Relationships

The evolution of online dating has seen it go from a desperate last resort, to an acceptable activity with some stigma attached, to just about the only option among Australian singles. But to Gen-Y, setting up an RSVP profile is no longer desperate or shameful, it’s just passe — Twitter is where it’s at. The […]

Parents facing marriage breakdowns have cottoned on to a strategy practised by siblings of younger children all over the world — blame it on the baby. A survey of 2,000 parents found that a third of those who had divorced or separated blamed sleepless or interrupted nights caused by crying children. Parents of young children […]

Tracey Barnes always knew her daughter was different, but never imagined she would grow up to be a handsome young man who was engaged to her best friend. Bobby was just a toddler when Tracey realised she wasn’t like the other little girls she knew. By the time Bobby was four, she was dressing as […]

When divorce coach Naomi Douglas tells people what she does for a living she almost always gets the same response: “You must be busy.” Like the wedding planner and life coach of the nineties, divorce coaching is one of those job titles that provokes a scoff and an eyebrow raise from the unacquainted, but it’s […]

It’s the burning question that has plagued women for centuries: how attractive am I to men? Thankfully, Esquire magazine published a helpful quiz to answer this very question in 1940. The quiz, written by men, tells the 40s girl exactly why she is still single, and how to go about getting married immediately. So where […]

Yes, love does come first, but sometimes money matters get in the way. Find out if you and your partner are financially compatible by asking yourselves these six questions.

It is one of the most dreaded feelings we can experience — returning to work after a holiday and although it may make us feel challenged to head back to work, a leading expert says for some it can be a lot harder. Workplace psychology expert Dr Mary Casey, who runs the health and education […]

This provocative image has sparked an international debate about what women's skirt lengths say about their sexual habits.

When it comes to having a happy and healthy relationship that can last the distance, there’s no secret, in fact the key is to keep it simple. The latest divorce and marriage statistics from the Australian Bauera of Statistics show that divorce in Australia increased by 1.6 percent between 2009 and 2010. But while the […]

When Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley were photographed kissing in 2010, their relationship was dismissed as a flash in the pan. But two years later the couple are engaged, renovating a new house and eagerly planning their wedding — which can’t come soon enough for their children. The model and the cricketer have four children […]