When you’ve been married for a long time, it’s easy to slip into a daily routine and familiar lifestyle and forget that you might not necessarily be meeting all of your partner’s needs. Just because someone isn’t vocalizing a complaint doesn’t mean they don’t have one, and the last...
We constantly talk about our partners and our breakups, our marriages and our divorces. But friendship — its beginning, occasional end, and every problem in between — can be harder to pin down. Many of the readers who write to Heather Havrilesky, the writer behind the Cut’s advice column Ask...
Even the rich and famous aren’t immune to the craziness of motherhood.
Celebrity moms—they’re just like us! At least when it comes to commiserating about the quirks of parenthood, that is. From Emily Blunt’s “exploding” breasts to Reese Witherspoon’s maternal “ticker tape,” here are some of the most amusing insights from...
If you’re single and over 40, chances are your BFF, your parents, your siblings, and maybe even the stranger in the checkout line, are all offering you their unsolicited dating advice. While Aunt Debby may have a point, we'd rather leave it to the pros. So we spoke to a...
Your first crush is a rite of passage. The fixations that follow it are just life. Nervous, awkward, sublime. Disastrous. Transcendent. Here, we celebrate infatuations, obsessions, and passions in all their exquisite splendor. Meet our "It's Just a Little Crush" series. Isn't she divine?
Sure, the Punic Wars lasted nearly 100 years, but...
Her short story was read by millions online – then things got weird. The writer talks about viral fame, power games and her new collection of twisted tales
Kristen Roupenian’s short story Cat Person was published by the New Yorker in December 2017 and, to the author’s best recollection,...
They’re being sold as fun placeholders – so the couple can then choose together. But with money tight and marriage in decline, maybe they’re the real deal
Good news for all romantics out there – Poundland has come up with a range of cheap and cheerful engagement rings in...
The French novelist Yann Moix claims a 50-year-old woman’s body is unlovable, unlike a 25-year-old’s. But the truth is that the young tend to respect the old – and that is what older men desire
There is a maximum number of times a woman can get annoyed about what...
You can meet a partner at any stage of life, says Mariella Frostrup. But to hold onto someone, you need to deal with your insecurities first
The dilemma I am a 40-year-old chronically single woman. I have had a number of short relationships, but only three lasting more than a...
He doesn’t seem to be offering you much, so don’t just ‘make do’, says Mariella Frostrup
The dilemma I have been dating my boyfriend for three months. He is intelligent and thoughtful, sensitive and funny. We are in our 30s and have the same long-term goals – to travel, see...