love & sex
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My dad left, then my aunt told me he tried to seduce her - do I tell my mum?Mariella Frostrup says the information may not be news to her mother – and warns against aportioning blame as her parents’ marriage is picked over -
Our ‘sexperiment’ and other methods of improving our sex lifeAfter Jancee Dunn and her husband became parents, their sex life was non-existent. Rather than ignore the problem, they decided to do something about it
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Can an app help mend a broken heart?Break-Up Boss, a new app, aims to guide users through heartbreak. Surely there’s a limit to what you can achieve with a phone?
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More middle-aged men taking steroids to look youngerExperts warn about growing number of men in their 40s and 50s taking drugs to fight signs of ageing and boost sex drive
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Listener feedback with Jacqui Gabb - Close Encounters sex podcastEpisodes six to eight of our Close Encounters sex podcast got people talking. Here we share listeners’ own tales, comments and questions
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Sex when you're asexual – Close Encounters podcastJords has always known he was asexual, but his partners have struggled to understand. Can you compromise over your sexuality for the sake of companionship? WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT
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Polyamory, sexual unicorns and Google Calendar – Close Encounters sex podcastMichelle and Reuben live together, sleep together and date other people together. Alix Fox finds out how their polyamorous relationship works. WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT
advice
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Private livesPrivate livesMy partner believes in homeopathy. How can I convince her that vaccinations are a good idea?Her alternative-leaning mother has raised her to have faith in massively diluted plant extracts but, if we are to go travelling or have kids, surely we need to trust science to keep us safe
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Dr Dillner’s dilemmasDr Dillner’s dilemmasHow long should you stay on antidepressants?As many as 5.4 million people in the UK may be taking pills to help with anxiety and depression, but does that mean they are hooked?
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaMy dad left, then my aunt told me he tried to seduce her - do I tell my mum?Mariella Frostrup says the information may not be news to her mother – and warns against aportioning blame as her parents’ marriage is picked over
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Sexual healingSexual healingSince my hysterectomy, we haven’t had any sexual intimacyMy partner would never commit to a family before I was ill, and now I can’t have children, I resent him
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Problem solvedProblem solvedI'm worried that my elderly father is in an abusive marriage and is being isolated from meMy father’s new wife was violent and he thought she was drugging him. Things seemed to settle down, but I feel he is being made to drop contact with me. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
Since my hysterectomy, we haven’t had any sexual intimacy