Couples - Dating and Relationships

couples

'I was in a happy relationship with my boyfriend. Then he encouraged me to date his friend.'

Shannon Page

couples

"The worst part is, it felt amazing." 12 men share the honest reason they had an affair.

Elizabeth Laura Nelson

couples

"Nate’s wife was my best friend." My complicated story of being the other woman.

Meaghan Ward

couples

'I went on a work trip with my colleague Simon. Three days later, my marriage was over.'

Tara Blair Ball

couples

"My husband hadn’t touched me in five years." 12 women explain why they cheated on their partners.

Nadia Bokody

couples

OPINION: 'More and more couples are ditching the Big Wedding. It makes absolute sense.'

Miranda Deakin

couples

'My parents invited a stranger to lunch in November. Two months later, we were engaged.'

Mansura Ghaffar

couples

'You feel at fault, but you have no idea why.' How to know if you’re being gaslighted.

Elizabeth Laura Nelson

couples

'I was a happily married mum of two when I embarked on an intense emotional affair with John.'

Celia Greene

couples

'I never understood what made people cheat. And then I met Simon.'

Tara Blair Ball

couples

ASK SEAN: 'I have a funny relationship with a guy at work. I think he's more than a work husband.'

Sean Szeps

couples

'I was on a first date when he said the words: “I don’t have…feelings”. My stomach lurched.'

Rebeca Ansar

couples

7 women share the exact moment they knew their relationship was over.

Polly Taylor

couples

'My boyfriend wishes I wasn't here. We haven’t had a fight. We both just have depression.'

Kassi Klower

couples

Ask Sean: “My boyfriend poops in front of me all the time. Is he too comfortable around me?"

Sean Szeps

couples

The 6 signs that deep down your partner seriously resents you.

Nama Winston

couples

Ask Sean: "My ex is getting married and I feel... weird about it."

Sean Szeps

couples

"We send photos." Inmates and their partners on how 'prison relationships' work.

Elizabeth Greenwood

couples

'Each night we go to sleep holding hands.' Six couples who have been together for decades share their advice.

Belinda Jepsen

couples

"I felt dissatisfied in my marriage. So I suggested we introduce polyamory."

Christina Vanvuren

couples

"I slept with my celebrity crush. It opened my eyes to the reality of fame."

Jessica Lovejoy

couples

I saw the world's best relationship expert. She asked: What's the last thing you stroke at night?

Holly Wainwright

couples

"We slept in separate beds." Christie Hayes on her split from second husband, Daniel White.

Chelsea McLaughlin

couples

"Sometimes I look at my husband of 7 years, and think: This is not the man I wanted."

Briana Hernandez

couples

"It felt harder to walk away than stay." Alison Brahe and Cameron Daddo on navigating infidelity.

Bella Fowler

couples

'I was six weeks pregnant when my husband's iPhone location exposed his affair.'

Stefanie Cubelic

couples

5 people on the 'money chat' they had before they got engaged or married.

Valentina Todoroska

couples

9 women on the sexiest thing their partner has ever done.

Jessie Stephens

Marriage

real life

"The week my husband moved out, I couldn't stop crying."

Rachael Hope

kids

Clemmie Hooper's husband was being brutally trolled. Secretly, she was the one behind it.

Billi Fitzsimons

parent opinion

"Is this my life?" Tired of the endless tasks, I wrote a 'job description' for our marriage.

Lee Price

couples

'I went on a work trip with my colleague Simon. Three days later, my marriage was over.'

Tara Blair Ball

couples

OPINION: 'More and more couples are ditching the Big Wedding. It makes absolute sense.'

Miranda Deakin

family

'When my husband decided to take my surname, his family walked out of our wedding.'

Anonymous

real life

'After we got divorced, we turned to "bird's nest parenting" for the sake of our kids.'

Nama Winston

real life

'I was married to my husband for 20 years. For 10 of them, he had a secret girlfriend.'

Roz Warren

couples

'My parents invited a stranger to lunch in November. Two months later, we were engaged.'

Mansura Ghaffar

sex

'I was a virgin when I met my husband. I wish I'd never told him.'

Anonymous

real life

'I had an affair with a married man. It completely changed my view on marriage.'

Michelle Zunter

reality tv

"I wouldn't even spit on her." Last night, Australia met TV's most intense mother-in-law.

Gemma Bath

celebrity

'I wasn't allowed near her.' For 18 months, Dannii Minogue had a mother-in-law who wouldn't speak to her.

Gemma Bath

real life

'My husband was told he had 5 years to live. So I left him.'

Anonymous

couples

'I never understood what made people cheat. And then I met Simon.'

Tara Blair Ball

dating

"You may have got him, but I got better": A letter to my cheating ex fiancé and his Mrs.

Anonymous

Ell met Paul on Qantas' 'I Still Call Australia Home' ad. 16 years later, he proposed at Uluru.

Helen Vnuk

kids

Nadia Bartel and why we always blame the woman when there's rumours of cheating.

Clare Stephens

real life

'I was a trophy wife and loved it. And then I turned 40.'

Shannon Page

parent opinion

'After I gave birth to our son, my partner didn't get me a push present. I hate him for it.'

Anonymous

real life

'I was too innocent to see the red flags in my eight-year marriage. It cost me everything.'

Colleen Sheehy Orme

couples

'I was in a happy relationship with my boyfriend. Then he encouraged me to date his friend.'

Shannon Page

couples

'I went on a work trip with my colleague Simon. Three days later, my marriage was over.'

Tara Blair Ball

dating

"3 months later I got a text." 8 women on discovering the 'reason' why they were ghosted.

Jessie Stephens

real life

"The week my husband moved out, I couldn't stop crying."

Rachael Hope

real life

'I was too innocent to see the red flags in my eight-year marriage. It cost me everything.'

Colleen Sheehy Orme

real life

'After we got divorced, we turned to "bird's nest parenting" for the sake of our kids.'

Nama Winston

parent opinion

'I’m a single mum and I’m completely done sending my 6yo daughter to her dad’s house.'

Shannon Ashley

real life

'My husband was told he had 5 years to live. So I left him.'

Anonymous

celebrity

Cocaine, affairs and threesomes: Everything we learnt from Demi Moore's book, Inside Out.

Gemma Bath

celebrity

A reality TV star and two divorces: Inside Zooey Deschanel's relationships.

Gemma Bath

couples

'I never understood what made people cheat. And then I met Simon.'

Tara Blair Ball

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"I went to a GP after four years of painful sex. I left feeling utterly humiliated."

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"I heard a strange scratching at my door": The unspoken fear some women feel living alone.

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real life

Paul returned from Iraq a different man. 5 years later, he said his final goodbye to Wanda.

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'Six years ago, my lover left his wife for me. Then he left me while I was pregnant.'

Shannon Ashley

real life

'My roommate refused to breakup with her abusive boyfriend. So I moved out.'

Jessica Mendez

family

'In Indian culture, there's still a sense of shame if women aren’t accomplished in the kitchen.'

Rani Kumar

couples

"Nate’s wife was my best friend." My complicated story of being the other woman.

Meaghan Ward

real life

"'Is this a random nightmare?' I didn't realise I was sexually abused until I was in my 30s."

Toni Tails

real life

'My son was given a year to live. It was the most heartbreakingly beautiful of our lives.'

Kathryn Wakelin

friendship

Two years ago, I was ghosted by my housemate. From our house.

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'I was in a happy relationship with my boyfriend. Then he encouraged me to date his friend.'

"The worst part is, it felt amazing." 12 men share the honest reason they had an affair.

"Nate’s wife was my best friend." My complicated story of being the other woman.

'I went on a work trip with my colleague Simon. Three days later, my marriage was over.'

"My husband hadn’t touched me in five years." 12 women explain why they cheated on their partners.

OPINION: 'More and more couples are ditching the Big Wedding. It makes absolute sense.'

'My parents invited a stranger to lunch in November. Two months later, we were engaged.'

'You feel at fault, but you have no idea why.' How to know if you’re being gaslighted.

'I was a happily married mum of two when I embarked on an intense emotional affair with John.'

'I never understood what made people cheat. And then I met Simon.'

ASK SEAN: 'I have a funny relationship with a guy at work. I think he's more than a work husband.'

'I was on a first date when he said the words: “I don’t have…feelings”. My stomach lurched.'

7 women share the exact moment they knew their relationship was over.

'My boyfriend wishes I wasn't here. We haven’t had a fight. We both just have depression.'

Ask Sean: “My boyfriend poops in front of me all the time. Is he too comfortable around me?"

The 6 signs that deep down your partner seriously resents you.

Ask Sean: "My ex is getting married and I feel... weird about it."

"We send photos." Inmates and their partners on how 'prison relationships' work.

'Each night we go to sleep holding hands.' Six couples who have been together for decades share their advice.

"I felt dissatisfied in my marriage. So I suggested we introduce polyamory."

"I slept with my celebrity crush. It opened my eyes to the reality of fame."

I saw the world's best relationship expert. She asked: What's the last thing you stroke at night?

"We slept in separate beds." Christie Hayes on her split from second husband, Daniel White.

"Sometimes I look at my husband of 7 years, and think: This is not the man I wanted."

"It felt harder to walk away than stay." Alison Brahe and Cameron Daddo on navigating infidelity.

'I was six weeks pregnant when my husband's iPhone location exposed his affair.'

5 people on the 'money chat' they had before they got engaged or married.

9 women on the sexiest thing their partner has ever done.

Marriage

"The week my husband moved out, I couldn't stop crying."

Clemmie Hooper's husband was being brutally trolled. Secretly, she was the one behind it.

"Is this my life?" Tired of the endless tasks, I wrote a 'job description' for our marriage.

'I went on a work trip with my colleague Simon. Three days later, my marriage was over.'

OPINION: 'More and more couples are ditching the Big Wedding. It makes absolute sense.'

'When my husband decided to take my surname, his family walked out of our wedding.'

'After we got divorced, we turned to "bird's nest parenting" for the sake of our kids.'

'I was married to my husband for 20 years. For 10 of them, he had a secret girlfriend.'

'My parents invited a stranger to lunch in November. Two months later, we were engaged.'

'I was a virgin when I met my husband. I wish I'd never told him.'

'I had an affair with a married man. It completely changed my view on marriage.'

"I wouldn't even spit on her." Last night, Australia met TV's most intense mother-in-law.

'I wasn't allowed near her.' For 18 months, Dannii Minogue had a mother-in-law who wouldn't speak to her.

'My husband was told he had 5 years to live. So I left him.'

'I never understood what made people cheat. And then I met Simon.'

"You may have got him, but I got better": A letter to my cheating ex fiancé and his Mrs.

Ell met Paul on Qantas' 'I Still Call Australia Home' ad. 16 years later, he proposed at Uluru.

Nadia Bartel and why we always blame the woman when there's rumours of cheating.

'I was a trophy wife and loved it. And then I turned 40.'

'After I gave birth to our son, my partner didn't get me a push present. I hate him for it.'

'I was too innocent to see the red flags in my eight-year marriage. It cost me everything.'

'I was in a happy relationship with my boyfriend. Then he encouraged me to date his friend.'

'I went on a work trip with my colleague Simon. Three days later, my marriage was over.'

"3 months later I got a text." 8 women on discovering the 'reason' why they were ghosted.

"The week my husband moved out, I couldn't stop crying."

'I was too innocent to see the red flags in my eight-year marriage. It cost me everything.'

'After we got divorced, we turned to "bird's nest parenting" for the sake of our kids.'

'I’m a single mum and I’m completely done sending my 6yo daughter to her dad’s house.'

'My husband was told he had 5 years to live. So I left him.'

Cocaine, affairs and threesomes: Everything we learnt from Demi Moore's book, Inside Out.

A reality TV star and two divorces: Inside Zooey Deschanel's relationships.

'I never understood what made people cheat. And then I met Simon.'

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'I told my mother I was sexually assaulted. She said: "Boys will be boys".'

'I was too innocent to see the red flags in my eight-year marriage. It cost me everything.'

'I was in a happy relationship with my boyfriend. Then he encouraged me to date his friend.'

"I thought it was love until I realised that my first sexual experience with him was rape."

"I went to a GP after four years of painful sex. I left feeling utterly humiliated."

"Clemmie Hooper's husband is far from the biggest victim of her trolling."

"I heard a strange scratching at my door": The unspoken fear some women feel living alone.

"It was the worst flight of my life." 5 women share their biggest ever Christmas stuff-ups.

"The worst part is, it felt amazing." 12 men share the honest reason they had an affair.

'I heard a dull thud.' My vibrator fell out of my vagina in a crowded restaurant.

Paul returned from Iraq a different man. 5 years later, he said his final goodbye to Wanda.

'Six years ago, my lover left his wife for me. Then he left me while I was pregnant.'