Dear Denise: I met a guy on Tinder a couple of months ago and from the off we both said we were only looking for no-strings-attached sex. He told me really early on that he’s not into condoms but I said there was …
Dear Denise: I’ve always been pretty direct, so when I recently told my boyfriend he was lagging in the romance stakes, I also let him know that things were getting a little dull in the bedroom and asked if he could up …
Dear Denise: What is wrong with men?
Dear Denise: My husband talks about our ‘brutal sex life’ so often that it has made me dread having sex. We have showers and I go up to bed and then he follows me up, freshly showered too.
Dear Denise: I am a married man and have been leading a double life for the past six months. I have been having an affair with a younger woman I met while I was on a stag with a group of friends.
Dear Maura,
Dear Denise: My boyfriend can keep going all night long and while it was fun at the start, sex marathons are now the last thing on my mind after a full day in the office.
Dear Denise,
Dear Maura: My wife had an affair and she’s trying to get back into my life. We’ve a son with special needs who was finding it difficult to understand why his mother wasn’t living with us anymore.
I am a student and work in retail. The job pays great and is really helping me get through college. The only problem is my lecherous manager. At first, I thought he was great fun and enjoyed the 'banter.' Lately though, it has gotten a little …
Dear Denise: I have been with my partner for five years; we’ve been planning to buy a house together and have so many plans for the future.
Dear Maura: I told the truth to my friend about her boyfriend but she believed him and now she’s not speaking to me. He’s so sneaky and knows exactly what to say to her. But that night we met at a pub quiz he made it …
Dear Denise: I’m 29 and I have just moved back into my family home because I am trying to save for a house and can no longer afford to rent. My box room is exactly the same way I left it. One thing that is different is my …
Imagine having a friend who always looks out for you — helping you stay energised, supporting your mood and understanding exactly how you tick. Now, what if that friend already exists within you?
Dear Denise: There is no nice way to say this: my husband is disgusting. He farts publicly and proudly, leaves the door open when he needs to go to the bathroom, and can even burp on demand.
Roy Keane’s daughter has opened up about her excruciating experience with lupus, saying her father’s “brilliant sense of humour” and free-from superfoods helped her through her “darkest times”.
Bank of Ireland has cleverly teamed up with SSE Airtricity to help Irish mortgage holders make savings thanks to a new EcoSaver mortgage.
Dear Denise: I’ve always enjoyed oral sex but since breaking up with a not-so-nice ex who made some really off remarks about my vagina — apparently it was too hairy, too smelly, the list could on — I have definitely …
Dear Denise: I recently watched Babygirl with my girlfriend and there was a lot of sex in the movie. Nicole Kidman’s character likes to be dominated, and in one scene she’s ordered to crawl on …
Dear Maura: A dance at a wedding with a stranger has made me rethink my marriage.
Dear Denise: There is an older married man at my gym that keeps making passes at me. It was mostly harmless at first, just a bit of banter, but then he managed to track me down on Instagram and now messages me daily.
Dear Denise: I have become reliant on porn lately and if I do go on a night out, it always ends with a one-night stand. I am not saying I am a nympho and I don’t think I have an addiction, I just think I am a little bored …
The bible according to half-arsing has arrived. I would have read all of Half-Arse Human by Leena Norms, but, you know.
Dear Maura: My wish for the new year is to have family gatherings without hassle.
Dear Denise: I have a major issue. In just a couple of days, I am going to be sitting around a table with two men that I have slept with. My new boyfriend, and his dad.
Dear Denise: My wife has been talking about ‘spicing up’ our sex life for the past couple of weeks and how we should use the New Year to experiment and try some new things.
A top Dublin jeweller has urged boyfriends to avoid guesswork before getting down on bended knee this festive season.
Dear Denise: My office party was on Thursday and I feel like I am never going to recover from the shame.
Dear Denise: I am a woman in my 40s and I have a very strange confession – I think I fancy Santa Claus. I know it sounds a little perverted and I don’t know where this little crush exactly started.
Dear Maura: My partner is an older man, which I prefer and is very generous with his money and gifts. The latest is that he says if I want to be with a younger man for sex then that’s alright with him. The stipulation is …
Dear Denise: I am just recently back with my ex. We had been together for five years and were talking about buying a house and then getting engaged so the break-up was a huge blow. A week after we split he was spotted by …
Dear Denise: I (42) enjoyed the steamiest affair of my life last year with a younger colleague (27).
Dear Denise: I (24) recently had a one-night stand on a weekend away with my friends and as soon as the guy was finished, I hadn't gotten off by the way, he decided he'd like to give me some pointers to help me prove my …
Dear Maura: I’m a 38-year-old woman who regrets leaving a man who loved her like no other. I wanted to travel and live abroad for a while. He was starting his own business. I got itchy feet and blamed him for not going …
Dear Denise: I have recently ended my relationship with my partner of seven years. I reached breaking point and realised I could no longer live a half life with this manipulative and abusive man.
Dear Maura: My older boyfriend keeps buying me presents and it’s not doing anything for me. Another thing that gets to me is sometimes they’re expensive.
Dear Maura: Three partners later and my current man has proposed, but something is holding me back from living happily ever after. Maybe it’s because I’ve been at this point before and decided not to complicate things. No …
It was the fairytale everyone wanted.
Dear Denise: I (49) am very close to my mother (70) but I am becoming really uncomfortable with the conversations she has around her sex life.
Question: My daughter is going out with an older man who buys her the most expensive presents but I’m not sure that’s the way to her heart or if he has any chance of getting there. He’s in his late forties, small town, …
Dear Denise: I’m 27 and have been seeing my girlfriend (25) for nearly a year. We get on so well and have so much in common.
Question: I have absolutely no libido whatsoever. I am 57, currently taking HRT and feeling at a loss as to what to do. Is this normal?
Dear Denise: I’m 26 and have been with my partner for a couple of years, but can’t help but think that we don’t have enough sex.
Question: My husband prefers to make love when we’re on holidays or away for a weekend. At home, not so much. Our two beautiful children were conceived abroad.
Question: Can you be friends with someone you’ve had sex with? We’ve been close since we met in college and a few weeks ago got curious about what it would be like to have sex.
Question: I (31) have recently had my first baby. My partner (37) is complaining that all I do is obsess over our 4-month-old and that I no longer pay him any real attention.
