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Best of Two of Us – 2023

Besties, buddies, couples, exes, parents and their kids – and more: some of our favourite Two of Us columns for 2023.

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Best of Two of Us – 2023
“When my marriage ended, she rang me from a callbox in a piazza in Italy... I knew there was no limit to how long she would stand there, putting money into the phone.”

‘Burn the diaries’: Leigh Sales’ plea to bestie Lisa Millar

The 28-year friendship between ABC journos Lisa Millar and Leigh Sales was forged in the US, in the wake of 9/11.

  • by Amanda Hooton

‘What are you, a spy?’: When academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert met comedian Sami Shah

Kylie Moore-Gilbert spent two years imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges. She’s now expecting a baby with her partner, comedian Sami Shah.

  • by Jane Cadzow
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Fewer imbeciles, more washing up: Bob Brown and his partner’s post-politics life

The one-time Greens leader had resigned himself to eternal bachelorhood. Then an easy friendship with sheep farmer Paul Thomas grew into something more.

  • by Tim Elliott

Wrangling four kids under four – three of them identical triplets

Chiropractors Jack and Kate Cowled always dreamt of having several children. They just hadn’t anticipated them arriving the way they did.

  • by Fenella Souter

After Tania arrived from Ukraine, Nadia helped make ‘Australian school’ less scary

Tania met Nadia the day after she landed in Sydney from western Ukraine last year. On Tania’s first day at school, her new friend ensured she’d feel welcome.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons

‘High heels and a bustier?’ Richard Wilkins on his son’s fashion choices

Entertainment journalist Richard says his actor-model son Christian is “far better” than him. Now, their close relationship is entering a new chapter.

  • by Lenny Ann Low

‘It’s probably easier to stay in the anger than to be vulnerable’

Chrissie Foster’s youngest daughter escaped the abuse her two sisters suffered from the family priest – but not the fallout.

  • by Susan Horsburgh

‘He told me he was seeing a guy’: The ex-spouses who stayed best friends

Jane and Anthony married, travelled the world and had a child before separating. Anthony lives with his male partner, Chris.

  • by Dani Valent
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‘It was a nightmare to go out with him’: When your great mate’s a model

Dijanna Mulhearn has spent 30 years navigating fashion’s fickle currents with Jeff Holm – while also dealing with his annoying allure to women.

  • by Lenny Ann Low

She’s deaf. He couldn’t sign. That didn’t stop them falling in love

Administrator James and model Christine embarked on a long-distance relationship after meeting on social media.

  • by Amanda Hooton

‘I was just babysitting her for you – in the womb’

In a Torres Strait tradition, sister-in-law Serina gifted basketball star Cayla George a baby.

  • by Konrad Marshall
Bruce Slorach: “We can look at
hundreds of things on a furniture auction site and the one thing she likes is the one thing I would have picked.”

She knew they’d be together forever but there’s a sweet reason they won’t marry

Sophie Tatlow and Bruce Slorach are partners in life and work, but there’s still room to disagree over how to stack the dishwasher.

  • by Nicole Abadee
“I’m trying to sweep you off your feet and you’re nailing your feet to the floorboards.”

‘I can’t look after you’: The tough-love moment that saved their marriage

Parenting four-month-old surrogate twins was just one of the issues Josh and Sean Szeps faced.

  • by Tim Elliott
Hichem Moussa with Kate Toon: “We made the rule, ‘Okay, if
we do start seeing someone, we shouldn’t bring them back to our house. This is a neutral place.’”

‘As we both started seeing other people, the jealousy dissipated’

After 13 years, this couple realised the passion had died – so they made a choice that would keep their family together.

  • by Amanda Hooton
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‘We’re so intermeshed’: The art of sharing clothes, shoes – and even a phone

From their Instagram account to wildlife foster care to just one mobile, these artists share everything. In fact, they’ve rarely spent a day apart in 24 years.

  • by Melissa Fyfe

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/best-of-two-of-us-2023-20231218-p5es6g.html