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What I’m really thinking: the gay motherIf you don’t know me enough to hear all about my life, you don’t know me enough to ask if I really am a mother to my children
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Adam Golightly has a sudden urge to jump into a hot tub with a swimsuit modelHe finds some people expect him to behave a certain way, as if there’s a script of behaviours suitable for the recently bereaved husband -
We crammed 30 years into four when the love of my life got a brain tumourA year after Nora McInerny met Aaron Purmort, he was diagnosed with stage four cancer. They hadn’t much time left, but they made the most of it -
Linwood Barclay: My dad’s trailer park legacyCrime novelist Linwood Barclay grew up at his parents’ caravan park. At 17, he became the head of his dysfunctional family when his father died and had to run the place
opinion
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The missing boy’s mum and dad got it badly wrong, but they have shown just how easily a child’s tantrum can escalate into a crisisYamato Tanooka’s story has exposed the perils of parenting
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Cincinnati zoo: every mother knows it could happen to herEven the best parents can’t prevent kids from hurting themselves and those around them. So why do we continue to blame them when accidents happen?
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Living in boxes (and thinking out of them) might solve our housing crisisDifferent generations are sharing homes again. It sounds awful to me, but it’s spawning plenty of good ideas
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Urging obese and abused people to delay conception sends a message that some babies shouldn’t be bornSo now pregnancy is a prize for women who lead a ‘good life’
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What happens when your mother discovers emojis?Despite what you may have read, the emoji revolution isn’t limited to millennials. I know at least one 70-year-old who’s handling it just fine
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Young 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 everythingInequality is destroying all the markers of adulthood, from home ownership to marriage
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaMy boyfriend is messing around… with my employeeA woman is unsettled by her boyfriend being unfaithful. Mariella Frostrup says she should call him out on his bad behaviour
love & sex
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Is our love of connectivity turning Britons off sex?Are Britons really having less sex because they’re too busy streaming Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad? Our writers discuss screentime in the bedroom
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I’m only 20 but I have a low sex driveI have never reached orgasm, and I avoided sexual intercourse in my last relationship. Is anxiety to blame?
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My boyfriend is messing around… with my employeeA woman is unsettled by her boyfriend being unfaithful. Mariella Frostrup says she should call him out on his bad behaviour
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Blind date: ‘He was very good at topping up my drink’Did Mansoor, 31, telecoms executive, win over Alice, 26, commodities analyst?
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My 11-year-old son steals, lies and gets into trouble – is he a sociopath?He doesn’t understand the impact of his behaviour on other people. And I fear he has inherited my personality. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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My ex hurt me when she dumped me. Now she is dying and wants to see meFive years ago, I was left devastated when my ex dropped me. I still feel hurt and angry, but I wonder if I should meet her briefly before she dies
One third of new mothers struggle to bond with their baby, research shows