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Relationship OCD convinced me I'd cheat on my boyfriend

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1128+ words) Sophia describes the toll of having relationship OCD as "mental torture" Sophia, 24, has been in a loving relationship for more than a year, but she still finds herself questioning everything about it - from how compatible she and her boyfriend are…...

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'I wear it on my middle finger': The rise of the defiant divorce ring

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (983+ words) Deb Marino spent more than £2,000 having her engagement ring reset in a new design after her divorce Shimmering on Deb Marino's finger are diamonds set in an eye-catching gold ring. "Of course it's a middle finger ring, because, why not?...

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married!

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (465+ words) Watch: BBC North America correspondent Nada Tawfik reports from outside the venue in New York It's one of the most talked-about celebrity weddings of recent years - and now it's official! Taylor Swift and American football player Travis Kelce have got…...

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What rights is the government proposing for co-habiting couples?

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1754+ words) When Amelia's fiance died suddenly in his 20s, just months before their wedding, she never imagined the legal and financial turmoil that would follow. "I lost him," she says, "and then I lost everything we'd ever built together." The couple had…...

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Why more and more women are choosing to be childfree

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1440+ words) Jess King, 32, has chosen to live a childfree life Jess King always assumed she would have children. To her, it felt like a natural path all women eventually followed. But as she got older, she couldn't shake a persistent feeling…...

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'No one knows how it feels to lose a spouse - until it happens"

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (795+ words) Jo Relf said her husband John died while sleeping next to her Jo's husband John passed away in April 2025 aged 42 - just eight months after being diagnosed with the degenerative neurological condition Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The 52-year-old, from Rainham in…...

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French woman allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years rescued in Pakistan

3+ week, 17+ hour ago  (515+ words) Yasmina claims her husband had "effectively imprisoned" her and their children since 2014 Police in Pakistan have arrested a man who allegedly held his wife and children captive at home and abused them for more than a decade. His wife, a…...

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The science of soulmates: is there someone out there exactly right for you?

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1767+ words) Listen to Pallab read this article On Valentine's Day, there's the temptation to believe that somewhere out there is "The One": a soulmate, a perfect match, the person you were meant to be with. In the Middle Ages, troubadours and…...

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Jilted Swansea bride Kayley Stead who still held wedding gets engaged

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (911+ words) Rather than cancel the £12,000 wedding day, Kayley decided to continue after her former partner failed to turn up Kayley's non-wedding day video was viewed by more than 800,000 people online Many of Kayley's guests agreed to "just go with this madness…...

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'I'd be put off if he asked to split it': Who should pay on a first date?

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1193+ words) Few topics divide opinion quite like who should pay on a first date. Ask a group of friends and you'll likely get a dozen different answers. Some insist the bill should always be split equally, others believe the person who…...