Ask the Expert: ‘I think my son might be bored and on video games most of the time while there’

Ask Roe: ‘We don’t have much to talk about and our time together only revolves around sex’

Tell Me About It: We have decided to stay together but it has been an uphill battle to rebuild trust

Ask Roe: ‘If this was a romantic, I would have a conversation about it but as it’s with friends, should I let it slide?’

Tell Me About It: I spent the night with someone I shouldn’t have . . . I feel like I cannot stop myself from self-destruction

Ask Roe: ‘He went to the doctor but didn’t mention the cocaine, and he has been prescribed antidepressants but he won’t take them’

Ask Roe: ‘I want to find love and a real relationship like my friends who go out with nice guys’

Ask Roe: Stress, anxiety and a lack of connection can fuel this kind of thinking

Ask Roe: Take care of yourself – but also be so proud of yourself. Feel so grateful that you’re free of this man

Tell Me About It: Your family is worth your effort and your children will connect with their heritage and gain cousins

Ask Roe: ‘On holidays we have much more frequent sex, but never manage to take that renewal home with us’

For many, Christmas is a re-entry into the emotional climate of childhood, with all its insecurities, unspoken rules and long-held tensions

There’s a pretty strong chance they’re dreading feeling like the literal elephant in the room this Christmas

Tell Me About It: I’m bringing my partner home for the first time. He’s not Irish, and I’m worried he’ll judge my family

Ask the Expert: ‘I worry that they will blame me for the separation. They both idolise their Dad’

Ask Brian: Now is the peak season for conversations among sixth years about their next steps

Ask Roe: ‘How is it possible to date when you’re terrified that the person across from you is alt-right?’

My mother-in-law is a control freak and she criticises everything I do, say or wear

Ask Brian: Gradual reduction in grade enhancement begun this year will continue for the next four or five years

Ask Roe: My husband’s family are controlling and he never sticks up for me. I see him as weak and pathetic sometimes