Dear Mr Bassie,I read previously where you advised on how to replace a lost British Resident Permit (BRP). My issue is that I have lost the decision letter and I do not know from which post office I need to pick up my BRP. How should I handle this...
Q Help! My wife spends my money as if there is no tomorrow! She was not like this for the first four years of our marriage. In fact, she was quite responsible with her spending. But ever since I got a major promotion at work and an increase in...
Heart disease is still the number one killer worldwide. The human heart is an extraordinary muscular pump that automatically pumps blood around the body through thousands of miles of blood vessels. From while you were still in your mother's womb...
My daughter wants to do creative dancing for a profession. How can I change her mind?A: Have your daughter sit with a career counsellor and look at her skills and talents. If she decides to pursue dancing, let her sit wit a business counsellor to...
Q Hi, doc. I am 19, female, and in the second year of my degree course. I would like your advice regarding my fiancé's views on sex positions.I have always been a conventional sort of girl, so when we first started to have sexual relations, I...
Q: I have been in a long-distance relationship with my girlfriend for the last five-and-a-half years. She is a caring, supportive person. She is mature for her age. She is a true professional. We are both 32. She is in a steady job overseas. It is...
The male equivalent to the menopause in women is called the andropause. While not as obvious an event as the menopause, men do suffer from declining hormone levels with age.While the female sex hormones rapidly fall in women in their 40s, in men...
Q. My mother has an opportunity to work out in the country area, but it is a two-hour commute. She would leave at 6 a.m. and return at 7 each evening. I am 17 and told her I would take care of my 10-year-old brother. Dad is not around. We need the...
Q. Hi, Doc. I am female, age 17. And I have a new boyfriend who is a couple of years older than I. I think he is experienced with women. He says he loves me. We have not had sex. In fact, he says that he doesn’t want to have full sex with me...
Dear Counsellor,I stay awake many nights wondering whether I married Mr Right. While dating, I was sure he was my soulmate. He was affable, wise and bright. He had a very good job and was fairly well known in the business community.He took me to an...
Q. Sir, I am a student and I had sex with my girlfriend two times. But she had no bleeding afterwards. However, she told me that she did not ‘sex’ with anyone before me. Also, she told me that had never used any kind of sex toy, or done...
Q My mother glamourises the actions of her 16-year-old grandson. He can do no wrong. How can I tell her it is time to stop?A You simply need to say it. Let grandmother know you want your son to grow up knowing he is not perfect and not everyone will...
Q: Hi, Doc. I am a 19-year-old female and I would like your fatherly advice about men and why they are so strange.So far, I have dated four different boys and there has been a certain amount of what you might call intimacy, but I cannot understand...
Q: My husband is very controlling and it is driving me up the wall. He was not like that when we got married eight years ago. At that time he was a free spirit and fun-loving. He has changed since I lost my job and only work part-time. But this part...
QA pleasant day to you, Doc. I am a female teenager - age 19 - and I am scared!I fear that my boyfriend may have given me cancer during sex.Two weeks ago, he was pestering me to let him have anal sex - for the first time ever. I did not want to do...
The fear of blindness is a major concern for many people, especially as they get older. Of all our five senses, eyesight is probably the one we treasure the most. Our eyes provide a window to the world and in many ways function like a camera...
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington,I recently married a permanent resident of the United States (United States). We have read that if he files for me while I am in the States, it would take a shorter period of time relative to being filed for outside of the...
Dear Mr Bassie,In the past I visited the United Kingdom and overstayed. I would like to know how overstaying beyond what was granted on my visa, will be treated by the United Kingdom authorities, if I plan to visit the United Kingdom again. There...
Dear Ms Powell,I am supposed to go into final year at the University of the West Indies (UWI) next September and I'm contemplating not going back. My boyfriend is a Canadian citizen. He takes good care of me and gives me money for my boarding. He is...
Q I did not grow up with my mother and father. I was brought up by a relative.When she migrated, another relative took over. When that relative was tired of me, an aunt helped out. They did their best.In primary school, I was curious about sex and...
Q I am tired of my mother going on and on about my father's laziness. We know he is lazy. He has not had a steady job, ever. I cannot, for the life of me, understand why she does not chase him away. It has been 17 years and she has always been the...
Q: Doc, I am a little concerned about my fiancee because she keeps saying that she wants us to have sex where people can see us. This is surprising because she is a strictly brought-up girl, and she had never been with any guy till she met me. That...
Q I have been married for 16 years and I thought I had a good marriage. I invested a lot in my wife and we have a 13-year-old son. I have my own business and I have to travel out of town, and sometimes I have to spend...
Q My estranged husband turned up at my son's graduation taking pictures as if he paid any money for the last two years. I called him later that day and shared my wrath. My son is angry at me for being angry at his father. How can I win my son back?A...
HYPERTENSION HAS been called the 'silent killer' and severely affects overall health. It is the most common cardiovascular condition in the world with a lifetime risk of almost 50 per cent in many populations. As early as the 1930s, people of...
