DEAR DEIDRE: I’M scared my brother is manipulating our elderly mother into disowning me. I feel lonely and cut out, and don’t know who to trust. I’m 61. My husband died 20 years ago, leaving me on my own with three small children. My parents offered to move nearer to me to help out with… … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: MY toy boy lover is abusive and even blames me for his porn habit. I know I’m not the problem but sometimes I feel like I’m going mad. It’s making me feel really depressed. I’m 49 and he’s 38. We’ve been together for three years. He has a lovely side. He can be … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: NEVER mind sex, I can’t even get a hug from my husband. I’ve tried everything to get the spark back, but he isn’t interested. I feel like all I am to him is a cook and cleaner. We’ve been married for seven years. I’m 42 and he’s 47. Our sex life was fine … Read more
DEAR DEIDRE: THE Christmas lights are up and the festive decorations out, but this time of year makes me feel so blue after my husband dropped a bombshell three days before Christmas last year. I’d just arrived home with all the food shopping to find him waiting in the kitchen with his bags packed. To … Read more
My husband is having a late-life crisis and wants to retire abroad with or without me …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DEAR DEIDRE: ALTHOUGH I’m happily married, my husband wants to retire abroad, and I want to stay in the UK. I think he’s having a late-life crisis. We’ve been arguing about it, and he’s now … Read more
My traumatised girlfriend is struggling with being raped by her ex – I want to help but I don’t know where to start …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DEAR DEIDRE: EACH time my partner tries to have sex with me, memories come flooding back of the time she was raped by her ex. I am 54 … Read more
My boyfriend broke up with me after a year because I’m ‘too old’ for him …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DEAR DEIDRE: AFTER a year together, my boyfriend broke up with me because I’m ‘too old’ for him. To add insult to injury, he told me he’d never thought of me as his proper girlfriend. I’m … Read more
I can’t keep erection with new girlfriend and I am terrified of letting her down …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DEAR DEIDRE: AFTER finally finding the courage to dump my ex, who just used me as a cash machine, I have a wonderful new girlfriend – but I am scared I’ll ruin things as I can’t … Read more
My biggest turn-on is thought of my husband having sex with another woman …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DEAR DEIDRE: MY partner talks dirty to me and uses other women’s names when we have sex, at my request. He does it to please me because one of my fantasies is to see him sleeping with other … Read more
My girlfriend is making digs in public about sex being too quick …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DEAR DEIDRE: MY girlfriend has started really grumbling about my performance. When we have sex, I don’t ever make it to the one, never mind the two-minute mark and she is not happy. She’s started to make snide comments … Read more