‘My brother-in-law wants to move in with us but I don’t think my marriage will survive it’
Ask Roe: I want to offer support but not at the cost of our relationship or my sanity
‘Has my friends-to-lovers relationship doomed me to boring sex?’
Ask Roe: ‘I once heard 'the more toxic the relationship, the better the sex', and this has stuck with me'
I ended my situationship six months ago but I’m still not over him. How do I move on?
Ask Roe: I know he wasn’t great, but I still miss him and occasionally stalk his social media account
‘My ex has broken up with me six times in eight years. How do I break the cycle?’
Ask Roe: ‘I always felt that my life was better with him in it and when we are together there’s nowhere else I’d rather be’
After seven years, I’m afraid my boyfriend won’t ever propose
Ask Roe: I’m scared that there’s a reason he’s not proposing ... But I also don’t want to become this nagging woman putting pressure on her boyfriend to propose
My ex has become the man I always wanted, but with someone else
Ask Roe: I feel completely worthless. I don’t know why he wasn’t able to do any of this for me
‘My friend was sleeping with another friend’s boyfriend and refuses to take responsibility’
‘She’s had a hard few years but it’s hard to sympathise when she complains about our friend group excluding her’
‘I’m gay and I started a relationship with a very closeted man last year. He’s a nice guy but he’s doing my head in’
Four readers seek advice on life problems including comparisons with others, having a closeted partner and revisiting an old relationship
How do I find love while still living at home in rural Ireland?
Ask Roe: ‘Living in a rural area, without my own space, I feel stuck in a rut in terms of meeting people’
‘My boyfriend wants to move to Australia, but my life is here’
‘I feel that no matter what we decide to do, one of us is going to be unhappy with that choice’
I’m asexual but want a relationship. How do I try to date?
Ask Roe: I have little to no physical or sexual experience and I’m worried how this is going to affect any potential relationships
Cutting off family members: ‘It had never occurred to me that you could grieve somebody who was still alive’
In an age of constant communication, the decision to go ‘no contact’ with a family member is more noticeable, but there is still sometimes too much societal judgement of those who take such a serious decision
My husband always wants dirty talk and I’m sick of it
Ask Roe: To be honest, it makes me not want to have sex. But it’s a difficult subject to broach
Ireland’s new dating scene: Finding love the old-fashioned way
The quest for love has become an exercise in frustration, but sometimes modern problems need some old-fashioned solutions
We had sex maybe once a month. The constant rejection was soul-crushing, it felt like my ex didn’t even like me
I didn’t agree to a sexless existence. The constant rejection by my ex was soul-crushing