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I've been with my boyfriend for 12 years. We own a home, are planning to adopt a child, but don't want to marry.
We own a home together, are on each other's wills, and are planning to adopt a child. However, we d…
Rachel Kramer Bussel
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My partner and I have been dating for 8 years and don't live together. Living separately works for our relationship.
I've been dating my partner for 8 years but we don't live together, and have no plans of moving in.…
Alexandra Saville
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At 72, I've experienced periods of loneliness. I've learned the best ways to make friends — and to enjoy time alone.
I experienced loneliness earlier in life and learned how to make friends. Now, at 72, I have the ri…
Louisa Rogers
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7 sex tips from a couple married for 42 years — including a lingerie budget and non-sexual intimacy
Sex tips from Rita Smith, 62, and her husband Theodore Smith, Sr., 64, who say their desire is aliv…
Julia Pugachevsky
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My mom hated my nickname. It took me going by it when I went to college for her to accept it.
My mom would yell at people when they called me by my nickname — Jackie. When I moved for college, …
Jacqueline LeKachman
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My partner and I sleep in the same room but in separate beds. We've only gotten closer since we started sleeping apart.
My partner and I have been together for 16 years, and have slept in separate beds — but the same ro…
Roli Jain
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Staying together for your kids, like Donna and Ed Kelce did, is good — if you do it right, a therapist says. Here's how.
Donna Kelce shared why she and her ex-husband Ed Kelce delayed divorcing and stayed together for th…
Julia Pugachevsky
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I started having sex at 36. I missed out on years of self-discovery but I still don't regret waiting.
I didn't grow up religious but I subscribed to the purity plan. I feel inadequate when I started ha…
April Zimmerman
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I'm 28, and I miss sharing a bed with friends at sleepovers. I long to experience that kind of intimacy in adulthood.
I miss the intimacy of sharing a bed during sleepovers, but my friends don't. I recently realized o…
Lena Crown
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Surrogate partner therapy, an emerging treatment that involves physical touch, could help those with an intense fear of intimacy
Surrogate partner therapy is an emerging way to overcome deep-seated trauma. A sexual abuse survivo…
Julia Naftulin
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Knowing my husband's location was great. Then, I caught him in a lie and became obsessed with checking it constantly.
I became obsessed with tracking my then-husband's location after I caught him in a small lie. When …
Carolyn Wynnack
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Refusal to consummate marriage, denial of physical intimacy amounts to mental cruelty: HC
Refusal to consummate marriage and denial of physical intimacy amounts to mental cruelty and is a v…
PTI
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5 signs you should quit your therapist or therapy in general
While it can be hard to find a therapist, it's potentially detrimental to your mental health to sti…
Julia Pugachevsky
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OnlyFans creators make money selling intimacy to their subscribers. But in a lonely and hostile world, the relationships can start to feel real.
Creators said they faced stigma and isolation because of their OnlyFans work, and built relationshi…
Marta Biino
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Giving your partner ultimatums doesn't build intimacy. Instead, it can push them away.
Experts share why setting healthy boundaries is better than ultimatums in your relationship. Ultima…
Nandini Maharaj
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I didn't know my love language until I was 38 and divorced. It took the right person to show me I need physical touch.
I found out my love language was touch after I got divorced. I craved closeness and connection that…
Isobella Jade
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5 signs you and your partner are ready for polyamory — and 6 you're really not, according to the 'Couple to Throuple' sex therapist
Polyamory is everywhere right now. A therapist shares how to know if you and your partner are ready…
Serafina Kenny
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3 reasons why your spouse shouldn't be your best friend
Your spouse shouldn't be your best friend. Your romantic relationship will be happier with fewer ex…
Julia Pugachevsky
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I'm in a wheelchair, and my wife is able-bodied. We have a satisfying sex life, and our relationship is equal.
An interabled couple known as Squirmy and Grubs on YouTube has a normal sex life and balanced marri…
Kelly Burch
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Jenna Ortega was 'comfortable' filming a sex scene with Martin Freeman despite their 31-year age gap, says intimacy coordinator
The intimacy coordinator on "Miller's Girl" explained how Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman shot a se…