How do I break up with a friend who talks about me behind my back?
This person used to be nice and caring. Could they be having some mental health issues?
‘I love my four adult children deeply, but they won’t leave home, and I am desperate’
Tell Me About It: ‘I’ve told my partner I am not going to retire. Work might save my sanity’
‘My friend has never been in a relationship with a man and I’d like her to seek professional help’
Tell Me About It: ‘She is confident in her job and socially popular but lacks confidence to date’
‘I only want a part-time relationship. Can I put my kids through a second marriage break-up?’
Tell Me About It: ‘I am very physically attracted to my husband, and this makes it hard to actually leave’
‘I have two problems, feel under terrible pressure and lack the resources to fix either’
Tell Me About It: ‘I feel very strongly that I am being pushed out by the organisation. I won’t go though’
‘It’s like my husband has got himself an AI therapist. He says he now feels fully heard’
‘Suddenly there’s no longer just two of us in this relationship, and I now feel very judged by AI’
‘I can’t believe I let this wonderful woman slip through my fingers’
Tell Me About It: We had a huge row where I accused her parents of scheming against me
‘I recently met a fantastic man through work. He is divorced, but I am married’
‘My husband is a good man. It’s just there is nothing there between us any more’
‘An older man was chatting up my date, I’m humiliated and reluctant to let it go’
Tell Me About It: I actually thought we were in a relationship and I am reluctant to let it go
‘My partner keeps asking for an open relationship’
Tell Me About It: ‘He says we are boring and as consenting adults we can expand our sex life into something more exciting’
‘I don’t know if I trust my husband any more. Should I hire an investigator?’
Tell Me About It: I know when he is not being honest after 30 plus years together
‘I asked the woman in the bookshop on a date and she bolted. I feel mortified’
Tell Me About It: ‘Did I misread what I took as inviting signals?’
‘My close friend is marrying a good-looking man who uses people – should I say something?’
Tell Me About It: I really love my friend and worry that if I say anything she will be hugely hurt and push me away
‘I’m on the verge of walking away from my friend who seems to be a narcissist’
Tell Me About It: I was aware they had become distant from other friends in the past, but never knew exactly why
‘Some days I genuinely feel like my life would be happier without my husband’
Tell Me About It: I don’t like my husband right now, and I’m scared I’m moving further from a place of liking him