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Hi Andrew,
I’m 38 and single and cut out your Guardian article. I’ve been single for 10+ years. Dates and so on; nothing serious.
My life is totally different to what I ever imagined - in some very positive ways. The negative side is I just never expected to be single. Life is generally [...]

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I am a 36-year-old woman who has never had a serious relationship. The longest I’ve ever gone out with a man is two weeks. Many people consider me attractive and I’ve been told by acquaintances and strangers that I am beautiful. The men who are interested me I never find physically attractive. That is important [...]

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Dear Andrew,
I am rereading your book ‘The Single Trap’ and I find it just such an eye opener…so thank you for that.
I am divorced (married for 13 years, was mainly good) after separating 6 years ago, I’m 43, and have had a few unsuccessful short lived relationships since then, the last being [...]

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Dear Andrew,
I ordered and read your book The Single Trap and found it sound and wise. I am a professional woman, turning 48 soon, and a mother of two teenager sons. I got divorced 2,5 years ago, mainly because of my ex’s alcoholism and depression which started to affect deeply my son’s and my own [...]

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Dear Andrew,
I’ve recently lost my ‘love’ for my boyfriend and it’s been extremely upsetting to me. I miss those feelings so much, and it’s been so hard on him because he knows I’m in a different place emotionally.
We have a long distance relationship (he’s English, I’m Australian) and we’ve been very happy together for quite [...]

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Hi Andrew,
I read your article in the Guardian on ‘The Single Trap’ and thought it was really interesting. I was just wondering whether you have any advice for me.
I’m 25, live in London and have a good set of friends and am a chipper person. But lately I’ve become a bit disenchanted.
The last guy I [...]

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Dear Andrew,

Am working my way through The Single Trap - thank-you for actually “getting” the singles thing, treating us gently and not as lesser beings!
For the first time I’m seeing my situation in a context which makes sense but I have to confess that I’m struggling with an important element of moving on as set [...]

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Hi Andrew,
i’m an 38 old italian female, i live in italy and speak a little english.
i’m reading your book “the single Trap”, but i can’t go on with the seventh chapter cause pratically my last relationship has broken a few days ago.
i’ve starting reading your book before the end because i knew of [...]

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Dear Andrew,
On the Internet (eBooks and websites) there are vast information for men on how to get a woman. On getting a woman they make a global distinction between two different types of men: a “nice guy” and an “alpha male”. They say that a “nice guy” is a guy a woman will like to [...]

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Hi Andrew,
I saw the article in the Guardian and thought wow this is definitely a book for me so I have purchased the book. In the mean time I would like to get some advice from you.
I am 36 year old female. I have never been in a full length relationship. I have dated once [...]

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Andrew G. Marshall is a marital therapist with twenty five years’ experience.

He works for RELATE the UK’s leading couple-counselling charity, and writes on relationships for the Times, Mail on Sunday and Psychologies.

His books have been translated into fifteen different languages.