All news on the topic: Dear Deidre on Friendships

DEAR DEIDRE: I’VE been having great sex with my friend’s mum, and she wants to get a divorce and run away with me.The problem is I don’t want to

DEAR DEIDRE: I CHEATED on my girlfriend with my gay male best mate, and I don’t even feel guilty about it.Although I’ve never been unfaithfu

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: WHEN my troubled partner ended our off again/on again relationship and moved to another city, I was bereft.Although I understood that he

DEAR DEIDRE: After we kissed properly for the first time, my girlfriend said she just wants to be friends. Now I’m scared I’ve ruined everything

DEAR DEIDRE: Although he’s in a happy relationship with another man, I’ve fallen head over heels for my male friend.I know that we’ll never be a

DEAR DEIDRE: I FEEL my heart sink every time I see my girlfriend liking other men’s photos.I’ve asked her to stop so many times and she says she w

DEAR DEIDRE: MY daughter’s email to a politician has led to her getting bullied in school.She’s in Year 11 and has always wanted to make a differe

DEAR DEIDRE: Rejection hurts. I feel so down after my walking group decided to leave me out of our weekend walk.I’ve been running the club for a few

DEAR DEIDRE: IS my daughter having a mid-life crisis, or does she genuinely have ADHD?She is in her 40s, and it seems to me that she is sabotaging her

DEAR DEIDRE: Sorting through my best friend’s affairs after his sudden death I was devastated to discover his secret - he’d had an affair for year

DEAR DEIDRE: Again and again, I’ve been let down or betrayed by my best mate.He keeps taking advantage of me, and I’m not sure I want to continue

DEAR DEIDRE: My mate has gone all weird since I lent him some money with no sign of him paying me back.We have been friends since school and are both

DEAR DEIDRE: GETTING physical and being loved up doesn’t interest me but I would like to find a female friend.I’m in my sixties and have been divo

DEAR DEIDRE: I have been accused of stealing money from my best friend’s home while I was looking after her cats. It was not me.I’m a woman aged 6

DEAR DEIDRE: The guy I’m in love with flirts with me, but says he doesn’t want more than friendship. I’m so confused about why he behaves like

DEAR DEIDRE: I Just got dumped by my boyfriend, for his best female friend, and am devastated.I’m 25 and he’s 26. We’ve been together for five y

DEAR DEIDRE: THE woman I’m with can’t decide what she wants.One minute I’m in the friend zone and the next we are having hot sex.I have known he

DEAR DEIDRE: MY wife and I are having a baby, but I’ve started to worry about our age.I’m 41, and my wife, who is four months pregnant, is 39.What

DEAR DEIDRE: EVERYONE thinks I’m dating a man – as my girlfriend looks very masculine.She is 25, like me, and is actually gorgeous, with a sporty

After a lifetime of being put down for the way I look, my self-esteem is on the floor.Every day I wake up and cry at the sight of myself in the mirror

DEAR DEIDRE: WHEN my girlfriend broke up with me I was heartbroken, but I knew I needed to work on myself.Now, months later, she’s seen my progress

DEAR DEIDRE: MY friend has epilepsy and I am worried about travelling with him to a party.The journey will take a couple of hours by train and I’m p

DEAR DEIDRE: Ever since I moved into my student accommodation, I’ve had the hots for my roommate.I want to ask her out, but I’m worried things wil

DEAR DEIDRE: AFTER five years I’ve finally managed to get clean from my drug addiction, but I now spend every day worried I’m going to fall back i