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Help! I really like the man I am seeing but . . .

‘Another doozy was the overly presumptuous suitor, ‘Back to mine is it?’. ‘No, it bloody well isn’t,’ One would invariably mutter before stalking off into the night.

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Help! I am not the patient parent I wanted to be

‘At this point, your Aunt turns Sunrise to full volume so Harry and Megan, the parakeets, don’t pick up anymore inappropriate phases’

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Help!

‘These last few weeks One’s get up and go also just got up and went. One has no idea where it disappeared to.’

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Help! My ex-husband’s new partner won’t acknowledge me

‘One does not like to cast aspersions, OK fine, One loves to cast aspersions...’

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Feeling frazzled? Here’s the secret to slowing down.

‘We race into shopping centres as if charging into battle.’

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The secret to ditching your bullying best mate

Dear Aunty, I want to break up with my best friend but I don’t know how to do it. What should I do?

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Help! Which pet would make the best companion?

‘There is nothing worse than trying to work out whodunit in Law & Order only to miss important clues’

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Anxiety AuntPremiumHow do I adjust to a more mundane life?

‘One’s previous life wasn’t all champagne-drenched parties in Paris and speed boat trips to Capri on days off between shows’

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Jay Hanna

Anxiety Aunt PremiumHelp! How do I deal with memories of domestic violence

‘There are men and women all over the world who have been rocked by this trial’

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Should I overlook my partner’s daggy hobby?

‘Now there’s an unfortunate hobby if ever your Aunt heard of one’

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Help! I let rip in yoga and now I can’t face going back.

‘it was clear the seafood paella One had ordered for lunch was not playing nicely with One’s digestive system’

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Has my RAT test obsession gone too far?

‘His wheelie bin is littered with more RAT carcasses than the sewers of New York City’

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Channel your rage then turn the page

‘As luck would have it, your Aunt often has an axe to grind with someone about something.’

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Head lice: the stuff nightmares are made of

‘They will haunt your nightmares far more than Freddie Krueger or Jason whatshisname from Friday the 13th ever did.’

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Would I be wrong to attend Anzac Day events?

‘They know there is much to be learnt from the mistakes of the past’.

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Time to cover up the melons for the sake of an old ticker

‘Her nipples certainly aren’t hurting anyone — well, unless you are correct about your husband’s ticker not being up to the challenge — but if you must encourage her to cover up then do it in a kind manner.’

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Help! My next-door neighbour has romantic feelings for me

‘Her mobile scooter can often be found parked outside a different unit at her assisted-living complex’.

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Do I bite my lip in the face of offensive jokes?

‘Starting a full blown bunfight at the 80th birthday celebrations for dear old Aunt Bessie is probably not the right time or place’

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Help! A colleague took my idea, then she got promoted

‘To say the world of professional dancing is cutthroat is a bit like saying Will Smith was a tad out of line at the Oscars last week.’

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I gave my friends COVID, how do I make it up to them?

I assume as I got sick first that I gave it to everyone and I feel terrible about it. How do I make it up to them?

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Do I report my anti-vax neighbour for flouting COVID rules?

I think my anti-vax neighbour is a close contact or might well be COVID positive, but he refuses to test as he ‘doesn’t believe in the COVID’. Should I report him or just stay out of his way?

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What’s the secret to finding contentment in life?

I’m a regular reader of your column and I have a question: how do you stay positive, especially in such trying and worrying times? You always seem to look on the bright side of things. What’s your secret?

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Anxiety AuntPremiumI’m being outshone, what do I do?

‘Of course it is hard when someone steals your thunder’

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Jay Hanna

Anxiety Aunt PremiumShould I try and change my thrifty partner?

‘McDonalds is no place to woo a lady’

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