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HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: Every parent has a list of "Never Will I Evers". This is mine.

by Holly Wainwright

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The Australian and international news stories you need to know today, Tuesday April 20.

The most infuriating moment on MAFS last night: When the experts had an opportunity to say something.

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The Morrison government funded a new 'consent education' campaign. The result is... bizarre.

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Anti-Asian sentiment is on the rise in America. But it's happening all around Australia too.

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Lifestyle

Turns out menopause can mess with your skin in your 30s. Here's how.

How much sex are single women actually having right now? The exact stats laid bare.

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News

The Australian and international news stories you need to know today, Tuesday April 20.

A reminder of grief and cruelty: The photo from Prince Philip's funeral we can't look away from.

The Morrison government funded a new 'consent education' campaign. The result is... bizarre.

Billi Fitzsimons

Billi Fitzsimons

In March 2020, Gemma caught COVID-19. She's been sick ever since.

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Relationships

How much sex are single women actually having right now? The exact stats laid bare.

'I texted my ex-wife to catch up when I was in town for a few days. She never replied.'

Greyson Ferguson

SEX DIARIES: 'While our plane made an emergency landing, my boyfriend got me off in the back row.'

'My husband sexually assaulted me in my sleep for 17 years. One night, I woke up.'

"What have you done to my vagina?" Mamamia's very honest review of Abbie Chatfield's new sex toy.

'I eat in my sleep and I don't know why.' For 20 years, Jasmine has been living with parasomnia.

'I broke up with my best friend after she handed me He's Just Not That Into You. She was right.'

SEX DIARIES: ‘I was vanilla in the bedroom until a date introduced me to BDSM.’

Can masturbating really get rid of period pain? Here's what the experts say.

'I was ghosted on a dating app by a man I've never met. And still, I'm heartbroken.'

'My husband tried to kidnap my baby girl. No one mentioned it ever again.'

SEX DIARIES: 'I secretly had sex in a room full of all my friends.'

We asked 1000 women about their sex lives. This is what they told us.

At 17, Lech Blaine was in a car crash that killed his best friends. The rumours started immediately.

'My wedding day was perfect. But a few months into my marriage, I wanted to cheat.'

'I lost one of my best friends because I wouldn't have sex with her.'

Sex toys, swingers sites and virtual sex: I lost my libido in lockdown. Here's how I got it back.

"My long-distance ex and I said we'd get back together after the pandemic. But then things changed."

Eleanor Katelaris

'In Grade 9, I met a boy who would go on to abuse me for five years. I thought it was love.'

Vanessa Haldane

"You’re so strong, you’ll be fine." After my miscarriage, people’s reactions stunned me.

Entertainment

After Belinda's daughter was brutally murdered, she created a 'catfish' to catch her killers.

Jessica Staveley

Jessica Staveley

"It left me isolated, bullied, and marginalised." Why everyone is talking about Neighbours.

Jessica Staveley

Jessica Staveley

Buckets of tears and a mushroom dessert: The 5 biggest moments from the MasterChef premiere.

A tradie and a risk-taker: Everything we know about the MasterChef 2021 contestants.

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Parents

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: Every parent has a list of "Never Will I Evers". This is mine.

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'I'm a teacher and my students are unmotivated and apathetic. I blame remote learning.'

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HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: How I just found out I'm not a strict parent.

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'Other people's parenting nearly ruined my holiday. So now I'm a half-arsed parent.'

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The Cyrell and Jess feud plus every other question you have after the MAFS reunion, answered.

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