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I seethe with anger during a car-park fight with another driver because he’s alive and my wife isn’t. It’s good that I’m in counselling
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I was already having a bad day when I discovered my teenage son smoking cannabis. By the end of it, I found the confiscated joint, still in my pocket
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One city couple desperate to give their family proper outdoor space decided on a radical, rural downsize. But for how long can they rub along in such proximity?
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The basics of keeping babies healthy are simple: keep them safe, wipe their bottoms and fill their tummies. And don’t forget your afternoon nap
opinion
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‘No one enjoyed the strip club': what men really think about stag parties
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I didn’t realize when I opened my home and my heart that I’d also be opening myself to the type of silence I’d spent the rest of my life avoiding
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After he flew into a vicious rage during a family holiday, I knew I needed to get away for good. My mother helped me flee India and start a new life abroad
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My husband-to-be insisted on finding out everything I owed. And then he took the debt upon himself
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In the past half century we’ve moved from forced adoptions to record IVF births, yet feminism still faces a battle with biology
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Trying to live out my upbringing as the perfect wife and mother left me sick, broke and alone. What if I tried all that I’d been afraid of instead?
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British parents should copy from the Spaniards who are protesting about homework. Children would be better off spending time with their family
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaI’m deeply in love – but terrified of it endingA young woman enjoying a blissfully happy relationship is haunted by the idea it won’t last forever. Mariella Frostrup says it’s a blueprint for future relationships
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Ask Alanis MorissetteAsk Alanis MorissetteAsk Alanis Morissette: I worry about my grandchildren’s dietIt’s with a feeling of despair that I see my daughters take the easy way out with their own children’s diet: fish fingers and lots of processed foods
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Private livesPrivate livesMy housemates are in a relationship but they argue all the timeThey shout at each other and hurl insults and I have to go and hide in my room. I would move out but it’s hard to find somewhere else to live
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Problem solvedProblem solvedWhy does my brother humiliate me at family events? Can’t he just accept me?At family gatherings my brother refuses even to say hello, yet I have reached out a hand to him since I was a child. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Dr Dillner’s dilemmasDr Dillner’s dilemmasCan worrying about your health make you ill?People with health anxiety are more likely to develop heart disease, says a study – news that will only make them more stressed. Psychological therapy is the best treatment …
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Ask AlysAsk AlysAsk Alys Fowler: how do I raise the canopy of my mature holly tree?Our gardening expert has the answer
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Sexual healingSexual healingMy husband only wants sex four times a year – what do I do?He says he has a fear of intimacy. Will therapy help him past these feelings, or should we give up and live as friends?
love & sex
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He says he has a fear of intimacy. Will therapy help him past these feelings, or should we give up and live as friends?
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Abolade, 31, lawyer, meets Sam, 30, senior merchandiser
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They shout at each other and hurl insults and I have to go and hide in my room. I would move out but it’s hard to find somewhere else to live
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A young woman enjoying a blissfully happy relationship is haunted by the idea it won’t last forever. Mariella Frostrup says it’s a blueprint for future relationships
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Now I have met a nice guy and would like to find my orgasm with him, but don’t know how to approach it
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Jo is beautiful and I could fall for her, but I feel treacherous. It’s all happening so soon
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Louise Bridge was enjoying getting to know a new contact via online dating when he suddenly requested they start sexting
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