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                                |   | Farewell Mariella: ‘I wanted to say thanks’
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My fiancé is trying to control me and stop me seeing my parents | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My partner says she still loves her ‘very good-looking’ ex | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My mum tells me too many details about my abusive dad | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | He had an affair when I was at my lowest. Can I trust him again? | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I worry constantly about the safety of my grown-up daughters | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I was sexually abused at 11, but my mum won’t speak about it | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My mum loves me, but doesn’t really know me | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My dad’s girlfriend is horrible to me, and he never puts me first | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My parents voted Ukip and break Covid rules. They really appal me | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My partner wants her ex to stay over, and it makes me worry | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My boyfriend spends all his time selling weed. Should I leave? | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I’m having fantasies about men who look like my father | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I’m thinking of asking a work colleague out for a romantic walk
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My kids and parents rely on me. Is it selfish to put myself first? | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | The idea of having a baby scares me. What if my child is horrible? | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My difficult son is using his new baby to manipulate me | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My daughter is at uni, but bad relationships are bringing her down | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I’ve retired and my sex drive has fallen. I’m letting my wife down | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Now I’ve had a baby, I resent my young stepson coming over
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I have two great men in my life – but I can’t choose between them | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Soon after we moved to France, my husband died. Now I feel so lost | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    France
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | My anxious partner won’t come home because of Covid | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I feel bullied and hopeless. How can I find happiness? | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My friend unloads her anxiety on me, and now I feel drained | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I’m secretly dating a reformed sex offender. Is it a terrible idea? | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | The man who texted me during lockdown has now gone quiet | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I lost my temper with my daughter. I feel I’m failing as a parent | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Our relationship is perfect – except we don’t have sex | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My son keeps stealing from me and my dad, but I can’t tell anyone | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My wife has banished my brother for posting pictures of our baby | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | My ex was charming but critical. Now I’ve lost all my confidence | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I’m 70, but I can’t stop my new partner from talking to other people | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | A question painted on walls and printed on t-shirts — who killed Marielle Franco?
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Brazil
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | My partner’s teenage daughter has to be the centre of his attention | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | I’ve got a top degree but wash dishes – and can’t face the future | Dear Mariella
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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