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Middle age is slightly less terrible when you're married

In a new working paper, Canadian economists Shawn Grover and John Helliwell show the effect of marriage on a lifetime of happiness.

Want a feminist boyfriend?

How do you spot a male feminist if he's not at an abortion rights rally wearing a "This Is What a Feminist Looks Like" T-shirt?

Couple marries 66 times

A serial bride and groom who have "wed" 66 times are planning wedding number 67 in New Zealand.

SamiHawke weds in Wairarapa

Kiwi singer Ladyhawke and actress Madeleine Sami exchanged vows at a late afternoon wedding under perfect Wairarapa weather yesterday.

Verity Johnson: Old enough to be his father? So what?

When we see a couple with a significant age gap, we reach for the deerstalker. We raise our eyebrows, give a little cynical snort, and say, "well, we know why they're together, don't we?"

Miranda Kerr's dating tip: Multiple men, just don't sleep with them

Miranda Kerr thinks it's fine for a woman to date multiple men as long as they don't sleep with any of them.

Bristlr: A social network for dudes with beards

Bristlr isn't just a bearded face: The app is introducing some innovations that could add critical social context back to online dating.

Mummy issues linked to sexual struggles - study

Why Stephen Fry could single-handedly explode the myths about gay marriage

As Stephen Fry prepares to tie the knot with Elliott Spencer, Patrick Strudwick explains why he believes that the couple's union explodes many of the myths surrounding gay marriage.

Kerre McIvor: The perils of online dating

Any new singleton, wary of dipping their toe into the murky water of online dating, must surely be even more cautious after two news stories this week highlighting the perils of such behaviour.

Shortland St stars sizzle in red satin

Some of <i>Shortland Street's</i> hottest stars have posed for the show's sauciest photo shoot.

Elton and David to tie knot

Superstar Sir Elton John and David Furnish are to marry Christmas week in a "small and intimate" ceremony, nine years after exchanging vows for their civil partnership.

Jill Goldson: How to deal with rejection

Why do we feel so down when we get a whiff of rejection? We know in our hearts that we can't like everyone who likes us - just as everyone we happen to like can't like us.

Now it's the 10-year itch

It is after 10 years together that relationships are at their rockiest, a study claims. But hit 35 and you're in for extremely plain sailing.

Bob Jones: Who's ya daddy? Could be anyone

Bob Jones writes: Female gullibility is essential for the continuation of the species, thus we must take the bad with the good.

Jill Goldson: Moving back home when you're older

Living back home with mum and dad - a sensible move full of focus and strategy - or a bleak admission to having lost your foothold in the climb up the mountain of adult life'?

Jill Goldson: Why we fall for old flames

Is rekindled love a delicate and tender flower - or a releasing of a genie from a bottle with a warning on the label?

The rules of public pashing

If you must smooch in public, here are five rules to follow, says Hannah Betts.