Relationships

Blind date: ‘I never once attempted to check the football scores’
Ken, 60, sales director, meets Shelley, 63, Spanish interpreter
27, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM

The UK couples breaking Covid lockdown to avoid breaking up
Compliance with lockdown is proving increasingly hard for people in relationships who don’t live together
Alex Mistlin
26, Feb, 2021 @3:00 PM

For those who want children, Covid has intensified the 'panic years' | Nell Frizzell
The pandemic has put everyone’s life out of sync but for some in their 30s, the turmoil has added complications, says Nell Frizzell, author of The Panic Years
Nell Frizzell
24, Feb, 2021 @9:00 AM

Nude selfies: are they now art?
Lockdown has triggered a boom in the exchange of intimate shots – and now a new book called Sending Nudes is celebrating the pleasures and perils of baring all to the camera
Claire Armitstead
23, Feb, 2021 @4:11 PM

How we met: 'I fancied him as soon as he rescued me'
Joan and John Gallagher, 64 and 62, met in June 1983 after a windsurfing session went wrong. They now live together in Catalonia in Spain
Lizzie Cernik
22, Feb, 2021 @11:00 AM

How we stay together: 'I keep saying I'm not the spring chicken you married!'
After 50 years together, Nunzio and Maureen know the secret to longevity is always backing themselves and never giving up
Alexandra Spring
20, Feb, 2021 @7:00 PM

‘Which came first, booze or boys?’: untangling a love affair with alcohol
For better and for worse, drinking has been a constant thread running through writer Megan Nolan’s relationships. She reflects on the dual thrills of alcohol and romance
Megan Nolan
20, Feb, 2021 @1:00 PM

‘My thoughts became poisonous’: the toll of lockdown when you live alone
Long-term social isolation is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. What has the last year meant for those who don’t share their homes?
Alexandra Jones
20, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM

Blind date: ‘His steamy screen made it look as if he was in a sauna’
Lucy, 42, drama therapist, meets Luke, 36, education data manager
20, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM

I think my girlfriend is going to leave me. What more can I do? | Leading questions
Both the options you face at the moment are painful, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Either the problem is all in your head, or it isn’t
Eleanor Gordon-Smith
17, Feb, 2021 @4:30 PM

I have never struggled to get an erection – until now. What’s going on?
My partner and I have a great relationship, but my inability to ‘perform’ makes her think I am not attracted to her
Pamela Stephenson Connolly
17, Feb, 2021 @11:38 AM

Valentine’s Day was not romantic - but the world seems full of love right now | Emma Beddington
After a year of enforced proximity, romance is in deep hibernation for many couples. But love is everywhere, expressed in quiet acts of kindness, writes Emma Beddington
Emma Beddington
15, Feb, 2021 @6:53 PM
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