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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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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

Pregnant from previous emotionally abusive relationship, with a new partner and at university. Very scared plz help =S

posted Wed 15, May 2013 at 3:49pm

At the beginning of April I ended my long-distance relationship with my boyfriend of 3 years. Completely cutting him and his family off was the only way for me to finally move on. I started tal...

Tags: Pregnancy,Parent,Ex,Complicated,Stupid mistake,Emotional abuse
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Becoming a Parent, Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Making a Commitment, Bringing up Children Together

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he can't forgive me

posted Mon 30, Jan 2012 at 5:16pm

I have been with my boyfriend for 8 years and he says he can not trust me. This has been ongoing since we first got together. We have split up a lot of times and the most recent was only 3 months a...

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Relationship confusion

posted Tue 31, Jan 2012 at 5:50pm

I was with my ex fiancee since we were 14 years old, he broke up with me after 3 years together I was devestated. After 8 months apart he txd me saying he still loved me and after alot of talking w...

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What do I do? (Advice wanted)

posted Wed 1, Feb 2012 at 2:57pm

Quick bkgrnd: I'm 23, he's 21. I have a 4year old and it isn't with him. We've been living together for 3 years (less than a year when he ended his last romantic fling), known each other for almost...

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

marriage breakdown

posted Fri 17, Feb 2012 at 8:05pm

hi Just wondered if anyone can help with my situation! x its a long story but will try too keep it short, been together for 12 years ,married 7 years, we have faced a lot off outside factors...

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How to move on...

posted Sat 25, Feb 2012 at 5:13pm

Hi Everyone I'm new here, so im sorry if its posted in the wrong bit. Ok so, been with my boyfriend 1yr 1/2 now, and my god has alot happened in that time, we had no where near a good start t...

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Affairs & Jealousy

I don't know where I stand

posted Sun 26, Feb 2012 at 11:14pm

me and my boyfriend has been together a year but when we started going out it was really good but now it not so good. i found out he told a girl she looked hot and i confronted him and he told me b...

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

What do I do?

posted Fri 9, Mar 2012 at 8:09pm

I know this isn't that big compared to other issues raised here, but bare in mind I am only 18, and deeply in love with my girlfriend. My girlfriend is going through a lot of stress right now. Her ...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

in need of relationship advice :(

posted Tue 10, Apr 2012 at 10:54am

My bf had not paid me any kind of attention for 6 months sexual or emotional it felt more like we were friends, and I felt very low and alone so I kept telling him how I was feeling and he would sa...

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

Husband always flirting

posted Sat 12, May 2012 at 1:37pm

This is getting to the desperate stage as I am seriously thinking to leave my husband over this behaviour. He has had two affairs with work colleagues but insists that he wants to be with me so I ...

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Affairs & Jealousy

Advise please

posted Wed 16, May 2012 at 2:09pm

Hi, i'm a 20 year old in a relationship thats lasted a year and nearly a 1/2. But I feel things are losing their spark and I've felt that way over the passed few months but haven't told him but k...

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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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