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A woman is concerned that her husband is texting a female colleague too much. Mariella Frostrup suggests she expends her energies on something other than opening her husband’s phone bills
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The Portland is the UK’s most exclusive private maternity hospital, but can all that candlelit fakery really distract from the blood and pain, asks Eva Wiseman
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Readers’ favourite photographs and recipes
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It was only after their deaths that Chris Cleave discovered the depth of his grandparents’ love – and filled in the detail of who they were
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Eva Whitchurch adored her partner’s little boy but when they split up after five years, he was suddenly gone from her life. She explains to him why he will always have a place in her heart
teenage special
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Having hardcore punk musicians for parents has been a noisy delight for Holly MacHenry – and an education
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We asked young readers, aged 13-18, to share their experience of growing up with parents and siblings. Funny, moving, revealing – here are some of the replies
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A guide for adults who don’t want to shame teenage family members in front of their friends, or make themselves look stupid
opinion
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Are you worried about your fertility? Young people share their stories
Guardian readers and Sarah MarshRising house prices and financial instability are putting young people off starting families. But some fear they might be leaving it too late -
Are you worried about your fertility?
Sarah MarshDoctors warn that people, particularly men in their 30s, are jeopardising their chances of having a family by leaving it too late. Share your views on this -
Filling in a medical form I was asked about my marital status. Sadly, divulging this information had nothing to do with a monthly care package
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People have been turning their nose up at Butlins holidays for decades, but I – like my mum – have nothing but fond memories of them
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After the revelations about his parentage, the Archbishop of Canterbury showed himself to be humane and generous, not an infallible messenger of an absolute truth
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Editorial: Pope Francis upholds an ideal of marriage, but tries not to let it overshadow the reality
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Madonna and Guy Ritchie are fighting over their son, but how much say should he have in his upbringing?
advice
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Ask Alanis MorissetteAsk Alanis MorissetteAsk Alanis Morissette: how can I stop drinking so much?Perhaps you drink to release stress at the end of the day, or as a kind of congratulations, or a way to rebel in the face of too much responsibility
love & sex
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A US firm is offering video tributes for the living. It’d be nice to hear how great your friends think you are, but it’s not as good as spending time together
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Hearing that a hotel in New Zealand had banned Lycra shorts is quite funny when you’ve been letting it all hang out on a cycling tour with your partner
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The open relationship between Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre is frequently and wrongly written off. Such arrangements have women-friendly roots
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Since puberty I have had fantasies that horrify and dismay me: rape, bondage and other worrying things. Should I get help?
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In the first of Guardian Family’s ‘How to …’ series, we look at ways to keep things exciting in the bedroom (or at your partner’s place of work)
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Did David, 28, publicist, tick the right boxes for Kevin, 25, political campaigner?
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Couples are healthier, wealthier… and less trim