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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Woman in a Man’s Body
I am a 58 year-old man, and feel like a woman in a man’s body. I am feminine, and have said to myself that I should have been a woman. I have breasts, and a bum, and legs which are feminine. Do I have a lot of feminine genes? Continue reading
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Toothpaste Sex
I’d like a verdict on this unusual (for me) habit my girlfriend insists on during our sexual sessions. She is really all I’ve ever craved. She’s beautiful, and the horniest inventive sexual being I’ve ever met. I’m considering asking her to marry me, but this trick of hers during sex worries me. Continue reading
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Aroused by Violence
I wonder if you can help me. I’m 32, single and heterosexual. My problem is that although I’m not a violent or aggressive individual, I’m aroused by the thought of violence, or the infliction of pain. Continue reading
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Women’s Knickers and a Large Penis
About six months before we split up, my girlfriend uncovered a stash of pornographic magazines and women’s knickers that I kept hidden in the garage. When she confronted me with them, I decided that honesty was the best policy… Continue reading
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Talking about Sex
I want to talk to my teenage son about sex but every time I try he gets so embarrassed and walks away – how can I make it less embarrassing for him? Continue reading
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Men want sex, women want love
Men and women are more similar than dissimilar in their needs, whether sexual or romantic. Cut through the chatter and the reality is that most men want to be loved and cherished, and most women welcome a good shag. Where the two sexes do vary is in how they experience and express those needs. Continue reading
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Getting a Buzz
Men can be sent into a tizzy by their partners using a vibrator. The source of the anxiety isn’t so much the item itself but the feeling of being excluded, surplus to requirements and, of course, shown up. The problem is, sometimes it’s true! Continue reading
How Much is Too Much?
Top shelf magazines seem to be available in most local newsagents, yet couples often wonder if using porn in their relationship helps or harms. There is nothing unhealthy or unusual in using visual stimulus as an addition, to spice up your sex life. Many people do it, from watching hot love scenes in a film to looking at sexy pics in a magazine. But when you get into the extremes of hard core videos and no-holds-barred sex sites, you may be in dangerous territory. Continue reading
Condom Etiquette
Etiquette books, detailing social codes based on traditional society, haven’t yet got around to laying down the rules of polite screwing. Which is a pity. Continue reading
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Sex Therapy and How to Get It
When sex is a problem rather than a joy, where do you turn? Continue reading
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