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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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My Fiancé wants me to sell my home because he now hates it.

posted Wed 22, May 2013 at 3:24pm

Hello There, I need help. I have been with this man for 2 1/2 years, we had always planned to live in my house and eventually buy something else in about 5 years interstate when my 16 and 14 ye...

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Money, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

Advice...marriage stuck in a rut

posted Wed 22, May 2013 at 11:28am

Hello First time Ive ever done anything like this so hoping someone can help me as I feel terrible. Ive been married 6years, have a 21 month old daughter. Husband and I have been a tad unhappy l...

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trust

posted Wed 22, May 2013 at 1:08am

hi there i met my partner on fb on jan this year and we kept seeing each other like she came up to me from wales because i live in halifax west yorkshire and we were all lovey and that and on the ...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

Going round in circles

posted Tue 21, May 2013 at 7:37pm

I met my boyfriend when we were both 15 and just finishing school. We have been together for 6 years this year and during this time we have had no serious breaks from eachother. About 3 years...

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

Married, 3 kids, another interest?!

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 3:24pm

So, long story short, I've been married for 9 years and have 3 children. My husband is amazing and seriously the guy I always dreamed of having. HOWEVER...that spark...not sure where it is, or for ...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

STILL IN LOVE BUT V'CONFUSED!

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 3:06pm

Hi there, I have posted on here a few times before - this post is very relevant to my other called - 'overcoming the Mistake' (Please have a look if you can) My confusion is based very much...

Tags: VERY grateful of your time! Please let me know what you think,thank you!
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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

What to do now! im going Crazy!

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 11:55am

in my past relationships i have always been walked over and cheated on. this has always left me feeling paranoid and found it hard to trust anybody. until nearly 2 years ago i met a guy ( who i am ...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

Need Guidance...fast

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 1:39am

Me and my ex gf have been off and on for about 4 years now, and usually after we break up i never want her back and i dont care if we are friends or not. But for some odd reason this time is diffre...

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

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

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What is his problem?

posted Sun 1, Aug 2010 at 2:33am

A few years ago my husband admitted to having an affair with his brothers wife. This happened many years ago when we were younger, had i known about it then i would have left him. He said that was ...

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Affairs & Jealousy

Relationship hanging by a thread and im struggling to know why

posted Sun 1, Aug 2010 at 9:31pm

My gf broke up with me about 9 months ago and i left the UK , went over the the US , met a girl , everything was really good and i had got on the way to getting over her. Previously to this i had ...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

My boyfriend is angry and we're not doing too well

posted Mon 2, Aug 2010 at 10:19am

Hello, I'm here because I'd really appreciate some advice from people outside of my relationship and family. It's quite a long story but I'll try to stick with the most important issues. Me ...

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

stay or go ?

posted Mon 2, Aug 2010 at 2:53pm

i have been with my husband since i was 15, he was 24, from day one really our relationship has been bad, dont know why i stayed with it he was always very persistant, coming to my house where i li...

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Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

is happiness possible?

posted Tue 3, Aug 2010 at 10:09am

I'll keep to the short version. If anyone has any advice I'd be pleased to hear from you. I've been married for close on a couple of decades to someone who I have always loved, and always been ...

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

Help please, i do not know what to do any more?

posted Tue 3, Aug 2010 at 2:20pm

my partner and i, are in a long distance relationship and we have been going out for over a year now. over this year, he has made me change things about myself because he was getting upset and stre...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Sex/Intimacy & romance, Getting on Better with my Partner

Was i right or wrong to keep cancer tests secret as it probably broke my marriage.

posted Tue 3, Aug 2010 at 7:36pm

Oh god how true is the saying "you never realise how much you love someone till they're gone." If i could turn back time (there's another) but i can't, but what i can do is fight for her. I can't b...

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Having a Child with Additional Needs, Getting on Better with my Partner

My husband loses and breaks things almost every day

posted Wed 4, Aug 2010 at 3:45pm

My husband and I have only been married for a year, but we are having some real problems already. He is great around the house and helping with our new baby but he literally breaks or loses someth...

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Money, Housework, Getting on Better with my Partner

Help please ...

posted Fri 6, Aug 2010 at 3:14pm

My wife and I are very close and love each other our but relationship lacks any physical or sexual contact . We have discussed the issue and spoken about it at length and she says she does no...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance

I need advice

posted Sun 8, Aug 2010 at 8:39am

There is so much to this long story, I am not sure where to begin.....my husband and I married 7 years ago, after quite a short romance I fell pregnant with our first child. My husband has always ...

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

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Having an affair but can't leave marriage

posted Sat 31, Jan 2009 at 9:57am

I really need someone to put my life back on track, to turn me back into the mother and wife I once was... a year ago, all that matters to me was my family whom I took pride in and would do a lot f...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

What do I do now?

posted Wed 21, Apr 2010 at 4:17pm

I have just recently split up with my husband of 10 years, we have been together for 13 years in total. We are very lucky and have 2 wonderful children together. Throughout our married life we re...

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Affairs & Jealousy

7 months on and don't feel any better after betrayal....

posted Mon 16, Mar 2009 at 10:07am

.....if anything I feel worse as the more I think about it, the more deception I see! My husband had been seeing a friend of mine behind my back for months and he was also e-mailing a woman off ...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

Is sexual attraction and friendship enough?

posted Sat 15, Sep 2012 at 1:17pm

Hi everybody, ive been on here before in search of advice....im back again lol So im 23 male, and have been seeing/sleeping with a girl who i have alot of history with, we go back along way lots...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Making a Commitment

My boyfriend doesn't initiate or want sex.

posted Wed 11, Mar 2009 at 6:19pm

I've been with my boyfriend for almost 7 months now. We love each other and get on amazingly well. However...he doesn't initiate sex with me. In the day he can be all over me, hugging and kissing m...

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

Found my boyfriend wanking

posted Mon 8, Dec 2008 at 10:18pm

<p>Help - I don;t know what to do.&nbsp; I just found my boyfriend wanking over a girl online.&nbsp; He was using his webcam and it eas obvious they were both at it.</p> <p>Please help, I feel so ...

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Affairs & Jealousy

My Wife's secret affair with her boss!!

posted Mon 10, Aug 2009 at 11:46am

Hi all..Ive just discovered my wife is having a sexual relationship with with her Ex boss, this has torn my world apart completely. When she started working for this company 5 years ago she was war...

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Affairs & Jealousy

I have a boyfriend but can't stop thinking about someone else. Help.

posted Fri 6, Feb 2009 at 8:32pm

Hi there. I have been with my boyfriend on and off for almost 6 years. He is my first love and i care greatly for him. The problem is someone ive known for many years also, we have always had a spa...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Getting on Better with my Partner

Fancying someone else

posted Tue 9, Sep 2008 at 2:15pm

<p>I'm married and want to keep my relationship going but there is someone who I fancy. I havent done nothing with her but we do flirt and I do enjoy her company. Sometimes i find it difficult to n...

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Affairs & Jealousy

Life after an affair.... help needed...

posted Sun 24, May 2009 at 10:14pm

2 years ago I got involved with a married man (dont judge me!) We both fell 'in love' deeply... anyway LONG STORY cut short, his job role changed within work and became more demanding, she found ou...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy
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