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Love & sex

  • Man and woman in wedding attire

    The moment I knew: he kissed me goodnight – then rang to make sure I saw the moon

  • A man places a ring on a woman’s hand

    ‘I didn’t expect anything to change’: what makes long-term de facto couples decide to marry?

    Why tie the knot with someone you have lived with for years – and what happens next? Three women share their stories
  • Sebastian and Teresa

    This is how we do it: ‘Since having prostate cancer I can’t get an erection, but I still get just as much pleasure’

    With penetrative sex no longer an option, Sebastian and Teresa have found different ways to satisfy one other
  • Trisha and Neil

    Blind date: ‘I warned him if he was less than complimentary, my girls would hunt him down’

  • Composite of a young heterosexual looking into each other's eyes, while in the background a man walks away.

    ‘We chose not to blow up our life’: readers on surviving infidelity

  • Painting: Anthony van Dyck Wooing his Model (1827) by Gustaaf Wappers.

    My partner concealed he had more than one ex-wife. Should I be nervous about our future?

  • ‘I feel so much more sexually confident with him and have a happiness I’ve never felt before.’

    The stress of cheating on my wife is making me ill – but I can no longer suppress who I am

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Blind date

  • Harry and Jack standing together, smiling.

    Blind date in Sydney: ‘Tall, good-looking, shirt decidedly unbuttoned – my doubts vanished’

  • Sonia and Stefan next to each other.

    Blind date: ‘Did we kiss? In public? Heavens, no, we’re British! But we did have a warm goodbye hug’

  • Sam and Zillah next to each other.

    Blind date: ‘I spilled salsa roja down my cleavage. He looked away as I cleaned it off. Gentleman’

  • Hywel & Leah Blind Date

    Blind date: ‘She tells a great story. One of them is ripe for an eight-part Netflix series’

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Relationships

  • Natalie and Beccy in 2023.

    How we met
    How we met: ‘She accosted me and told me she’d looked me up on Facebook’

  • Senior woman sitting on the bench<br>Lonely senior woman is sitting on the bench in park

    Ask Philippa
    I’ve lost contact with my brother. Is it too late to reach out?

  • ‘I feel so much more sexually confident with him and have a happiness I’ve never felt before.’

    Sexual healing
    The stress of cheating on my wife is making me ill – but I can no longer suppress who I am

  • Unsympathetic - man woman illustration

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My brother bullied me, which has had a lifelong impact. Can I build bridges with him now?

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