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Single on Valentine’s Day? Try diversifying your love portfolio

In 2021 my mother lost her partner of 33 years and my year-long relationship ended. The grief we feel in missing romantic love has bound us tighter than ever

How online dating has changed the way we fall in love

Whatever happened to stumbling across the love of your life? The radical shift in coupledom created by dating apps

I suffer from premature ejaculation – and it’s made me lose confidence in my sexual ability

I am happily married to a wonderful woman, but this recent development is making me feel inadequate. What can I do?

How Covid killed the one-night stand – and made us all kinkier

Restrictions starved us of intimacy – and the data suggests we found it not in one-off fumbles, but rather by getting experimental in bed

Panting, moaning and ‘pussy-gazing’: the couple who have sex on their podcast

Lacey Haynes and Flynn Talbot want to improve the world’s love life – starting by doing it live on air in every episode

You be the judge: should my husband spend more time with our baby?

We air both sides of a domestic disagreement – and ask you to deliver a verdict

You be the judge: should my girlfriend stop reusing teabags?

We air both sides of a domestic disagreement – and ask you to deliver a verdict

‘I feel hurt that my life has ended up here’: The women who are involuntary celibates

What is it like to go without a partner when you long for one – and when even a fleeting sexual connection feels impossible?

You be the judge: I’m super tidy, my girlfriend is not. Should she change her ways?

We air both sides of a domestic disagreement – and ask you to deliver a verdict

My partner ghosted me after I miscarried our child. What did I do wrong?

Where did you learn it was up to you to make things better? Now focus on healing yourself

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