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After 10 years, a marriage deserves an honest and unflinching appraisal

He was a first-time groom whose dying dad had looked at my stats sheet and warned him: “Be careful, son.”

  • Kate Halfpenny

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Men do clean, but often don’t do it very well.

I was a professional cleaner. Here are all the things men do wrong

Men do clean, just less effectively. From the chicken drumstick in the dishwasher, to rancid dishcloths and stinky washing, here’s what not to do when cleaning.

  • Jacqueline Wilson

After three years of living my life twice over, it’s time to sign off

My dates, my friends and even Harry Styles will be relieved.

  • Genevieve Novak
Author Christine Newell has tackled the problem of imposter syndrome.

I suffer from impostor syndrome, and success only makes it worse

I constantly doubt myself, and yet somehow found myself pursuing a career in musical theatre – an extroverted industry where confidence is the name of the game.

  • Christine Newell
Rhi, Sam Kerr and Meghan Markle side-by-side.

Here’s my truth: I’m sick of other people’s ‘truths’

Spare me the psychobabble. None of us own the truth. It’s not something we can sculpt to suit our personal preferences.

  • Cherie Gilmour
Did you know the average person blinks 17 times a minute? I did. Because I Googled it at 3am.

At 3am, I should be asleep. Why not revisit my biggest regrets instead?

A perfect window to take stock of all the terrible decisions you’ve made in the past and the many horrors that still lie ahead.

  • Thomas Mitchell
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Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, in 1993.

I was young and rebellious. On Greville Street I found my hero

I was 15 and looking for Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. I knew I wasn’t going to find them in the suburb fringes of Kangaroo Ground.

  • Bunny Banyai
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
At 65, I got to return to active parenting when caring for my adult daughter.

At 65, I thought my active parenting days were over. Then came a trip to Thailand with my daughter

In those first few days of recovery, as she lay in hospital, I remembered what it was like when she was small – the way time seems to stop when your child needs you.

  • Lesley Podesta
Pedestrians seemingly no longer keep to the left.

Dear fellow pedestrians, keep to the left, you drongos

Visitors are already warned that while it’s not a crime to walk on the right, people will think you’re an idiot. The warnings aren’t working.

  • Claire Heaney

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/real-life-614