Who is Suzie?
I’m a Relate-trained counsellor, an accredited parenting educator, an agony aunt with over 15 years experience of working on UK national magazines (including eight years as agony aunt of Women’s Own), newspapers, television, radio and online and the author of 26 books – the two most recent being Teach Yourself Step-parenting and Teach Yourself Single Parenting. I was the counsellor in ‘Stepfamilies’, a major BBC1 series, helping people sort their way through the difficulties of bringing new families together.
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My daughter wants me to give up my partner
My daughter is more or less saying that I need to give up my happy relationship with my partner or else she wants nothing to do with me. What can i do? Continue reading
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He’s been off with me
He’s been off with me but says everything is fine. Continue reading
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Should I pay for him?
My new man has absolutely no savings behind him, although he does have a job. Not only do I have a job but I also have substantial savings behind me which he is unaware of. How and when should it ever come out that I have this money? Continue reading
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Is it thrush?
For about a week I’ve been having a thick white, almost solid, foul smelling discharge from my vagina and it’s really sore all the time. Is it thrush? Continue reading
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I can’t get back to my studies!
I’m halfway through my summer break from universtiy and I’m finding it difficult to motivate myself to get back into academic work. I know I need to do some soon, but it always looks as if I can put it off further, and it never seems appealing. Continue reading
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Office tease
She tells me that she sleeps nude and that the doors to her home are never locked. but she is moving into an apartment with her boyfriend and continually throws this boyfriend into my face…not in a rude way, but always mentions him – constantly. She confuses me to no end. Is she just a tease?
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I thought drinking would help!
I’m so depressed. My parents think I’m just being silly and its my hormones but all the signs are pointing to depression. I started drinking because I knew it wouldn’t do any harm and it wouldn’t cause any problems. Continue reading
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Everyone seems to leave
i think i am suffering depression. I have been feeling like it for sometime now, but it comes and goes, just this time it seems thats it’s not going away. i have a lot of things on my mind, but i dont help myself as i find it hard to speak to people about how i am feeling. so i bottle it up. Continue reading
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I’m crazy about this girl
We broke up because we were always arguing but I just want her back. What can you suggest? Continue reading
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After 27 years, am I selfish to want to be alone?
I’ve been married for 27 years but for 10 years, on and off, I’ve felt I would like to live alone. My husband is not a bad man and I have 3 brilliant children and would be hurting them if I left but I don’t know what to do. Continue reading
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