Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your dilemma. Just from this initial bit of information it does appear to me that there may be a power imbalance in your current relationship. ...

Carole Ann Rice says: This is your story and you get to write how it goes, you write the rules, the beginning and the end of this story. It may ...

Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your dilemma. Butterflies in the stomach are a really natural (and nice!) feeling when we like someone and this is because we are tapping into ...

Carole Ann Rice says: You sound like a lovely a daughter and you are still really young, and likely too young to carry your parent’s burdens or sadness. It is ...

Sex and relationship expert Jessica Leoni said: “You have given very scant details so it is difficult to get a full picture of what is going on.  But in the ...

Dear anonymous, Thank you for your dilemma. It does sound as if there’s been quite a shift in your relationship since you have had your children, particularly your second child. ...

Sex and relationship expert Jessica Leoni said: “I really feel for you. Please be assured: you have done nothing wrong and it sounds like you are a wonderful mother to ...

Rachael Lloyd at eharmony says: I’m so sorry to hear that during a time when you should be excitedly planning a wedding, other people seem hellbent on causing rifts. That ...

Rachael Lloyd at eharmony says: Firstly, I’m sorry to hear about the betrayal you suffered in your last relationship. Unless you’ve been cheated on, it’s hard to fully understand the shock ...

Sex and relationship expert Jessica Leoni said: “I really feel for you because you are stuck in a love triangle which is largely not of your making. Let’s deal with ...

Rachael Lloyd at eharmony says: This sounds like a confusing and intense situation which has ripple effects across a whole group of people, including yourself, your boyfriend and respective friends. My ...

Rachael Lloyd at eharmony says: One of the most challenging things about relationships is that you can be deeply in love with someone and yet face dealbreakers which prevent you going ...

Hi anonymous, It sounds as if you have witnessed and struggled with some complex family dynamics over the years and these can be hard to navigate when you feel that ...

Sometimes if we have been hurt we can go into self-preservation mode to protect ourselves from being hurt again. Often in relationships we can see this back and forth when ...

Hi Anonymous, Although you say that your husband isn’t communicating with you, I would say that his actions are communicating something powerful to you. When someone values and respects you, ...

I'm sorry to hear that this has happened to you. It's always hard to loose a relationship with someone that we have got close to, particularly if we have also ...

Hi Anonymous, Firstly, it’s not wrong to feel a certain way, so no need to feel guilty about feeling angry. Our feelings are our feelings, there’s no right or wrong. ...

The only people that can decide if you are incompatible long term is the two of you. Esther Perel talks about how we are in multiple relationships with the same ...

Dr Rina Bajaj says:  Hi Anonymous, Firstly, I just wanted to say that his Ghosting says more about him than it does about you! It’s easy to build up a ...

It's inevitable that every parent-child relationships will have their testing times, and it's also really easy to get stuck in perspectives in relationships, whether it's with our partners, children, colleagues ...

Clarissa Bloom says: It can be hard to see a former partner move on with their life and meet someone new, however this is the inevitable difficulty around a break ...

Sex and relationship expert Jessica Leoni said: “You sounds like a great catch! Don’t be too hard on yourself. We all have feelings of insecurity, particularly in our teenage years, ...

Clarissa Bloom says: Whether they are truly willing to leave their wife or whether it is just talk is not the main factor. The reality is you need to end ...

Sex and relationship expert Jessica Leoni said: “I think the key word in your letter is ‘recently.’ This is a brand new relationship - you are both in the first ...