded at college and I hate it

Tell Me About It: I’m excluded at college and I hate it

I have started to dread going on to the campus because I don’t fit in with most of my peers

Tue Oct 28 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My awful first sexual experience killed my confidence

Tell Me About It: My awful first sexual experience killed my confidence

I was 18, really drunk and I couldn’t ejaculate. The girl ignored me afterwards and I was mortified, and I have struggled with sex since

Tue Oct 21 2014 - 11:12
Tell Me About It: I’m being snubbed at the school gates by other mothers

Tell Me About It: I’m being snubbed at the school gates by other mothers

It’s outrageous that these women think they can write me out of the equation while continuing to say hello to my husband and sending their kids to my house

Tue Oct 14 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My depression is affecting my work

Tell Me About It: My depression is affecting my work

Should I tell my boss about my mental-health issues?

Tue Oct 07 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My husband and I are being kept apart from our grandchild

Tell Me About It: My husband and I are being kept apart from our grandchild

We have hinted at how we would like to be more helpful but are always rebuffed

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I feel isolated as an immigrant in Ireland

Tell Me About It: I feel isolated as an immigrant in Ireland

After 12 years here, I have never managed to find meaningful work and have struggled to find my place in society

Tue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00
Tell me about it: My son doesn’t like his Dad at the moment

Tell me about it: My son doesn’t like his Dad at the moment

Your husband might undertake a serious look at his philosophy on life

Tue Sept 16 2014 - 01:00
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