Laura Collins | Counsellor and columnist

'Frankly, I don’t enjoy sex and find myself making excuses to avoid it.'

'I feel like whatever I do, this is all going to end in disaster.'

'I always take the trouble for him, so why can’t I have some pleasure in return?'

'I’m still in such shock, I just don’t know what to make of it.'

'I feel torn between my desire for her and the love I feel for my wife.'

'I’d completely forgotten what it was like to feel this attractive.'

'They can’t accept that all I want is a good time in bed.'

'He swears his marriage is unhappy, but says he can’t leave home while the kids are small.'

'I’ve tried making the first move but he usually says he’s too tired.'

'I can get gorgeous guys but I can’t seem to hang on to them.'

'She knows all about me and I know next to nothing about her.' 

'It’s like an addiction I just can’t break.'

'I’ve made excuses for him because I desperately want things to work out.'

'My head is all over the place.'

'I confess, I’ve waited in the car outside his flat to see if he brings a girl home.'

'When I’m on my own everything seems to work okay.'

'He recently bought her a flash car and paid for a boob job.'

'He said he likes the freedom of seeing other girls, although none will ever be as special as me.'

'I like things as they are.'

'Is that the sort of woman he really wishes he was with?'

'She’s worried that someone will marry me for my money.'

'I feel like I’m in an impossible position and can’t see a way out.'

'He says there’s something wrong with me and I’m a pervert.'

'The dates are right and he looks a lot like me.'

'My friends are very sceptical about his stories.'