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Let's talk about sex over sixty
The Baby Boomer generation is renowned for challenging norms around sex and age and this has continued in recent decades.

How to help your marriage survive after having a baby
You can't just put your marriage on auto-plot for two decades and expect to pick up where you left off.

'Living apart together' and having a baby
Laura Husson lives in the Isle of Wight, husband Chris lives in New Zealand. They've been married for two years and now Laura is pregnant.

Giant proposal - but does she say yes?
In letters so big that it attracted a big audience of passing admirers, Nathan guided Esther to the sand art, dropped onto one knee and waited for her answer.

Was your spouse on Ashley Madison?
Following the hacking of cheating website Ashley Madison, many people have been left wondering if their spouse's name was among those in the site's database.

Sisters bust wife cheating as she sits next to her husband
Two sisters at a baseball game got to witness a lot more than just the action taking place on the field.

Tennis power couple's love match ends
They were the power couple of tennis - but it seems Maria Sharapova's love match with Grigor Dimitrov is now over.

Clooneys enjoying Italy getaway
It seems George Clooney and his British wife Amal can't get enough of Italy.

Can a cheating website save a marriage?
As thousands of men are threatened with exposure as users of an extramarital website, Helen Croydon goes undercover to meet them.

Navigating that other threesome
There are two types of people in the dating world: those who are coupled and third wheels.

Cheating website ‘destroys lives’
"What those hackers are doing is brilliant. Let the cheaters sweat. They only have themselves to blame if the whole world finds out their dirty little secret."

Mr Burger marries Miss King
Fast food giant foots the bill for what is a strong contender for wedding of the year.

Wedding bells for firefighter
The ringing of the fire alarm was followed by a ring of another kind at a Whangarei primary school yesterday, as a firefighter proposed to his teacher sweetheart.

Dirty data hacked from site
The hackers accessed "customers' secret sexual fantasies," "nude pictures and conversations," "credit card transactions" with real names. They promise to leak it all soon.

The sheer hell of working for your husband
Olivia Fane filled in as a secretary for her vascular surgeon husband. She says there's no quicker way to wreck your love life and self-confidence.

Ten celebrity couples most likely to last forever
We look at some celebrity couples old and new who gave themselves the best possible chance of living in eternal matrimony – at least according to new research.

Warning over app that films sex consent
The app is designed to make sure there's no trouble between partners the morning after the night before, as they film themselves giving consent.

Ideal marriage age to avoid divorce
A fascinating new analysis of family data suggests that after a certain point, the risk of divorce starts to rise again as you get older.

Staff sacked over relationships
Ten prison staff have been fired over inappropriate relationships - in some cases sex - with inmates.

Middle-aged couples mostly fight about money - survey
Middle-aged couples are more likely to row about money than anything else, a survey shows.

10 things not to say to a military spouse
Military life is hard, especially when spouses are deployed to far off places. From experience, Lee Suckling shares the worst things to say to military spouses.

The best age to marry to avoid divorce
A sociologist at the University of Utah has found the best age to get married if you want to avoid divorce.

The most effective way to flirt
What is good flirting? Researchers received - perhaps unsurprisingly - differing responses from men and women.

Should I confess my affair too?
"My husband recently confessed to a brief affair when our children were small. I'm not sure why I feel so angry, as it's a tiny blip in many years of happiness."

New dating app lets women make the first move
Online, no rules means people can be rude and crude. Bumble is out to do something about all of that.

Interview with a dominatrix
"Human rights is my passion," says Mary Brennan, a Wellington dominatrix and escort agency owner. "That's why I'm in the sex industry."

Nicholas Sparks on writing novels that spark box-office hits
Want to write a string of best-sellers and spark endless romantic box-office hits? Helen O’Hara talks to the master, Nicholas Sparks.

Verity Johnson: Why can't Kiwi men dance?
Go out on Friday night, get a few drinks in and watch the migration of women on to the dance floor. But men are a different story, writes Verity Johnson.

Reward: $10,000 to find this guy a girl
A lovelorn 29-year-old Harvard grad is crowdsourcing his soulmate search, offering $10,000 to anyone who introduces him to a woman he dates for more than six months.