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'Only wear floral dresses.' 5 women on the worst dating advice they've ever been given.

From a tenant eviction to a secret affair: 13 women share their messiest paths to love.

'My boyfriend cheated in his last relationship. I can't shake the insecurity that he'll do it again.'

"He had little hands." 31 women on the pettiest reason they've broken up with someone.

Shannen Findlay

"You’d be even hotter if you lost weight." The post-sex comment that changed the way I saw myself.

Mary Rose Madigan

'I suck at dating profiles so I got an expert to do mine. My matches have skyrocketed.'

"I didn't give him my bank details but I felt stupid." We need to talk about micro-catfishing.

Mary Rose Madigan

'I'd been chatting to Stelios for months when I sent him a nude video. He wasn't who he said he was.'

Torrie Marshall

'For years I dated men and felt nothing. Then in lockdown, I added girls to my dating app preferences.'

Always find yourself dating the "bad guy"? A psychologist says there's more to it.

'I've been used as an experiment.' What it's like to date as a trans woman.

'I broke up with a narcissist 4 years ago. He's still trying to control me.'

Brooke Blurton was 19 when she came out as bisexual. She says it's still considered a "greedy" sexuality.

Shannen Findlay

'I've started going on 10 minute dates. It's completely changed the game.'

'Until the gender pay gap closes, I'm happy being a gold digger.'

Mary Rose Madigan

"They monopolise your time." The 7 signs of love bombing you shouldn't ignore.

"Are you sure they're in love with you?" and 3 other questions you should never ask someone in an open relationship.

Shannen Findlay

Breakups

Just the 7 best break-up books to read if you're dealing with heartbreak.

Billi Fitzsimons

'My boyfriend of two years dumped me via text. I haven't seen him since.'

3 women on the moment they broke up with the person they thought they would marry.

From Jessie and Channing to Kyle and Imogen: The most talked about celebrity break ups of 2019.

Billi Fitzsimons

Colin Firth and wife Livia Giuggioli have sadly split after 22 years of marriage.

Billi Fitzsimons

"It's run its course." Kyle Sandilands has confirmed his split from Imogen Anthony after seven years together.

'I felt too young and beautiful to date someone ugly. So I broke up with my boyfriend.'

Tara Blair Ball

'Hours before our engagement photoshoot, my fiance told me he didn't want to marry me.'

'My partner and I were together for 7 years. Our marriage lasted just 10 months.'

Jemimah Ashleigh

7 women share the exact moment they knew their relationship was over.

"Utterly soul destroying." 3 women share exactly what it felt like to lose their best friend.

'I was alarmed by my physical repulsion.' The story of my daughter's first heartbreak.

Virginia Peters

Newly broken up? Here are 10 separation tips to help get you through it.

'I was scrolling through Facebook when I realised my ex had never left his wife for me.'

There's a different side to Jordyn Woods' story and we should be listening.

Jessica Chambers

'I got back with a guy who ghosted me. This is what he told me.'

Jordyn Woods' life is a "nightmare" 5 days on from the Kardashian cheating scandal.

Jessica Chambers

Anonymum: "My best friend dumped me after I had kids. Do I give up on her?"

Khloe Kardashian has responded to the Tristan cheating scandal in a series of not-so-subtle Instagram posts.

Jessica Chambers

Every time Lady Gaga has a career high, her romantic relationships "implode".

Jessica Chambers

'I'm campaigning to be the first Bachelorette with a disability. Here's why.'

"We didn't get dressed for 40 hours." 13 women share their wildest sex confessions.

'Only wear floral dresses.' 5 women on the worst dating advice they've ever been given.

From a tenant eviction to a secret affair: 13 women share their messiest paths to love.

Just every single thing Rihanna has said about her ex boyfriends.

Exactly why 'situationship' break ups can hurt more.

From sleep-talking to yelling: 16 women on telling their partner ‘I love you’ for the first time.

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Jessica Rowe on the 11 things you should learn before you turn 50.

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