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Dangers of tiny irritations
Most of us assume that it’s the big issues that drive a couple apart. But those minor irritations can all add up, says relationships expert Andrew G Marshall.

Female Viagra drug may never happen (+video)
The 15-year search for a pill that boosts sexual desire in women has hit another roadblock.

Rebecca Kamm: Happy relationship = better body image (+other women's studies)
Rebecca Kamm shares the latest in ladies' studies covering body image, sexy ads and the secret skills of red heads.

Civil-union poster couple part
Award-winning musician Anika Moa has separated from her civil-union partner Angela Fyfe.

The biggest sex regrets
A new study says men and women have different sex regrets, thanks to evolution. But is it really that simple?

Sexy ads turn women off
Research shows that while women do exhibit negative reactions to sexual imagery, this diminishes for high value products.

Men and women wired differently
A new study has confirmed that men and women's brains are wired in completely different ways, as if they were species from different planets.

Oh to be in England now that sex is there
Four women - and one man - add their experiences and reactions to the sensational British sex survey out this week.

Viagra doesn't improve relationships - study
Many men said their lives or relationships hadn't improved significantly after taking the drugs despite them often being seen as a cure-all.

Blog: It's hard to be a manly man
Can a mere male speak his mind these days, without women pointing an accusing finger?

Brits having less sex but getting more creative - report
According to results from the latest national sex survey, Britons are having sex less often, but the kinds of sex they're having are more diverse than in the past.

Couples who drink (or abstain) together, stay together
Is alcohol and marriage a toxic combination? That depends on who is doing the drinking and how much, according to a recent study.

Love in the face of death
Former TV host Helena McAlpine and boyfriend Chris Barton share their extraordinary love story with Suzanne McFadden.

Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr get spiritual to save marriage
Orlando Bloom reportedly wants to attend a "marriage-saving retreat" with his wife Miranda Kerr.

Rebecca Kamm: The couple sharing their fights online
Every time Claire Meyer and Alan Linic have a fight, the pair tweet its trigger as a one-liner, and in doing so broadcast a dynamic we rarely get to witness.

Online predator's fake daughter
The woman who used fake online personas to dupe teenage boys made up a fictitious daughter to get money from one of her victims.

Ladies, practise the art of seduction: Dita Von Teese
Von Teese told Vogue she adheres to advice from a respected French female friend.

Sorry ladies, SBW's taken
Williams revealed on Instagram this week that he's in a relationship with aspiring model Alana Raffie, a Sydneysider of South African descent.

Family regather for funerals, wedding
A family ripped apart by tragedy will regather today for a wedding - just five days after two of the wedding party were swept out to sea and drowned.

Single ladies: Ditch Facebook
Single women should get off Facebook because the "perfect lives" of their friends are bad for their health, a relationship expert has warned.

'We haven't been plagued by locusts'
It's three months since Melissa Ray and Tash Vitali got married - and the same-sex couple say gay marriage opponents' predicted social chaos came to nothing.

117 same-sex couples tie the knot
More than 100 same-sex couples have married since it was made legal in August, new figures show.

I'll settle for $582m: tycoon's ex-wife
One of Britain's most bitter divorce battles arrived at the High Court with the estranged wife of businessman Scot Young telling the court she would "settle" for 300 million ($582 million) of what she claims is his multibillion-pound fortune.