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Relationships

'My ex left me for another woman while I was pregnant. He continued to sext me for months.'

by Shannon Ashley

'For 30 years, I was made to feel worthless by family. So I ghosted them.'

'Nine years ago, my daughter decided she didn't want to speak to me ever again.'

'A radio personality, a date, a colleague: My painfully unexceptional history of sexual assault.'

'It wasn't until lockdown that I discovered my partner is a toxic narcissist.'

The true story of the first quintuplets who were raised in a ‘baby zoo.’

"You will like yourself so much more." 4 life lessons you learn after turning 40.

'Shave your junk with men's razors.' 16 things I've never forgotten about working as an escort.

'My mum was stolen from her mum. Please stop telling me to "get over it."'

Amanda Fotheringham

'I thought Alopecia had won. Then, after 15 years, I finally shaved my head.'

'My married lover left his wife for me. Then I got pregnant and he left me too.'

"Our relationship was perfect. Until, at 31, he told me he didn't want kids."

"You're controlling": 5 signs you might actually be the toxic one in your relationships.

Tara Blair Ball

'I entered my erotic massage ready for a happy ending, but I left in tears.'

'When I got married, I took my husband's name. Two years later, I'm changing it.'

Petra Wintzloff

"Mum was 18 when her newborn baby was taken away from her. Then I found him accidentally."

Monica Zwolsman

'My addict brother threatened to kidnap my child. I'm scared of him, and I'm scared for him.'

"You'll never be forgotten." A letter to my wife on her first birthday in heaven.

'My partner's in France. I'm in Australia. And it might be years before I see him again.'

Eleanor Katelaris

'At 17, I woke up to a boy on top of me. For 10 years, I didn't recognise it for what it was.'

Group therapy: "Should I leave my husband? We're 30, married, and cannot agree on kids."

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Sex

'Shave your junk with men's razors.' 16 things I've never forgotten about working as an escort.

'I entered my erotic massage ready for a happy ending, but I left in tears.'

"Blood went everywhere and he fainted." 13 women confess their most embarrassing sex stories.

'I had a threesome with two men that focused solely on me. It changed how I had sex forever.'

'I had a threesome with my best friend and her fiance. Then she and I began an affair.'

"Seeing people at home was a turn on." Exactly what went down when I attended a Zoom orgy.

"I just can’t bear one more touch”: An open letter to my husband about sex after kids.

Caitlin Belvedere

Since lockdown started, I've been having the most X-rated sex of my life.

'I watched my girlfriend have sex with my boyfriend. And it's happened more than once.'

"It does nothing for me": 24 women share the thing they simply would not do in the bedroom.

'I’m a newlywed, and this is not the sex life I imagined having.'

After my divorce, I dated a man with a tiny penis. It was exactly what I needed.

"It's gifted me with rampant sexual energy." What no one told me about turning 40.

"I may not have sex again this year." 17 women on how isolation has changed their sex lives.

Grab some batteries because science says you should be masturbating during self-isolation.

"ALWAYS pee afterwards": 35 pieces of sex advice women would give their younger selves.

A very timely reminder: If consent was a three-course meal.

"Size doesn’t matter in the way you think." What women wish men knew about sex.

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"I chuck on cream so I don't get pash rash." 16 women share the pre-sex rituals they swear by.

SEALED SECTION: A hardware store and a clitoris "taser". My epic quest for a new vibrator.

"Our relationship was perfect. Until, at 31, he told me he didn't want kids."

"You're controlling": 5 signs you might actually be the toxic one in your relationships.

Tara Blair Ball

"I'm lonely and I miss him." In the middle of quarantine, I let my boyfriend go.

Couples

'It wasn't until lockdown that I discovered my partner is a toxic narcissist.'

'My married lover left his wife for me. Then I got pregnant and he left me too.'

'My partner's in France. I'm in Australia. And it might be years before I see him again.'

Eleanor Katelaris

Group therapy: "Should I leave my husband? We're 30, married, and cannot agree on kids."

'In one of our final conversations, my wife told me: "I wish we all lived like we had cancer".'

"I broke off my engagement": 9 women share how isolation has changed their relationships.

'Nailing the perfect reverse park': 26 women on the low-key sexy things their partners do.

“I didn’t mean to fall in love with my boss but I did.”

'I'll admit it: I'm divorced because I didn't put my marriage before my son.'

'My boyfriend and I were bored in isolation. So we invited a cam girl into our relationship.'

'I'm self isolating with my ex husband and the woman he left me for.'

"An affair is a symptom. It’s never the whole picture." When you're the one who cheated.

Tara Blair Ball

6 pieces of relationship advice from Esther Perel you definitely, maybe need right now.

'My ex texted me out of the blue during the quarantine. I couldn't help but respond.'

'I told my therapist I'd do anything to save my marriage. He said: stop trying so hard.'

Colleen Sheehy Orme

In China, couples are literally lining up for divorces: How COVID-19 could end your relationship.

"People constantly think he’s my dad." Three couples on what it's like to have a big age gap.

"Why do you chew so loud?" 23 memes that perfectly describe self-isolation with your partner.

"The rug was pulled out from under me." Georgia Love on the breakups that nearly break you.

Chelsea McLaughlin

'After fights with my husband, we always go to bed angry. Our marriage is better for it.'

Tara Blair Ball

'For 10 years, my husband was sleeping with different women. I wish I'd trusted my gut.'

With carers and support staff cancelled, it's up to Valerie and Robin to keep their son alive.

"I'm lonely and I miss him." In the middle of quarantine, I let my boyfriend go.

"Blood went everywhere and he fainted." 13 women confess their most embarrassing sex stories.

'I had a threesome with two men that focused solely on me. It changed how I had sex forever.'

The 3 most important things to teach your quarantine puppy, according to a dog trainer.

'I was ghosted after the perfect date. When I ran into him years later, he didn't recognise me.'

"The week Australia went into lockdown, my husband cut off finances to my children and I."

10 years ago, I ghosted and blocked my best friend. Then we came face to face.

It's been 3 years since Charlie Gard died. This is what his parents' lives look like now.

'My friend left an abusive relationship. Three years later, I'm still terrified of her ex.'

In 1987, the world watched as 'Baby Jessica' was rescued from a well. This is her life now.

'I had a threesome with my best friend and her fiance. Then she and I began an affair.'

'It's no longer catching up after months apart.' The sweet silver linings of self-isolation.

"He was on the edge of too good for me... What I remember about the night I wasn't raped."

"Seeing people at home was a turn on." Exactly what went down when I attended a Zoom orgy.

"Every year, I feel grief and gratitude." My mum neglected me, but she also loved me.

'I was convinced my husband and I were heading for divorce. Then COVID-19 hit.'

‘My marriage was in trouble. Then I started finding bottles full of urine around our house.'

"I just can’t bear one more touch”: An open letter to my husband about sex after kids.

Caitlin Belvedere

Since lockdown started, I've been having the most X-rated sex of my life.

'I watched my girlfriend have sex with my boyfriend. And it's happened more than once.'

'People don't want to know that I'm not OK.' The reality of being single and isolating alone.

'When I was 2, my beautiful mother took her life. This is how I honour her.'

KELLY MCCARREN: 'At 32, I thought by the end of the year I'd want kids. Now everything has changed.'

'I live in a jail inside my brain.' A letter to the man who raped and abused me.

'In one of our final conversations, my wife told me: "I wish we all lived like we had cancer".'

'While in isolation, I found out my husband had spent $500,000 on escorts.'

"I broke off my engagement": 9 women share how isolation has changed their relationships.

"The thought of seeing her makes me sick." 3 women on how isolation has ended a friendship.

"I trusted him": I had no idea my ex partner was an online child sex offender.

Lockdown has destroyed countless livelihoods. But these are the women who don't want it to end.

The Third Quarter: Why everyone in your life is genuinely really weird right now.

Jessie Stephens

"I can't wait to hug her." 8 women share what it's like to be away from their mums in isolation.

'My ex drugged and assaulted me. I had no idea until his new girlfriend called me one day.'

'Nailing the perfect reverse park': 26 women on the low-key sexy things their partners do.

“I didn’t mean to fall in love with my boss but I did.”

'My husband was about to move in with the woman he left me for. Then the pandemic hit.'

"It does nothing for me": 24 women share the thing they simply would not do in the bedroom.

'I'll admit it: I'm divorced because I didn't put my marriage before my son.'

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