Philippa Perry

3 days ago | philippaperry.substack.com | Philippa Perry

This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Email your problems to [email protected] subject to my Terms and ConditionsDear Philippa,I would welcome your thoughts on how I can move forward. I’ve entered my seventies now, and I feel I am ending my life in a sad place. I’ve been married for over forty years. After the children arrived, I stayed at home and life became less pleasurable for me.

6 days ago | philippaperry.substack.com | Philippa Perry

THE QUESTIONDear Philippa,I am currently due to turn 40 and my partner and I have been together for seven years and have a six-year-old. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Email your problems to [email protected] subject to my Terms and ConditionsWhen we met, my partner insisted he only wanted one child. I suppose I held out hope he might change his mind.

1 week ago | philippaperry.substack.com | Philippa Perry

Hi Philippa,I had my first baby nine months ago. While new motherhood is hard work, it’s the most rewarding job I’ve ever had. The problem is that my husband and I haven’t had sex in a year. I know that the ‘roommate phase’ is a well-documented thing, and that we’re both tired at the end of each day. But we do have some opportunities, and either it doesn’t occur to him at all, or it does to me and I am rejected almost immediately.

1 week ago | philippaperry.substack.com | Philippa Perry

Dear Philippa,When I was 6 years old, I was sent to a private school, and the experience has left me traumatised to this day. I was forced to eat everything that was put in front of me at lunchtime, and if I did not clear my plate completely, I was left in the large school hall alone until I had finished my plate. I could never finish the food, and consequently was left there until 4pm when school finished and I was allowed to go home.

2 weeks ago | philippaperry.substack.com | Philippa Perry

The QuestionThis Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Dear PhilippaMy husbands parents are divorced. When he and his brother were children, they (my husband and his family) often holidayed with and socialised with another family, with similar aged children. The parents are all since out of touch with one another but the kids are connected through social media.