Dating
Opinion
Sex & relationships
Swiped: How a red-flagged obsession led me to Tinder
Lesson? If you see someone list their occupation as a journalist, swipe left if you have something to hide. We know how to stalk better than a private investigator.
- by Sarah Brookes
Latest
Keep or cull? What to do with the mementos of an ex-partner
A necklace. Valentine’s Day cards. CDs. Notebooks. What to do with love’s detritus?
- by Jonathan Seidler
Magazine
Sunday Life
The April 28 Edition
In the mood for love? Welcome to our romance and dating issue. Blind dates to chance encounters, loved-up celebs on how they met, and how-to nail couple dressing.
‘I thought I had been stood up’: Curtis Stone on meeting his wife of 10 years
From a blind date to literally falling at one’s feet, here’s how the earth moved for five celebrity couples.
- by Jane Rocca
After being dumped by her husband of 25 years, this is what Jo did next
“At 60, I didn’t have time to waste waiting for an uncertain future to reveal itself. I had to make my own future.”
- by Jo Peck
Like gambling: Addictive dating apps a treadmill ‘we can’t get off’
Andy can pinpoint the exact moment when he realised he was addicted to dating apps: it was during a break-up in 2016.
- by Kimberley Bond
Opinion
Sunday Life
Is there an age when we give up on love?
I’m now in my 50s and after three decades of engaging in mating, dating and relating, I’m over the drama. And the compromise. And the expectations. Also, the hurt.
- by Wendy Squires
Opinion
Sex & relationships
Does polyamory make you happier? Yes, but there may be a throuple of hurdles
Many who try polyamory feel they gain substantially from the effort. It seems they share more, with more people, and get more out of it. But there are dangers.
- by Peter Quarry
Opinion
Sunday Life
It’s important to me to be a good girlfriend. But I suspect I’m getting the better deal
My partner’s love language is acts of service, whereas mine is words of affirmation. Is it possible that I’m better off here?
- by Kerri Sackville
‘I was scared to message her’: The Inspired Unemployed comedian on his model girlfriend
“I didn’t know if she felt the same,” says Matt Ford, one half of the comedy duo who recently made headlines for a prank involving three high-profile feminists.
- by Jane Rocca
Opinion
Marriage
Should I have married my husband? Red flag culture would say no
If I’d listened to the relationship experts on social media I wouldn’t have made the best decision of my life.
- by Hannah Vanderheide