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DEAR DEIDRE: MY grandson has been off school for a few months and I am really worried about him.He is nearly 13, in his second year at secondary schoo

DEAR DEIDRE: This isn’t something I’m proud to admit, but I went to bed with my partner’s teenage daughter.At 23, she’s actually nearer

DEAR DEIDRE: Although it’s five years since my lesbian lover dumped me by text, I can’t get over her.The worst thing is, I’m still in the closet

DEAR DEIDRE: My best mate kept cancelling our gym sessions because she was having a sexual fling - with my dad.I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

DEAR DEIDRE: Every day is one more round of arguing because my wife caught me gazing at her sister 15 years ago when we were on holiday. I’ve never

DEAR DEIDRE: SINCE a family wedding, six months ago, my sisters haven’t been in contact with me.They regularly meet for coffee, but always leave me

DEAR DEIDRE: HOW do I undo the damage I caused to my children when I walked out on them 30 years ago?They now have children of their own, who I’ve n

DEAR DEIDRE: After years of waiting, I’m starting to lose hope that I’ll ever have the family I’ve always dreamed of.All I want is to be a mothe

DEAR DEIDRE: How do I keep my abusive parents out of my daughter’s life?Growing up with them was hell and the last thing I want is for them to harm

DEAR DEIDRE: MY sister keeps borrowing money from my 78-year-old dad and my brother, who is 49 – but she never pays them back.She also begs for cash

DEAR DEIDRE: AM I asking too much to expect my husband to write me into his will?He seems to think he doesn’t need one and has reassured me I’ll b

DEAR DEIDRE: I’m at my wits’ end with my daughter who has been nothing but trouble since she became a teen.I’ve tried everything to help her but

DEAR DEIDRE: After being told that my chances of having children were slim, it felt like a miracle to discover I was pregnant.So when I miscarried nin

DEAR DEIDRE: Although I know people won’t approve, I can’t stop lusting after a man who is 30 years younger than me.He’s my daughter’s friend

DEAR DEIDRE: My partner wants me to move in together - but he has two young children, and I don’t want to be a part-time stepmum.I’ve got grown-up

DEAR DEIDRE: My terminally ill husband messaged his stepsister to ask what colour knickers she was wearing.That turned my stomach and confirmed the su

DEAR DEIDRE: Even though I have lots of qualifications, I can’t find a job.My CV has a big gap in it because I’ve spent the last 10 years caring f

DEAR DEIDRE: I caught my wife and her ex-husband having sex in her car in a layby, not far from home.Now I feel like such a fool.I thought she had bro

DEAR DEIDRE: My ex-partner kicked us out into the gutter, but he still calls the shots about when he can and can’t see our daughter.I let him walk a

DEAR DEIDRE: SINCE my son was arrested for allegedly raping his ex-girlfriend, I have been drinking every night to blot out my pain and anxiety.He is

DEAR DEIDRE: MY 13-year-old daughter is drinking heavily with her mother, and I’m so worried.I’m in my forties and split from my wife last year be

DEAR DEIDRE: Even though my wife and I broke up two years ago, we kept in touch because of our children.After a year of being apart she had nowhere to

DEAR DEIDRE: My dreams of becoming a dad and starting a family were blown out of the water, when my wife suggested instead that we should have sex wit

DEAR DEIDRE: AS soon as I moved in with my boyfriend the cracks in our relationship began to show.We had been together for just over a year when we st

DEAR DEIDRE:MY husband has moved into our motorhome and won’t tell me where he is.I’m convinced he is using it to have sex with his lover who is t