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A quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds want the opportunity to treat their relationship like a phone contract, a survey says. Perhaps the commoditisation of life is to blame
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts -
Many family and friends simply assumed we’d be coming home, writes Séamas O’Reilly. And it’s not that it isn’t tempting… -
After reaching the top of her profession, retail guru Mary Portas had an epiphany. She tells Rachel Cooke how she found her true sense of self -
Acknowledge their pain, take them for lunch and never say, ‘It’s not the end of the world’
Opinion
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A free programme helps parents tackle the ‘public health crisis of the digital age’, says the journalist and campaigner Julie Bindel -
Women are often expected to carry on without recognition for the time it takes to heal - physically and emotionally -
The breakfast TV contrarian is at it again, tweeting off about Daniel Craig (or 007) and a papoose, says Guardian journalist Stuart Heritage
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A fully staffed military fence… in the rolling hills where I walk my baby son to sleep? -
There are lots of theories to explain falling alcohol use among millennials. But maybe we’re missing the point, says Richard Godwin, author of The Spirits -
The grief of losing a pregnancy can be compounded by language. More openness and sensitivity is needed, says Katy Lindemann
Advice
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You have lost a lot and so has your husband, says Annalisa Barbieri. But you need to adjust your sexual expectations -
She is becoming forgetful and confused, her house is in an untypical mess and when I arranged for her to see her GP, she lied about going -
I have no wish to change gender, or think that I want to act out the scenario, but I do get obsessively worried by my thoughts -
There’s nothing about this man worth clinging on to – and you know it, Mariella Frostrup tells an angry woman
Love & sex
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Brief letters: Carless in Bristol | Drinking vinegar | Washing up by hand | Dishwasher protocols | Flour in the sousaphone | Sexual study | Pub for old fogeys in Headingley -
Sainsbury’s is to stock a range of vibrators, John Lewis reports a surge in sales of G-strings and suspenders … What has become of the UK’s famous repression? -
In an extract from Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (And Other Lies), Liv Little describes how body positivity and relationships with women helped change her perspective about women’s ‘imperfections’
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New research suggests women find it harder to orgasm after having botulinum treatment – but not everyone is convinced this means facial expressions are key to feeling pleasure -
Forget about whether it would be terrible for your career, says Sharmadean Reid. Instead ask: is it right for me? -
I have no wish to change gender, or think that I want to act out the scenario, but I do get obsessively worried by my thoughts
How to cope with empty-nest syndrome – without being gutted by grief