How to mend a broken relationship
Rowing all the time? Or maybe you've just stopped talking altogether? Every relationship goes through bad patches, but no matter how grim it feels right now there's plenty you can do to get it back on track.
Agony aunt Kate Corr looks at the main reasons your relationship could be at breaking point and talks to Relate to give you expert advice on how to help you sort it out...
The problems
- An affair
- Money problems
- Miscarriage
- Gone off sex
- Drifting apart
By Kate Corr
Where to next?
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10 signs your relationship is over
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8 rules of arguing in a relationship
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Arguing: Don't name call and keep to the point
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Domestic violence
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Emergency helplines
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He's having an affair
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He's having an affair: Decision time
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He's having an affair: how you might feel
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He's having an affair: Should you go?
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He's having an affair: Should you stay?
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He's having an affair: what should I do?
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Keeping the peace at Christmas
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Phoenix Trinity-May, about 1 month
I went out with one of my best mates for 3 weeks but then my ex boyfriend started causing trouble and eventualy ended up beating me sevral times and has got realy possessive and paranoid . Im too scared to tell anyone and im gutted ive lost my boyfriend because i love him still even though we arent together .... Weve even gone so low the we hardly say hi to eachother now im scared ive lost him as a friend too . Is there anything i can do to build back that friendship again ? If so please could you send me some advice ? i dont want to lose him again :(
Report this commentnicole, about 1 month
ok, where do i start. my relationship of 18 yrs is now down to ziltch! my partner has always refused to get married, but tells everyone else that it is me that doesnt want it. now he has started drinking at least three litres a night, and often followed by vodka. we now argue all the time. when i had our son 13 yrs ago, i had PND and beat him up, but in my defense, he did antagonise the situation by telling me i was a fat lazy B***h. But for 13 yrs he has kept bringing this up everytime we have a row, which he usually starts. he suggested we move to another country, which we did, and promised me it would bring us closer. I made a huge effort to make friends with him encouraging me, but now he says i think more of them than him. well to be honest he thinks more of the dog than me!! i work building our home, and then work cleaning our home etc but all he sees is bad points. i dont know what to do because the only time we talk is in an argument and he is so much better than i am at them. I always end up being the one to apologise, when it is not always me that is at fault. I feel like i am going mad. life is way too short to carry on like this. but dont want to take his kids away from him.
Report this commentjen, 9 months
im in a nitemare, ive split wiv my partner of 2 years who i love so much, were 2gether for 2 years, in the beginning it was really gd, sex and everything, then he started getting jealous,possessive an paranoid, i put up wiv it cause loved him, i stopped seeing my friends an going out just for him, i got a bit resentfull cause he still wanted 2 go out and see friends, then all of a sudden he stopped being jealous, possessive and paranoid and i became like it, is that reverse phycology or wot? also in the meantime i had a misscarrage and had 2 av an abortion at six months with twins, we got through that 2gether, now we have split cause he says he cnt handle the way i am, i admit i did say sum pretty nasty things to him through my paranoia, but he had his faults 2, anyway the split has blown me away, hit me so hard that i have snapped out of all this paranoia, i just want 2 show him that i have changed just like he snapped out of it, he just wnt give me the chance, wnt take the risk, how do i get him back, i love him so much so do my children, he was like a dad 2 them,i was a victim of domestic violence for eight years b4 imet him, i bn trying for 3 weeks 2 get him bck, we still talking, shud i give up, cnt live wivout him, any advice x
Report this commentchanel, 10 months
im very happy with my boyfriend we have been going out for about 13-14months, but the problem is he lies about stupid little things like "i havent eaten for 4 days" "i used to work here" and i know dam well hes lieing and he once told my family he was adopted and he aint hes also told them he had brought me a phone and a ring ect for loads of money and he was lieing ! i dont understand why i dont know if i can help in anyway because now my family have lost all respect for him and no one belives a word he says i need some advise could some one please help me i will be so greatefull thankyou xx
Report this commentke, 10 months
im going thur the samething that both of u guys are going thur only ive been with my boyfriend for 5 years and have two kids by him already and im pregant again now i dont know what i sud do
Report this commentdawn smith, 12 months
where do i start??....theres a boy in my life that my family hate because he has used me, hurt me n broken my heart so many times in the past. he knows that he can get away with anything with me because i love him so much i just give in everytime. some days he will ignore me, other days he will answer n reply to my texts. he will only see me when he wants sex. we have started a relationship in the past but he left me because he said he only wants one night stands and to go out and have fun. he loves me and has feelings for me but wants me to wait for him 2 want me. i suffer with depression and self harm and he has no idea of how much he hurts me inside. i just dont know what to do to make him realise. he is 21 and i am 18...iv been in plenty of mistake relationships one of which beat me up. n i found it so hard to get over that n im now trying to turn my life around as its hard waking up every morning with scars to remind you of your past. but i just love him so much and want to be with him. uts driving me crazy. iv also had signs of pregnancy for the past 2 weeks as i let him use me 3 week ago. i just dont knw what to do.
Report this commentcharlotte, about 1 year
my boyfriend of 2 years says he isnt happy anymore he has felt like this for 2 months what do i do
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Dave young, 11 days
I,me a 66 year old Fit and healthy man , Divorsed, Been living with a woman who smokes heavily and don.t care where she smokes in the house. And i,me fed up with it.i,me looking for a room or a small flat as the house is hers, We are always argueing
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