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The Relationship Forum is provided for visitors who are seeking advice and support from the community in relation to relationship issues. The aim of the forum is to help you to understand and explore your situation by talking to others who may be going through, or have experienced a similar situation. The Relationship Forum is moderated by a team of counsellors with lots of experience of helping couples as they work things out in their relationship. They facilitate the forum, providing guidance and additional help wherever needed.

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Another guy

posted Sun 19, May 2013 at 4:43pm

I have been I a relationship for 5 yearsand just moved in with my boyfriend for the first time 6mo ago and am pretty happy. I am only 22 years old. My boyfriend is very laid back and chilled. He l...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

So unhappy in relationship, what do I do?

posted Sat 18, May 2013 at 12:43pm

Hi all. I'm new to this forum and am really hoping someone can guide me in the correct direction. I have been with my partner for 5 years, since I was 18. He's now 28. It was all a bit whirlwin...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Getting on Better with my Partner, Bringing up Children Together

Should the penetration hurt 1st time and not the 2nd time a girl who had only 3 months worth of sex life ever few years ago?

posted Sat 18, May 2013 at 10:28am

I got married few days ago. The girl is 30. She was married back in 2010 for only 3 months and then got divorced. She has told me that she was a virgin at the time of that marriage. After the break...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

Confused, hurt..am I reading too much into it?

posted Fri 17, May 2013 at 4:59pm

I am feeling so hurt and confused and don't know where to turn. I have just discovered that my partner of 18 years has been in contact with the first woman he had sex with. Of course, I knew abou...

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Was it actually just ONE time only?! PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE THIS ONE OUT :(

posted Fri 17, May 2013 at 11:09am

Hi there, I have posted on here a few times regarding an issue that occurred about 5weeks ago! My partner and i have had quite a toxic relationship for some time due to a clash of various issue...

Tags: Im WILL NOT consider moving on with him IF this has happened before!
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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Making a Commitment

I have a boyfriend but I have feelings for another guy

posted Thu 16, May 2013 at 5:27pm

Ok so I have been with my boyfriend for almost two years and they have been amazing. Unfortunately at work there is this other guy that I really like and he really likes me he calls me baby, babe e...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

no sure what to do. I know everyone says this but this is not ur typical question

posted Thu 16, May 2013 at 3:54pm

I am not sure what to do. I feel somewhat resentful to my hubby. Ok. Here goes it. I have been married for 15 yrs. My daughter just turned 14. I have known prior to our relationship that he had ...

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Should i ask him to tell me?

posted Thu 16, May 2013 at 1:26pm

So me and my boyfriend went through a little rough patch where he sent not so nice messages to his friend about me and then deleted them. This was at the start of the relationship though i didn't f...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

HELP - Advice!

posted Thu 16, May 2013 at 1:12pm

Hi, I am just looking for some advice really. I am 24 and live with my GF of 2 and a half years. We bought a house together nearly exactly a year ago and I absolutely love it, I love where we li...

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Money, Work, Sex/Intimacy & romance, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

im in a relationship but seek others attention why?

posted Wed 15, May 2013 at 5:36pm

Ok I've been in a relationship for a year now and love him with all my heart but when we both get stressed or upset at eachother I feel the need to seek others attention bc I can't have his I guess...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

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Is He Leading Me On? I Really Care About Him ...

posted Fri 25, Nov 2011 at 12:15am

Hi all, I'm in need of some relationship advice. I'm feeling really blue about this. So here it is: I've known this wonderful guy for over a year, and was previously with another guy but knew hi...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Making a Commitment

help - we just cant talk without arguing

posted Wed 24, Sep 2008 at 1:12pm

My fella and I have been together for 8 years and have children together. Over the past 4 years we have be gradually been drifting apart with issues from work , neighbours from hell and me not sle...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

Shoul I Leave Him?

posted Tue 1, Nov 2011 at 10:09am

Hi Guys Im Kinda New To This Site... Okay So Im 16 And Going out with a guy who is 25 ( Yes 9 Years InBetween Us.) 3 Days Ago Was His Birthday, so as usual he picked me up from school with his car...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance

Jealousy issues with bf

posted Tue 1, Nov 2011 at 6:45pm

Ive been with my bf for almost 9 years, and although i've always been a jealous person i feel like its now getting out of hand. Just some background info... Years ago I found out he was having an i...

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Affairs & Jealousy

I met another guy during a break up, but now my bf and I are back together, help!

posted Mon 21, Nov 2011 at 5:37pm

My boyfriend and I have been together for a year and 5 months now. The majority of that time we have lived together also. We've had ups and downs that have led us to break up several times (his fa...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

confused

posted Thu 8, Dec 2011 at 2:31pm

Me and my boyfriend have been together for 4 and a half years, we are both only 20 so started dating when we were 16. 10 days before we got together my boyfriend broke up with me and we had been to...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Making a Commitment

Boyfreind caught masturbating in bed while I'm asleep

posted Mon 23, May 2011 at 11:40am

Hi new to this! But just wondering. Iv been with my boyfreind for 6months now and we live in our own flat. Everythings great etc and Yesterday we had sex during The day, and I fell asleep in bed ...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance

webcam

posted Sat 28, Jan 2012 at 10:12am

I have been in a relationship with my partner for a year and moved in with him 3 months ago. I have just discovered that he is a member on a swinging website and that he masturbates online over a w...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

Is it him or me???

posted Tue 13, Mar 2012 at 10:51pm

I've been with my partner for over 7 years and we have a young baby now and I'm back at work, I went back only weeks after her birth and I'm trying to juggle home work and baby. We have exchanged ...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance

Partner has fallen out of love with me

posted Wed 11, Apr 2012 at 12:30am

I was with my partner for 3 and a half years. We split up 3 weeks ago. Things weren't going well for a while and I could feel that we were going to break up but it just doesn't feel real at the mom...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

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She left me but is she using me?

posted Thu 28, Mar 2013 at 12:17pm

Hi My girlfreind of 12 years recently left me, with our 3 yr old son, saying she was unhappy and that she did love me but 'not like that anymore' Before she left she stayed at the house for a...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner, Bringing up Children Together

help - we just cant talk without arguing

posted Wed 24, Sep 2008 at 1:12pm

My fella and I have been together for 8 years and have children together. Over the past 4 years we have be gradually been drifting apart with issues from work , neighbours from hell and me not sle...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

We're arguing over smacking the kids

posted Sat 23, Aug 2008 at 10:01am

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Me and the wife have just started to argue a lot over smacking the kids.<span>&nbsp; </span>We have two boys &ndash; 6 &amp; 9.<span>&nbsp; </span>It never used to happen...

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Becoming a Parent, Getting on Better with my Partner

my husband has had an affair, and has left.

posted Thu 18, Dec 2008 at 5:34pm

3 weeks ago my husband came upstairs as I woke up , I could see he was not himself, he bagan to cry as he told me he had been having an affair for the past 6 months. My world fell apart, Im shocked...

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Affairs & Jealousy

How can I get these thoughts to dissapear

posted Fri 16, Nov 2012 at 9:25pm

I have been with my partner for 5 years. Generally we have a good strong happy relationship. Apart from 1 problem... My Jealousy caused by my insecurities... the main problem I have is that my pa...

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Affairs & Jealousy

Internet porn

posted Fri 22, Aug 2008 at 3:05pm

<p><em>(post retagged)</em></p> <p>My husband spends all his spare time viewing porn on the internet. He denies that he has a problem and tries to pretend that he isn't watching it when I come int...

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Affairs & Jealousy

Should I end this affair?

posted Fri 24, Oct 2008 at 8:42pm

<p>I am very confused right now as don't know what I should do with my current relationship.</p> <p>I am a 38-yr-old woman, married with 2 teenage girls.&nbsp; But I broke up with my husband and m...

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Affairs & Jealousy

What Next?

posted Tue 4, Nov 2008 at 8:59pm

I came home almost 2 wks ago to find my husband had packed a bag and was about to leave me and our 2 small children because he'd had enough. Although things have been deteriorating gradually over t...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

After 12 years of togetherness husband doesn't want sex or intimacy with me and says he doesn't know if he loves me

posted Wed 24, Jun 2009 at 9:33am

Some background We have been married for 12 years have 2 kids, 11 and 18, up until very recently we were soul mates. Three years ago my husband, 2 kids and I moved to Spain, we live in the country...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Getting on Better with my Partner

URGENT, BORED!!!

posted Sat 30, May 2009 at 5:25pm

Can anyone save me? I am sssooo bored right now that I am having thoughts of sex. (It is Saturday night- late...) (I know, I know...get a life ra ra...but?) I am alone in the pad- though ...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Sex/Intimacy & romance
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