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Dear Miriam: ‘I want to find a partner, but I feel my weight is stopping me’
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Miriam advises a Tipperary lady who believes the secret to her attracting a life partner lies in her ability to shed weight to separate the two issues to improve her success in achieving both goals.
13 November 2024 Ask Miriam
‘My husband wants to move house before Christmas – but it’s stressing me'
The stress of a three year house build has left a married couple in Limerick at loggerheads with Miriam's advice sought on how to convince the husband to hold off on moving in until after Christmas.
6 November 2024 Ask Miriam
Dear Miriam: ‘How do I tell my daughter to rent instead of moving back home?’
A reader who is reluctant to have her daughter and son-in-law move in with her asks Miriam's advice on how she can broach the subject of a rental home instead.
Dear Miriam: ‘my siblings have our father convinced not to trust his carers’
An elderly man's reluctance to trust carers calling to his home due to his children convincing him people are out to get him is the concern raised with Miriam this week.
30 October 2024 Ask Miriam
Dear Miriam: ‘my best friend left me out of her 70th birthday party celebration'
A lady asks Miriam whether she should confront her friend for excluding her from her 70th birthday party despite their years of friendship and regular day trips together.
23 October 2024 Ask Miriam
‘I’ve lost my teen daughter to her smartphone’
Caving in to demands for a smartphone by her 12-year-old daughter leaves one concerned mother asking Miriam's advice on how to restore some boundaries with technology.
16 October 2024 Ask Miriam
Ask Miriam: 'I will never let her inside my door again'
A bitter fallout between sisters over claims one has been stealing from the other for 40 years is the issue facing Miriam this week.
9 October 2024 Ask Miriam
Ask Miriam: 'my daughter is freezing me out'
A concerned mother, who fears her daughter is suffering delayed grief from the death of her father, seeks Miriam's advice on how to rebuild their relationship.
2 October 2024 Ask Miriam
‘We’d like our dad to be more sociable’
This week, a reader seeks Miriam's advice as to how to encourage her father to be more sociable now that he lives alone following his wife moving in to a nursing home.
25 September 2024 Ask Miriam
Ask Miriam: ‘how do I say no to her babysitter offer’?
This week, Miriam offers advice to a new Mammy who is uneasy with the offer of free childminding from her sister-in-law due to differences in parenting styles.
18 September 2024 Ask Miriam
Ask Miriam: ‘my mother-in-law has controversial views’
This week, Miriam seeks to advise a lady who is finding it hard to hold her tongue when her outspoken mother in law expresses controversial views in front of her children.
11 September 2024 Ask Miriam
‘Hurt as husband forgets big birthday’
This week, a reader seeks advice from Miriam on how to handle her disappointment at her husband's lack of effort to celebrate her significant birthday.
4 September 2024 Ask Miriam