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How to give your partner constructive criticism without starting a fight

Relationships can suffer without space for honest feedback. Here’s an expert’s step-by-step process.

  • Joshua Coleman

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Sarah Manguso wrote Liars in the wake of her own marriage breakdown.

Elena Ferrante fan? I read this novel with the same exhilaration

Sarah Manguso’s new novel, written in the aftermath of her own marriage breakdown, is a vivid taxonomy of “wifedom”.

  • Helen Elliott
Amanda (Lucy Punch) and her toxic mother Felicity (Joanna Lumley) in Amandaland.

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

There comes an age when mothers look at their daughters with a complicated cocktail of pride and something that feels like “I wish I was you”. 

  • Kate Halfpenny

I was single and over 50. This is how I found love again

It involved dipping my toe into an unfamiliar pond.

  • Annie Lawson
Affection, appreciation and kindness are key to a relationship that goes the distance.

Can you marry your first love and live happily ever after?

Three couples tell how they keep the spark alive after decades of marriage.

  • Dilvin Yasa
If you’re heartsick this Valentine’s Day, just remember that love is curable in a way that, say, a close encounter with a great white shark is not.

An unhappy marriage creeps up on you. These are the signs that it may be over

Valentine’s Day isn’t an excuse to stay in a bad relationship.

  • Kathy Lette
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They help the needy - then the challenging times hit home, literally

CEO of Sydney’s Wayside Chapel Jon Owen and his pastor wife, Lisa, help some of society’s most disadvantaged while also facing their own family issues.

  • Tim Elliott
Stu and Janell Clarke with their three dogs (from left) Azra, Shadow and Weeti.

This couple set off to travel the world. Ten years and three rescue dogs later ...

Their motorbike trip was only supposed to last two years.

  • Jane Albert
The barefoot bride: Jenna Price and her husband, John.

As I walked down the aisle, what was that sinking feeling?

There was rain on her wedding day but the sun eventually came out for a tiptoe through the beachside park.

  • Jenna Price
Bryce Ruthven, Melissa Rawson and their twins. How did their marriage survive Bryce ranking her “fourth”?

The most explosive moments in MAFS history

From insults to flying glasses of wine, Married at First Sight has had many flashpoints. Here are our top six, plus the who’s who of best, and worst, participants.

  • Katie Cunningham

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