Liam McEneaney: Working Class Fancy

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ASK e JEAN

Jan 12, 2020

My wonderful boyfriend, at the tender age of 39, has realised he doesn’t enjoy sex. He’s handsome, silly, honest and kind, so he still engages in the act to keep me happy, but it’s just not pleasurable for either of us. The cuddles afterward, however

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Ask E Jean

Apr 14, 2019

I have a quiet personality. I speak softly. I’ve tried to talk louder. I’ve tried saying, “Please hear me out.” I’ve even raised my voice and said, “Please listen!” and yet, nine times out of 10, men interrupt and talk over me. They even go so far as

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I’ll Not Risk Myself

Feb 10, 2024

My phone reception is better outside the laundromat, so I spend most of my time waiting for laundry on the bench near the door. I don’t talk with my friends, but I surf the news. I like to know what’s going on. I don’t like people to know about me, t

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Ask E Jean

Aug 11, 2019

I’m scared to death of divorce — or rather, life after divorce. My husband is an army recruiter stationed in another state. I have a great job and my parents help take care of our three-year-old son. He recently visited us for a week. I  was extremel

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Festival

Sep 15, 2018

My husband, who loved festivals, who was a great fan of festivals, wanted to get to the square in time for the first band at eleven o’clock. From bed, the dog and I watched him dress. He tried on various T-shirts, declaring some of them too tight and

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ASK Aunty Nelly Our Antonella Tells It How It Is

Apr 25, 2024

Q My best friend and I have been sleeping together on and off for years – we've known each other since we were teenagers and whenever we're single we end up in bed. We're both adamant that we don't want to be a couple but it's hard to move on to some

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Virginia Ironside

Jun 2, 2021

Q My husband is not as virile, shall we say, as he used to be. We haven’t managed to have sex for a year now. To put it bluntly, he can’t get it up. Now, I don’t mind a bit, because sex had become very painful recently, but he is devastated and refus

The Big Issue

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Joanna Scanlan

May 24, 2021

A At 16 I was at a very pleasant girls’ boarding school in North Wales. I enjoyed that life, I had bags of fabulous friends – I’ve enjoyed friendship all through my life. Until I was 16 I always took it upon myself to stand up for what I saw as injus