Relationships

If the horror diagnosis of cancer can bring any good at all, then surely it is the moment to act and heal the rift that most sears you, writes Virginia Trioli.

The new civil code requires unmarried couples to register their relationships and bans polygamy, which some Indians say invades their privacy and erodes their religious freedoms.

A book teaching men to heal from their trauma will be given to domestic violence perpetrators in Australian prisons in an effort to lower rates of reoffending.

When George Isbester appeared on a 1980s television dating show, he never imagined it would later lead to him finding his wife on the other side of the world.

When Kymm Apostolides was a teenager and living in a small regional town, he was administered electric aversion therapy when he began wearing his sister's clothes. Fifty years later, he's a vital part of the mid-north community.

Hitting the dating apps today, but hesitating because of a previous negative experience? App companies say don't be deterred, but do stand up for yourself when swiping right.

The Christmas and New Year period can be one of the loneliest and emotionally complicated times of the year. Here's how some people are reaching out to connect with each other.

Long COVID is not just destroying people's health. Behind closed doors, in homes across Australia and abroad, it is irreversibly changing relationships — sometimes for the better, too often for worse.

Beyond the crisis centres and police check-ups, work to teach children behaviour to help prevent family and domestic violence is underway in schools, and service providers say there is room to expand.

The cost-of-living crisis, Australia's changing demographics, and the greater mobility of the country's population mean the way we celebrate Christmas is now very different to how we did 50 years ago.

An "out-of-body experience" set Max Simensen on a course to changing his life and living authentically. He shares what he has learnt along the way.

This week, singer Jessie Ware re-lit the disco fire in my soul enough to make me want to go out dancing. But where? There's no dance scene for women my age anymore – and maybe it's been ever thus, writes Virginia Trioli.

Despite cultural preference for sons in some Asian societies, researchers from Monash University Malaysia found that living with daughters is positively associated with happiness in old age. 

When life wasn't quite working for Sydney parents of four Jodi and Daniel, they decided to take a road trip. It proved to be a life-changing act.

One in three 18 to 19-year-olds in Australia has experienced intimate partner violence in the last 12 months. These young people's experiences show what might help.

In some parts of regional Australia, old-school matchmakers are seeing an increase in clients searching for the one.   

Kylie Moore-Gilbert spent 804 days in an Iranian prison accused of being a spy. Sami Shah has been twice divorced. The pair never thought they’d find love again. Then they went on a dating app. 

The friends I've made later in my life feel like a gift. Time speeds by when we are together, and yet I age backwards when I am with them, writes Virginia Trioli.

Kristy Bowman and Kevin Humphrey's move to a home on wheels is no #vanlife adventure — it's a heartbreaking decision made necessary by constant rent rises.

In a digitally connected world, one in three Australians still report feeling lonely. From dinner parties with strangers to pledging to have a blind "friendship date" every week for a year, these women are finding creative solutions when it comes to making new friends as an adult. 

Instead of shying away from the pitfalls of romance, Sam Martina organised a neurodiverse speed-dating night in his home town of Warrnambool to help others who might be on the same wavelength.

When Ken turned 94 in July, there was one birthday card that stood out to him — it was written by a teenager he met in a social experiment who he now counts as a close friend.

When Ash Lindner was diagnosed with autism as an adult, he finally understood himself. Now his thriving "bike orphanage" business has become the perfect way to play to his strengths.

Trisha Stratford, a relationship expert on the first seven seasons of the popular reality series Married at First Sight Australia, has died aged 72. 

Popular online dating platforms are being threatened with greater government regulation unless they lift their standards and improve safety for users.