I’ve been with my girlfriend for six months. Is it too soon to have a child?
Dear Annalisa, Since I started dating my girlfriend six months ago, I’ve had this feeling that something just fits, in a way I’ve never felt before.…
Gifts from my partner’s mother have strings attached. How do I stop her?
Dear Annalisa, I’m struggling with the avalanche of presents my partner’s mother sends: expensive gifts, often in duplicate and triplicate. I’ve thanked her and tried to say that…
My best friend stopped talking to me when my parents died. Will I ever get over it?
Dear Annalisa, Some years ago, my father died suddenly and unexpectedly. At the same time, my mother was very ill. I called my best friend of two decades,…
My stepdaughter says she hates me. Is it time to leave?
Dear Annalisa, My husband and I have been together for six years. He was widowed when his children were small and I met him two years after his…
My partner wants us to have kinky sex, but I find it traumatic
Dear Annalisa, I am in my late 20s, and have been with my boyfriend for almost 10 years. I love him dearly and don’t want to lose him.…
Is my marriage over, or am I just exhausted from caring for my mother?
Dear Annalisa, My mother has life-limiting health problems. I have one sibling and between us we do our best to care for her. We pay for…
I long to move to the seaside, but will it unsettle my children?
Dear Annalisa, Four years ago, we relocated at a time we thought least harmful to our children: the youngest was starting primary school, the eldest junior school.…
My mum lied to me about having an affair. How can I trust her?
Dear Annalisa, I am 29. When I was nine, I found a letter addressed to a man’s name I didn’t recognise. My parents were married. When…
My older brother makes me feel stupid and I can’t laugh it off
Dear Annalisa, I am a 40-year-old woman who has been talked down to and patronised by my older brother my entire life. He often speaks to me…
My relationship is not quite perfect: if we get married, is it doomed?
Dear Annalisa, My boyfriend and I have been together for five years; I’m in my late 20s, and he’s in his early 30s. We met a…
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