Philippa Perry

1 week ago | substack.com | Philippa Perry

Send your problems to me here Subject to Terms and ConditionsThe Question:My partner and I have been together for 25 years. We have just come through his cancer diagnosis and treatment, which has left him incontinent and impotent. It is not clear whether either of these things will improve. Since then he has started going to church. I could see how it helped him and I was okay with it, although I did feel we had both been in agreement until now about the harms of organised religion.

2 weeks ago | substack.com | Philippa Perry

In this week’s letter, a woman finds herself trapped in a decade-long relationship defined by deceit, emotional neglect, and a troubling pattern in her partner’s behaviour. She’s stayed, hoping love would heal what was broken. But what happens when hope becomes a kind of self-betrayal? Dear Philippa,This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I started a relationship with my man when I was 20 and he was 41.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Philippa Perry

The question I am a man in my mid-50s, living with my wife and our children. Two years ago, I admitted to an affair, texting sex workers, watching porn and checking out women in public. I was not upfront with my wife and it badly affected her self-worth. Since then, I have been in therapy and some childhood issues have come to light around secrecy, lying and feeling unlovable. But I take responsibility for my actions.

1 month ago | msn.com | Philippa Perry

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1 month ago | theguardian.com | Philippa Perry

The question I’m a man in my late 50s. My parents were teenagers when I was born. They married so I wouldn’t be illegitimate, it was the 1960s. My parents divorced. My mum and stepdad moved up north, my father remarried and stayed down south. My father and his wife have three children, now in their 40s. My stepdad killed himself when I was in my early 20s, but I’ve come to realise he was much more of a parent to me than my actual father.