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FEBRUARY 2019

'It f**ks me up to see you smile.' A woman wants advice after husband's gobsmacking request.
A woman has shared a "ball in the box" analogy that so accurately sums up the pain of grief.
'I'm in a wheelchair and I'm married to the man I love. This is what I want you to know.'
The simple chart that perfectly describes what it's really like to live with depression.
"For me, alcohol is poison." A letter from the former life and soul of the party.
Anonymum: "My best friend dumped me after I had kids. Do I give up on her?"
The split-second decision that changed Terri Irwin's life forever.
At the age of 45, Trina was forced to live in a nursing home. She had no choice.
Cindy, 14, broke the rules at a friend's house. The punishment changed her life forever.
The true story behind one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century.
'My fiance won't marry me until I agree to a weird clause in our prenup.'
'The moment I realised all millennial dating trends have one embarrassing thing in common.'
“You’re much bigger than my friend...” The moment I realised parenting is one huge contest.
A man's brutally honest break up text message is going viral because it's... amazing.
"We don't have the most healthy relationship." Inside the break up of Savage Garden.
Inside the final days of August Ames, the porn star found dead at 23.
A rape survivor made it her mission to talk to teens about sexual assault. This is what she learned.
We have so many questions about this Aussie man's ridiculous list of dating requirements.
‘My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?' An expert shares her advice.
"How my parents broke the shocking news that my 7-year-old cousin was going to die."
'At eight years old, my son was left physically and verbally disabled.'
'After stillbirth, I had to learn to love the body that I felt had let me down.'
10 years ago, Melanie was standing in her garden. Then the sky turned black.
"The worst working days of my life." The ugly side of becoming a surgeon.
"I suffer from terminal ugliness." What it's like to be a virgin in your late 20s and beyond.
"Why I am telling my four and six-year-old daughters the truth about having a BFF."
"The day I discovered Crazy Plant Ladies are the new Crazy Cat Ladies and I'm one of them."
Married at First Sight's Bronson opens up about the murder of his older brother.
"My doctor didn't believe in it." The reality of trying to get a diagnosis for PCOS.
Hugo was paralysed five years ago. At his wedding, he stood up to dance with his bride.
"The subtle detail a friend noticed about my relationship that made her realise it was abusive."
Avocados the size of newborns are growing in Hawaii and we should move there ASAP.
The personal safety app mode created in memory of Aiia Maasarwe.
"This week, I discovered my daughter is living a second life in the shadows."

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