DEAR DEIDRE: MY mother-in-law is making my life a misery. Yet my husband won’t do anything to help and always defends her. It’s spoiling our relationship. I’m 45 and he’s 47. My mother-in-law is 70. We’ve been married for 18 years and I’ve tried so hard to put up with her but, if… My mother-in-law … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: I’M worried that my partner’s cold sore is a sign he’s been cheating. He denies it but I’m not sure if I believe him. How else could he have got it? I’m 37 and he’s 40. We’ve been together for five years. A few days ago, a sore appeared on his lip. He … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: I MESSED up when I left my husband for my lover, even though the sex with my new fella is brilliant and so adventurous. I’m 41 and my husband is 43. We’ve been married for 20 years. We were mostly happy until he started boozing excessively. He’s always liked a drink but when … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: I CRY my eyes out whenever I look at old photographs of my wife. She has dementia and had to move into a care home. I have had to stop visiting her because it tears me up and I don’t want her to see me like this. Her dementia has become so bad … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: MY husband rejects me when I try to have sex with him and it makes me feel so low. I’m 38 and he is 39. We’ve been married for 12 years and have two children, aged nine and seven. Most of the time, we’re happy – but whenever we argue, my husband threatens … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: AFTER a minor argument, a girl I really like has stopped replying to my texts. I am 19 and she is 18. We met through a mutual friend a month ago and I thought everything was going well. But we had a minor argument about where we were going to meet up for … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: MY ex was so full of hatred for my new wife when our daughter was born that she sent us vile messages, which nearly made me take my own life. I’m 43 and my new wife is 39. It all got too much. My wife already had post-natal depression and I was trying … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: I STARTED to see escorts to break the cycle of my loneliness, but you made me understand that this wasn’t helping me emotionally and would be draining me financially too. I’m a single man of 29 and I live with my gran. I’d love a relationship with somebody. I have an unfulfilling… I … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: I ALMOST jeopardised my marriage because I felt sex-starved and rejected, but you encouraged me to talk to my husband and now I couldn’t be happier. I’m an art lecturer at a university. My husband works there too.We have been together for 21 years. I am 45 and he is 47. We’ve… I … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: I WROTE to you about my same-sex relationship with my young lover because I was concerned about the age gap and that she wanted to move in with me. You advised me to take things slowly and not to allow her to move in until our relationship was better established. We had known … Read more