In a new book, American cultural critic Kate Bolick argues that spinsterhood is an enviable state. Laura Freeman reports.

I am happy. I am one of the happiest people you will ever meet, writes Mike Hosking. Being upbeat and happy and positive has served me well, and the more it's served me well, the more upbeat I have become.

Does the stock market flotation of a website promoting affairs show a sexual revolution is gathering speed, asks Helen Croydon.

My hairdresser let slip about seeing a “wonderful man”, who just happens to be married to my sister, but she did not know this. What should I do?

When the going gets tough with our partner, one of us might want to try counselling but quite possibly our significant other will shrink away from anything that could be seen as therapy, creating another disagreement.

For the first time researchers have found that humans can detect whether another person is feeling joyful by their scent.

There are many different ways a sexologist may work. Here's the type of couple a clinical sexologist may encounter.

I have a man-crush. I know what you're thinking. I'm gay, so it's just a regular crush. Not so. My man-crush is just the same as any straight man's crush on another man.

When two employees of a Christchurch insurance company decided to engage in sexual activity under the fluorescent lights of a glass-clad office, they had little idea of the furore that would....

Sexual behaviour is notoriously difficult to measure, and the findings often dubious. Rowan Pelling meets the Cambridge academic who is analysing our most intimate secrets.

The dating game is increasingly becoming a battle of the ages for online dating sites Tinder and eHarmony.

Burger King will be paying the expenses and providing gifts for the wedding of an Illinois couple after Joel Burger and Ashley King accepted the company's payment proposal.

Now. Being with my husband and also the years I had on my own, before him.

Burger and King even revealed they plan to serve drinks in personalised Burger King cups, if the eatery will allow.

He crooned about having a few regrets in the classic hit My Way - and now we know what Ol' Blue Eyes might have been talking about.

For a certain tight-knit club of fans, the call to back the Black Caps won't be just a patriotic duty - it will be a domestic one too.

On the quest to find true love, it is a well-used adage that one must kiss a few frogs before meeting a prince. And it would appear this theory is accurate.

At the time, the dramatic move was a bid to save their relationship after Scott had a vasectomy, but now he's spoken out to say that he never wanted to see other people.

A fifth of young New Zealand cellphone users have been caught snooping through their partner's device, a new survey has found.

Single friends present a conundrum when composing a wedding guest-list: do you or do you not invite them to bring along a date?

For Grant Elliott, the six completed a remarkable journey from discard to a national hero. For Kate Elliott it meant there would be an empty chair at her wedding.

Breaking up may have seemed "hard to do" when Neil Sedaka first crooned the lyric in 1962. But Neil Sedaka didn't have to deal with the dreaded dissolution of the Facebook relationship status.

For this couple the moment is made all the more poignant because not only is it captured on camera, but they both have Down Syndrome and might not be expected to live independently.

David Cunliffe, who had been married for more than 30 years, confirms split but won't be making any further comment "for the sake of our children and our wider family".

The feminist mantra of being able to have a shag without engaging your heart doesn’t sit right with columnist Deborah Hill Cone.

Take rules on board onboard if you agree with them. If not, put your foot to the floor and just drive. Dont' waste valuable seconds of your life, writes Matt Heath.

She has record-breaking sales and secure friendships - not to mention a steely grip on her digital copyright - what on earth does Taylor Swift have to worry about? Plenty, she tells Mark Sutherland in an exclusive interview.

"You met, and then?" people say when they ask how my husband, Nico, and I got together. "And then," Nico says, somewhat embarrassed: "Google Translate."