What took place in 2010...

Richard Watson, the man who predicted the credit crunch, gives his take on the shape of things to come next year

A problem shared: should I have another baby?

Shane Watson: Death of the single girl

Aunt Sally: My father abused me and my mum covered up for him

Mrs Mills: New Year fun

Wait until after midnight, when everyone is feeling slightly maudlin and sentimental, before announcing you need to make a clean breast

The trouble with women: fake tans

Jonathan, 28, an architect, explains why the smell of fake tans turns him off

What it feels like to be a pick-up artist

A self-confessed former geek turned himself into a 60-girls-a-night man with the help of the dating guide The Game

The trouble with women: they give us chores

'Oh, as it’s your day off, can you put on the washing, mop the floor, take out the rubbish, vacuum, get down the market...'

A problem shared: how do I stop hitting?

I have an energetic four-year-old and a baby. When the eldest annoys me, I repeat behaviour from my childhood and lash out

Sally: my daughter needs boundaries

Are there therapists who deal with basic things such as boundaries, knowing your rights and stopping people from manipulating you?

Mrs Mills: avoid strokes

A divorced friend of my wife’s is shortly to have breast-enhancement surgery. What is the etiquette in such matters?

Dear Tanya: pushed into an abortion.

I had my second abortion earlier this year, on the same day that my sister gave birth to her second child. I feel messed up

Mrs Mills: office torture

Pretend you have gone deaf and wear hearing aids. Of course, you are really listening to download on your MP3 player

The trouble with women: they sulk

Nick, 30, a banker, is tired of grumpy girlfriends. The melodrama goes on for days, when it could be solved really quickly

Sally: He loves me less than his ex

He loved her once. Just remember that it doesn’t mean he loved her better, it means he loved her differently

A problem shared: my mother is resentful

Babewatch: readers reveal sexism in their lives

In our regular weekly column, Times readers expose examples of casual sexism that men have experienced