My boyfriend and I get into horrible fights, so how do we learn to argue better?Ask Roe: There are ways to resolve this problem and chief among them is being prepared to talk out your difficultiesSun Apr 14 2024 - 06:00
‘My partner has become abusive since we had our baby’Ask Roe: I feel I can’t do anything right for him, he takes offence at everything I saySun Apr 07 2024 - 05:00
‘My partner hates his job – but his endless complaining is making me miserable’Ask Roe: I’ve tried giving advice and I hate seeing him unhappy, but lately I’ve been dreading going home. What can I do to improve my situation?Sun Mar 31 2024 - 05:00
‘After years of being single, I finally slept with someone – and now they’re ghosting me’Ask Roe: It’s extremely unusual for me to come across a guy that I not only feel comfortable with but that I am actually attracted to and willing to take my clothes off forSun Mar 24 2024 - 05:00
My boyfriend keeps giving his mother the money we need for our futureAsk Roe: I have run out of patience and am concerned about his financial situationSun Mar 17 2024 - 05:50
I went through a friendship break-up and don’t know how to get over itAsk Roe: I know people can move on but I never got any closureSun Mar 10 2024 - 06:00
The meaning of motherhood in a world that devalues, judges and polices itBeyond the cheery ‘momfluencer’ aesthetic, motherhood can be hard, lonely and financially challenging. But can society change for the better?Sun Mar 10 2024 - 05:29
‘My boyfriend of two years broke up with me without warning. I don’t know how I can trust someone again’Ask Roe: ‘I don’t know how I’m meant to date knowing that I could fall for someone only to be cheated on and left again’Sun Mar 03 2024 - 05:00
‘I love my husband but I’m also so angry at him all the time’Ask Roe: I love my husband and we’ve never fought like this before - but I’m also so angry at him all the timeSun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00
‘I want to break up with my boyfriend but I don’t know how he’ll manage without me’Ask Roe: I feel guilty because he’s such a good guy and treats me so well and he has no idea I’m having any doubtsSun Feb 18 2024 - 05:00
‘My boyfriend has temper tantrums and verbally attacks me over chores’Ask Roe: We’re mostly very happy and we’re very much in love, but things are sometimes tempestuousSun Feb 11 2024 - 05:00
‘I can’t get over how my boyfriend treated me when I was grieving’ Ask Roe: If this hadn’t happened, I think we’d be getting engaged soon but I feel confusedSun Feb 04 2024 - 05:00
‘I’m a single mother looking to date but don’t know where to start’Ask Roe: It seems impossible to re-enter the world of dating, when my children are so young and there is so little free timeSun Jan 28 2024 - 05:00
‘I’m about to propose to my girlfriend, but can’t stop thinking about a fling I had’Ask Roe: The excitement of it still lingers in my mind. How can I overcome this shame?Sun Jan 21 2024 - 05:00
Ditching the diet: How to heal our relationship with food for goodAt this time of year, talk of diets is impossible to avoid, despite most failing and the well-documented emotional and mental damage of diet cultureMon Jan 15 2024 - 05:00
‘My ex-fiance cheated on me. Do I tell his new girlfriend he can’t be trusted?’Ask Roe: It seems so unfair that he’s been able to move on so quickly while I’m nowhere close to being over himSun Jan 14 2024 - 05:00
‘I am a 39-year-old straight man who has never been in a long-term serious relationship – am I missing out?’Ask Roe: My friends who are married with kids joke about my inability to commitSun Jan 07 2024 - 05:00
‘My boyfriend of eight months still talks to women on a dating app’Ask Roe answers two queries: Looking for closure after a relationship break-up and a boyfriend who talks to other women onlineSun Dec 31 2023 - 06:00
‘My partner’s mother has a sharp tongue and she won’t stop commenting on my weight’Ask Roe answers two queries: A best friend with a big personality and family conflict over ChristmasSun Dec 24 2023 - 06:00
‘My partner is willing to fight for me after I had an affair – but I don’t know whether to stay or go’Ask Roe: We’ve done couples therapy, but I can’t stop thinking about the man I had the affair withSun Dec 17 2023 - 04:15
‘I left my husband for another man and our two children are bearing the brunt of his refusal to speak to me’Ask Roe: His preferred model of ‘parallel parenting’ is making things more confusing for our kidsSun Dec 10 2023 - 05:00
‘I’m okay with being single, but I feel like I’m letting my mam down’Ask Roe: I’m struggling with the weight of societal expectation that I should want to find a partnerSun Dec 03 2023 - 05:00
Have yourself a more mindful little Christmas: 32 ideas for a thoughtful, environmentally-friendly (and cheaper!) festive seasonYour guide to gifting, shopping, socialising and minding yourself over the weeks aheadSat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
‘I’m an assault survivor and don’t want as much sex as my partner’Ask Roe: Your relationship is teaching you that your boundaries around sex are not as important as someone else’s desire — which is not trueSun Nov 26 2023 - 05:00
‘My ex said she wanted to marry me – so how has she moved on so quickly?’Ask Roe: I’m still grieving the relationship, and can’t even think of being with anyone elseSun Nov 19 2023 - 05:00
‘I’ve been through a trauma and my husband shows no empathy’Ask Roe: I desperately needed my husband to be emotive, soft, caring and accepting but he was the oppositeSun Nov 12 2023 - 05:00
‘My crush is gay and will never love me back. How do I cope?’Ask Roe: How I can talk myself down and restore the nice, normal friendship we had?Sun Nov 05 2023 - 05:00
‘I had an affair and I’m tormented by the guilt — should I tell my husband?’Ask Roe: Our sex life suffered after years of trying for a baby. I know he’s in pain and I hate that I did thisSun Oct 29 2023 - 05:00
Parents with adult children at home: ‘I’m their mother in this house. I don’t get to be myself yet’ Ireland’s housing crisis is having far-reaching ripple effects on family life over many generations, with some having to stay in the role of hands-on parent for longer than expectedSat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
‘I’m attracted to women but have been sleeping with men for years – how do I start living authentically?’Ask Roe: I’m drawn back to meeting men in bars, because it’s so much easier than trying to meet womenSun Oct 22 2023 - 05:00
‘How are you meant to enjoy sex and a relationship?’ The reality of living with your parents in your 30sFive adults who have moved home during the housing crisis talk frankly about the impact it is having on their relationships, sex lives and mental healthSat Oct 21 2023 - 06:00
‘My boyfriend said he’d like a threesome. Am I a prude if I say no?’Ask Roe: We have great chemistry and a good sex life, but I do not want to involve another person in the relationshipSun Oct 15 2023 - 05:00
My boyfriend was cheated on in the past and is terrified I’ll cheat, tooAsk Roe: I have male friends, but he gets so anxious when I mention them that it feels like going out isn’t worth itSun Oct 08 2023 - 05:00
‘He spent a year saying he wasn’t ready for commitment – now he’s in a relationship with someone else’Ask Roe: They’re already posting pictures together and I feel like an idiotSun Oct 01 2023 - 05:00
‘I love taking care of anxious partners, but my needs always get trampled’Ask Roe: How can I enjoy a deep, meaningful, loving relationship without becoming a doormat?Sun Sept 24 2023 - 05:00
Emotional checklist for first-time sexual experiences: ‘Liking someone is not enough’Ask Roe: Crucial factors for young adults of consenting age to keep in mind while dating or thinking about having sexSun Sept 17 2023 - 05:00
‘I don’t see my wife as a friend and want to leave my marriage’Ask Roe: ‘I’m wondering what type of friend you’re expecting your wife to be and what kind of friend you are’Sun Sept 10 2023 - 05:00
Attachment theory: what social media gets badly wrong about human psychologyBeware of the online rush to pathologise and categorise. ‘If you had a swelling, you wouldn’t go: Oh I have lump, I better check TikTok!’Sat Sept 09 2023 - 05:00
I’m gay and tired of closeted married men approaching me for affairsAsk Roe: Why do men play from the closet? Even among themselves it’s very unfairSun Sept 03 2023 - 05:00
‘I’ve just been ghosted by the guy I’ve been dating for months. Why do people think this is okay?’Ask Roe: ‘How can I even consider dating again in the future when it just turns to heartbreak like this?’Sun Aug 27 2023 - 05:00
Covid ruined my life plans and now I feel completely disconnected from my husbandAsk Roe: I used to be obsessed with how handsome he was and now I feel nothing. How can I reconnect?Sun Aug 20 2023 - 05:00
My boyfriend betrayed me. Should we break up?Ask Roe: Establish some very clear boundaries in order to avoid any Ross and Rachel shenanigansSun Aug 13 2023 - 05:00
‘My future mother-in-law is slut-shaming me’Ask Roe: You, and your partner especially, must call out her bad behaviour and let her know you will not tolerate itSun Aug 06 2023 - 05:00
My loving partner turned out to be married the whole time – and it’s happened beforeAsk Roe: This has happened to me on three former occasions, and again, I had no idea. Am I the problem?Sun Jul 30 2023 - 05:00
‘I love my boyfriend with all my heart but I often think about cheating’Ask Roe: ‘I am a serial cheater. I have almost always cheated on all my partners’Sun Jul 23 2023 - 05:00
Sex therapy: ‘Porn was a big problem for people during Covid’From sexual disconnection between couples to trauma, premature ejaculation or porn use – sex therapists can helpSat Jul 22 2023 - 06:00
I’ve been faking my orgasms for years — how do I tell my husband?Ask Roe: I enjoy sex with him, but when we first started sleeping together I faked it and never stoppedSun Jul 16 2023 - 05:00
Why do I keep attracting toxic men?Ask Roe: I am going to flip the question you asked me - ‘Why do I keep attracting all these toxic men?’ – and ask a different one: ‘Why are you attracted to toxic men?’Sun Jul 09 2023 - 06:00
I first met my boyfriend when he was in a relationship. Now I’m worried he’s cheating on meAsk Roe: He tells me I’m overreacting, but I know his history and I don’t want to end up like his exSun Jul 02 2023 - 06:00
I keep going back to a man who is bad for me – how do I cut him off?Ask Roe: He’d only call me once every two or three months, meet and have sex - I want him so bad but I know we’ll never dateSun Jun 25 2023 - 05:00
