Family
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It sounds like she wanted to escape not you, but parenthood, says Philippa Perry
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The musicians recreate a photo from their wedding – a day of panic, pasta and paparazzi -
Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brain-teasers for future quizzes -
Telling myself that nothing terrible is happening, it’s just a bit snug in here, proves deeply counterproductive -
Not being pro- or anti-porn is the best stance to have for young people, so you don’t encourage them, nor shame them
Opinion
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In my late 30s I kept crashing into a frustrating ceiling in my dating life – men who were ambivalent to the idea of having children -
The simple answer to why the world’s richest country is suffering a nationwide infant formula shortage is corporate greed, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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The ‘huge grinding uptick’ is about Covid stress – but also, I suspect, the specific stress of parenting during a pandemic
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In the west, why has raising children become the business of individuals, who must pay for extortionate childcare, asks Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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It boils down to an hour of queuing and a pocketful of unspent tokens -
Neither solid nor liquid, it’s unpleasant and yet strangely moreish, no wonder slime as a children’s toy is a topical reflection of the world we live in, says Eva Wiseman
Advice
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Not being pro- or anti-porn is the best stance to have for young people, so you don’t encourage them, nor shame them
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Sex toys, role playing, different partners: nothing helps -
It sounds like she wanted to escape not you, but parenthood, says Philippa Perry
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A reader says return charges for UK customers were not previously made clear by US clothing brand
Love & sex
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Jemma, 31, gardener, meets Pietro, 25, PhD student -
This week, John Crace dissects Boris Johnson’s short-lived humility over Partygate (1m46s), Hadley Freeman on one of the showbiz trials of the decade (9m56s), and Tom Rasmussen opens up on the benefits, difficulties and complexities of life in an open relationship (44m06s) -
Having real trust is not the same as having proof, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. You must choose which you want
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According to new research, women rate shirtless men to be lower in social appeal and less competent. What else do you need to know about how to take a successful image for dating apps? -
How we met: ‘My dad was a docker and her parents were very middle class. People gave us three weeks’
Alan and Janet, 65, met at sixth form in 1974. They live in Colchester with their two dogs -
When Tom Rasmussen and their partner of seven years decided to have an open relationship, they knew it would be exciting and revitalising – but the danger of losing what they had was only too real
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