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Desperate Farmwife: 'you know, it's not all doom and gloom'
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Farming life isn't for everyone, but for the farming community it can bring so much joy in the midst of all the challenges.
4 June 2025 Ask Miriam
Dear Miriam: ‘my husband thinks he does the household chores ‘for me’
A Sligo lady asks Miriam's advice on how to bring her husband around to believing the division of labour in running a home should be equal and that doing chores isn't a favour to bestow on his wife.
28 May 2025 l2
'Weddings are all about love - for those present and those absent but missed'
Wedding traditions may have changed but love endures.
‘I may not be milking cows five nights a week - but I am contributing'
Just because she hasn't spent much time in the shed this year doesn't mean our Desperate Farmwife hasn't been working hard for the family farm.
7 May 2025 Travel
Dear Miriam: I won’t consider marriage unless I can get a pre-nuptial agreement
A Leinster reader asks Miriam's advice on the legality surrounding pre nuptial agreements after seeing several men lose 'big money' when their marriages broke down.
2 April 2025 Ask Miriam
‘Over the years, I have unwittingly formed a girl gang in my own home'
This International Women's Day, our Desperate Farmwife is calling out weaponised incompetence as she sees it.
5 March 2025 Features
Dear Miriam: my parents think our ‘sleep divorce’ means we are in trouble
A reader looks for advice on a 'sleep divorce' and how to explain to her parents that her marriage is not in trouble.
5 March 2025 Ask Miriam
"It's not a smoke house you're running here; it's Love Island!"
Frank Hederman and Caroline Workman have built a smoke house, a career and a thriving community, all from a love of slow food, writes Janine Kennedy.
12 February 2025 News
Desperate Farmhusband: could they make a bolus for your spouse?
A tip for our Desperate Farmhusband: maybe comparing your wife to a cow isn't the best way to be spending your Valentine's Day.
12 February 2025 Features
Dear Miriam: my son is not pulling his weight at home with his young family
This week an annoyed reader asks for advice on her son not pulling his weight in his new family.
5 February 2025 Ask Miriam
Desperate Farmwife: ‘what is it about 40 which makes one feel so confident?'
Who knew turning 40 would bring such clarity of mind and confidence? Certainly not our Desperate Farmwife.
6 November 2024 Features