Relationships

When it comes to a healthy heart, a happy marriage may be the key but when it comes to keeping weight off marriage doesn’t necessarily help, according to two separate studies. The results of both studies relied heavily on gender. The first study by the University of Rochester found that happily wedded people who undergo […]

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How much do you fight with your spouse? Do you fight like cats and dogs or are your arguments limited to a few small tiffs? Either way, a new study has found that the current level of conflict probably won’t change throughout the relationship and heavily impacts on overall happiness. The US study found that […]

Twittering and texting are taking over our social lives. So what are the rules – and pitfalls – of this new digital era? June Dally-Watkins has been the high priestess of Australian etiquette and deportment for 50 years and, quite frankly, she’s appalled by the state of things. Sick of being knocked in the street […]

Linda Evangelista has told a New York court she needs $43,000 every month to maintain her looks while being a single mother. The 46-year-old supermodel appeared at Manhattan’s Family Court this week to claim child support from French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, the father of her four-year-old son Augustin. In pictures: Dresses that made people famous […]

Singer Jennifer Lopez has spoken for the first time since her split with husband of seven years Marc Anthony. Talking to Vanity Fair magazine the 42-year-old mother-of-twins says she is eternally optimistic when it comes to love. “That was my biggest dream, and I really worked hard at it. We both did,” she said of […]

What really goes on inside the head of the average 60-year-old man? Malcolm Farr asks three friends from his schooldays how they feel about reaching the big 6-0. Some 43 years ago, I was involved in possibly the most embarrassing piece of schoolboy song writing in the history of that blighted musical genre. Our school […]

Has it been weeks since your partner saw you in anything other than your warmest winter woollies? Anna Warwick asks dating expert Della Cory for her tips for spicing up a wintery romance. Date night: An oldie but a goodie. It’s tempting to flop on the couch and go to bed early, but if you […]

Australians need to be pickier if they want to find true love, a dating guru has warned. They need to decide what they want, what their deal breakers are and be less random and reliant on chance when it comes to finding a partner, says John Aiken, the best-selling relationship adviser to a top online […]

A study in the UK suggests men are catching up with women in their devotion to domestic duties, but it only takes a bit of digging to uncover that blokes still have a long way to go before they are doing their fair share of chores. Numbers from the Office for National Statistics indicate men […]