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Has love become a luxury item?
Are romantic relationships harder when money's tight and job security's gone AWOL? Are tough times forcing marriage into the sole domain of the wealthy?

Wendyl Nissen: The house may be going but those stains have to stay
I didn't notice the looks passing between my husband and daughter until I had finished cleaning the ceiling, the walls, the window frames, the door frames and the skirting boards of my bedroom.

A transgender love story
An unusual love story: They look like any other happy couple – but each is going through gender reassignment.

Red says 'I want sex' - study
Women wearing red or pink are about three times more likely to be at peak fertility than those wearing other colours, researchers reveal.

Cowell's pregnant lover settles messy divorce
Simon Cowell's pregnant lover Lauren Silverman has settled her messy divorce.

Gay couples beat a path to NZ's door
The number of marriage forms downloaded reached 516 on Monday, when the new documents became available allowing same-sex couples to wed.

The man drought. It's real.
For those aged 30 to 34, women outnumber men by 7270, while for the 35 to 39s, the gap widens to more than 12,000.

Most Kiwis content with life (+poll)
Most Kiwis say they live a contented life despite barely half of them saying they have enough or more than enough money to pay the bills.

The most annoying Facebook status updates
There are a few serial posters that are ruining Facebook. You know the ones, the friends who pop up on your feed while your scrolling through and make you growl.

World's highest weddings
Five Kiwi couples tied the knot at more than 12,000 metres in the air this week - setting the record for the world's highest altitude wedding on an aeroplane.

Andrew Silverman feels betrayed by Cowell
Andrew Silverman feels "deeply betrayed" by Simon Cowell.

Shelley Bridgeman: Do you dob in a cheater?
"Once you tell someone that the person they love is cheating on them, you change their life forever."

Shelley Bridgeman: Do you sleep with a snorer?
Do you share a bed with a snorer? How do you put up with it? Does it cause difficulties in your relationship?

Monogamous by murder
Murder is the main reason why humans and other primates mate for life, according to scientists.

Winning women set to wed
A Bay of Islands couple are hoping to be the country's first legally wed lesbians after winning an all-expenses-paid same-sex wedding.

Sadness over church's refusal to marry same-sex couples
A same-sex Auckland couple who hope to get married in a secular ceremony the day gay marriage becomes legal say they feel sorry for those refused matrimony by the Anglican church.

'We won't': Church rejects gay wedding
The Bishop of Auckland has rejected claims that instructions from 'on high' have caused a late halt to a proposed gay wedding taking place at St Matthew-in-the-City parish.

Rebecca Kamm: Understanding what it's like to be a woman
In case you haven't heard, there's a person called Kim O'Grady from Perth who spent four months sending out job applications but got only rejection letters in return.

Saatchi clings to his art works
Charles Saatchi has dispensed with lawyers and is to negotiate his own divorce with Nigella Lawson in a battle to keep intact his contemporary art collection.

Rebecca Kamm: Women's bisexuality explained
This week in Women's Studies: old myths are shattered; sexy myth-truths are explained by albatrosses; and good news for Nigella.

Rebecca Kamm: Why don't women keep their surname?
Do conservative expectations still wield so much power that women are voluntarily disconnected from themselves – and their children – by name?

Smaller weddings the trend
Traditional large weddings are on the way out as Kiwi couples opt for intimate and personalised celebrations.

How TV can ruin relationships
There are so many things that can damage your relationship over time: his friends; his personality; his weird trousers that show too much ankle. And now there's one more!

Rebecca Kamm: What makes the 'perfect man'?
Vanity Fair and 60 Minutes joined forces recently and polled 1168 women to find out the answer to this pressing question.