How marriage has changed

For better or worse? Marriage and divorce rates are lower now than in recent years, but it all used to be more difficult

The trouble with women: Taio Cruz, 26, musician

I like women, and I’m quite honest about that, but I’m very much a one-woman guy. If only my ex-girlfriend had believed me

Sally: do I have a personality disorder?

Knowledge is power, so awareness can help us to moderate our responses

What it feels like: to pry into other people's lives

During her work as a private investigator, Sam Hayes discovered as much about herself as the subjects she tailed

A problem shared: low sex drive

I’m gay and have been with my boyfriend for a year. He has a really high sex drive, while mine is low

Mrs Mills: triple score

How I make it work: Krissi Murison

The music journalist talks about juggling home and work life

Affair to remember: forbidden romance in Brazil

Each week a reader recalls a love affair. This week, a relationship with an older, married man

The Ivy Leaguers who are top of their class

Class acts: from an aspiring Spanish rock star to a social-networking site founder who's worth $2 billion

Difficult schoolfriend

We are three confused teenagers completely at our wits’ end with a friend of ours who lies constantly

Scared of my abusive father

Physical abuse is often followed by being ‘nice’, because the abuser feels guilty, they go into denial about what happened

Mrs Mills: newlywed in bed

Mrs Mills: newlywed in bed

The trouble with women

'I’m not asking my girlfriend to be into Nietzsche, but I believe that some intellectual stimulation would make her happier'

The misery of being ill and single

Things you only know if you're single...that to be ill on one’s tod is to slip off the face of the Earth.

Meet the stepparents

Even the most amicable divorce can run into trouble when a mother wants to meet her former husband’s new life partner

Dear Tanya: do I have postnatal depression?

Since the birth of my daughter, I have been advised that I have postnatal depression. But I’m so happy to be a mother

Ireland's indie chicks

Cameron Diaz isn’t the only woman who doesn’t want a diamond ring. We meet a generation of single thirtysomethings

Mrs Mills: passionate neighbours

The politics of godparenting

Things you only know if you’re single...that the politics of contemporary godparenting are labyrinthine