Relationships
Your one-stop shop for sex, love and relationship advice, from dating to married life, news and trends from real people's experiences to expert opinion
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Are you ready for mindful masturbation?Kama promises to help you get off and connect with your body at the same time. Rosie Mullender investigates the app everyone's talking about...
By Marie Claire
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Valentine's Day trees are totally a thing and taking over InstagramBecause why not dress up your old Christmas tree in love hearts and ribbons...
By Maria Coole
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Sex in lockdown: the women hooking up with their lovers (and the partners who have no idea)It might be illegal to have sex with someone you don't live with this Valentine's Day, but that hasn't stopped these women breaking the law with their secret lovers
By Maria Coole
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Planning ahead for your post-lockdown sex revival? These foolproof dating app tips should do the trickLeft, left, left, right. With Valentine's Day around the corner and IRL dates off the cards for singletons, Jemma Forte – author of romance novel Be Careful What You Swipe For – talks us through her tips and tricks for conquering the world of dating apps
By Olivia Adams
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Best male sex toys: your definitive guide to the top toys, according to a male sex bloggerWhich to *add to basket*, and which to avoid
By Marie Claire
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Why so many women are struggling with 'analysis paralysis' syndromeLike a half-eaten bag of spinach, assertiveness is something we often observe from afar and wonder what to do with, argues Abigail Mann. Seems we're looking for role models in all the wrong places
By Maria Coole
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Googling the definition of pansexual? Your guide to what it means to be pan'The untidiness of actual lived human experience is stressful for some people, so they want to reduce it and make it more simple than it is.'
By Ally Head
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Why no matter what your age, it’s never ok to break the girl codeThe Crown's Gillian Anderson is said to be 'bemused' after her ex 'moves in' with her friend, Jemima Khan. Best-selling author, Daisy Buchanan, recalls why it's hard struggling with those complicated feelings...
By Maria Coole
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These are the best Bridgerton-inspired baby names (and you're going to love them all)By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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How to survive Christmas when you're single – and reshape the conversationWith romance the last thing on anyone's mind, fielding pitying questions from smug marrieds is not what we need ever – let alone in the middle of a global pandemic. Luckily, author Lucy Vine has a wealth of witty comebacks to help you navigate Zoom party season as a singleton...
By Marie Claire
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How to rebuild your relationship if lockdown's tearing it apart, according to a therapistBy Kate McCusker
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Study finds that new parents lose 44 days of sleep in the first yearBy Jadie Troy-Pryde
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These are the UK's favourite sex positions, broken down by cityInteresting
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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White walking is coming (yes, another dating trend)By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Government confirms that sex with someone in another household will still be banned after lockdownBy Jadie Troy-Pryde
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There's 20% off Lily Allen's favourite sex toy brand this Black FridayOn the hunt for a new sex toy (or three!), Black Friday is the time to shop.
By Sarah-Rose Harrison
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Coercive control: how to spot the signs when love turns sinisterHave you seen Is This Coercive Control? If not, why not? It's the jawdropping BBC Three social experiment asking people if they know what constitutes coercive control. Journalist, filmmaker and presenter, Ellie Flynn, writes for the first time about making the show and what lessons we can learn about this misunderstood form of domestic abuse
By Maria Coole
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The Ann Summers sex toy advent calendar worth £295 is almost half price (merry Christmas indeed)By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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These are the most popular eco-friendly baby names and they're all adorableBy Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Struggling with an open relationship? Three women reveal how they make theirs workWhat motivates a woman to choose, and stay in, an open relationship? Three women tell Gabrielle Fernie why they turned their backs on monogamy
By Marie Claire
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These are the most popular autumn-inspired baby namesBy Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Six relationship red flags you should never ignoreDrawing on her own messy dating history author Charlotte Levin reveals her top six relationship red flags to set alarm bells ringing
By Maria Coole
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Beard-baiting is the latest dating app trend and apparently it's the key to more matchesBy Jadie Troy-Pryde
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This is the job that's likely to get way more matches on TinderBy Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Apparently 75% of marriages fail because of this wedding songBy Jadie Troy-Pryde
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‘Two kids and a mortgage but the longer we're together, the less likely we'll ever get married’Are you living in un-wedded bliss? For best-selling author Caroline Corcoran the non-conventional path feels like the right one
By Maria Coole
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String is a new dating app and contact is purely through voice notesBy Jadie Troy-Pryde


