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In this series, authors describe the person who changed them forever. This week, Carvell Wallace recalls time spent in his aunt’s kitchen – and her life and death
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Letters: In France it is a joy to see how small children behave, eat and are treated in restaurants
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Julie Burchill worshipped hers. Leonard Cohen’s son Adam finds his hilarious. In an extract from a new book, My Old Man, they share stories of their unique father-child relationships, alongside Dorian Lynskey and Cornershop’s Tjinder Singh
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A reader’s widowed father is not being open about his new relationships. Mariella Frostrup says that he isn’t under any obligation to share these details
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Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes
opinion
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Inequality is destroying all the markers of adulthood, from home ownership to marriage
Suzanne MooreYoung people are still sold the story of growing up – leaving home, a secure job, a life partner and children. But the failures of capitalism have changed everything -
As the virtual world increasingly dominates children’s play, Lego is the last game in the real world standing – I can live with a bit of militarisation
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Want to save your marriage? Don't have kids
Matthew D JohnsonThirty years of evidence is in, and the results are conclusive: the relationship between spouses suffers once kids come along
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She tells me she’s got inoperable cancer, and for the first time goodbye becomes a meaningful word. Should I be feeling this grief even before she dies?
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My father repeatedly deserted me throughout my childhood, which led me to fear that everyone else would too. Then I met Hudson
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Dylan was my dad’s gift to me. And when the mighty Bob turns 75 next week, I’ll raise a glass, play a few tracks and remember
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Meet the doomerang generation: 'It's like being a 41-year-old teenager'
Guardian readers and Sarah MarshThe doomerangers, unlike the boomerangers, leave their family home for many years (sometimes up to a decade) before returning. Here, they share their stories
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaIs my dad respecting what my mum wanted after her death?A reader’s widowed father is not being open about his new relationships. Mariella Frostrup says that he isn’t under any obligation to share these details
love & sex
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A simple spit test gives new meaning to ‘having chemistry’, as husband and wife analyze genetic material to find out whether couples are scientifically compatible
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Have you lost friends as you've got older?
Sarah MarshA study suggests that after the age of 25 we don’t have as many friends. Tell us if this seems accurate based on your own experiences -
She enjoys sex, but never orgasms from it, which leaves me feeling unsatisfied
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Will brand consultant Richard, 32, and songwriter Charlie, 30, make it to a second date?
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Juliet Rosenfeld’s husband died suddenly a year ago during treatment for cancer. She describes her struggle to absorb the brutal fact of his death
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She has a loyalty, a history and a deep bond with her children and her ex, and it’s important for her to maintain this
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'Sex is just a hobby: I wouldn’t be jealous if she had another badminton partner'
Guardian readers and Sarah MarshWhat’s it like to have an open relationship? Five people on why having sex with someone other than their partner works
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IVF: 'It’s overwhelming and shocking at every single turn'