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Love & sex

  • William Powell Frith, For Better For Worse

    Everyone is starting to guess how wealthy my fiance is. How do I stop this affecting my friendships?

  • ‘The term best friend was inadequate’ ... Rhaina Cohen hugs a friend.

    ‘She’s my sacred other’: is friendship, not romance, the key to a happy and fulfilled life?

    What would the world look like if we put our mates above all other relationships? Much better, says Rhaina Cohen
  • A man and woman having fun in bed, while in a separate scene a man look glumly into the distance

    My wife refuses to end her affair because she enjoys the sex too much. What should I do?

    She says everything in our relationship is perfect – except that she’s no longer attracted to me
  • Composite image of two women for callout to readers on 'how do you stay friends with your exes?'

    Tell us: how do you maintain friendships with your exes?

  • Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing

    Readers reply: where in the world do people call their partner ‘Baby’?

  • Mother Homeschooling her 4 Children<br>Single Mum in a home environment home schools / helps her children with homework. Recognisable scene for parents in lockdown attempting to juggle a work / life balance during the Coronavirus pandemic.

    My mum loves other people’s children more than her own

  • A husband and wife pose at an outdoor garden, featuring a fountain pouring water into a large teacup.

    The moment I knew: I’m not sure how many police officers heard me say ‘I love you’ – but Clare did and that’s all that matters

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Blind date

  • Ariel is wearing a quilted jacket and has long, wavy hair. Alex is wearing a navy blazer and white T-shirt. Both are smiling.

    Blind date: ‘I was a bit shocked to learn she had never eaten a prawn before. A prawn!’

  • A selfie of Tony and Shelagh standing by the Colosseum on their mini-break in Rome

    ‘The best decision I’ve ever made’: a Guardian Blind date success story

  • A composite image of Susan, wearing jeans and a red jumper, with her arms up and her hands clasped behind her head, and Gerard wearing a dark suit and white shirt

    Blind date: ‘She observed that my suit would have been more in keeping with a funeral’

  • A composite image of Raina, wearing a purple polo neck, and Tony in a blue jacket, shirt and waistcoat, and a bootlace tie, and holding a flower

    Blind date: ‘She’s uncomfortable with compliments, so only one: beautiful’

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Relationships

  • Anna and John in the snow in Finland

    How we met
    How we met: ‘No decent person turns away a refugee. So when she asked if she could stay, I said yes’

  • Mother Homeschooling her 4 Children<br>Single Mum in a home environment home schools / helps her children with homework. Recognisable scene for parents in lockdown attempting to juggle a work / life balance during the Coronavirus pandemic.

    Ask Philippa
    My mum loves other people’s children more than her own

  • A man and woman having fun in bed, while in a separate scene a man look glumly into the distance

    Sexual healing
    My wife refuses to end her affair because she enjoys the sex too much. What should I do?

  • angry woman woman woman-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I want to celebrate my 50th – but my friends can’t stand each other

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