Relationships

Dating at any age can be nerve-racking, but if you haven't dated for decades it can be even harder. The good news: Dating in your 50s can still be fabulous, as these experts show.

Rejection and its painful aftermath is an unavoidable part of life, but have you ever wondered why some people are able to bounce back and move on, while others endure its lifelong impact?

From Australia to the US, these South Asian women share what being in an interracial relationship has cost them.

For some young Asians, Lunar New Year isn't as rosy and celebratory as many people believe. It's also a time when they are grilled by parents, grandparents, uncles and aunties about why they're not married yet, or if they are married, why they don't have children yet.

Cooking might seem like a chore — but some argue creating space to make a time-intensive meal from scratch is an act of self-care and can even help you heal through hard times.

From naming insects after your ex to voting at pink polling stations, love sees no limits.

Taking it slow and sneaking "a few kisses in a parked car after the movies" worked for these couples. Here are some of their secrets to making love last.

In a world dominated by online dating apps, face-to-face meetings can feel a little more daunting. But an old-fashioned speed dating event is sparking hope this Valentine's Day.

Suddenly single after a 20-year relationship, Life Matters presenter Hilary Harper wanted to find love again — she just had to work out how.

Dig into the science of romantic love this Valentine's Day and learn why some of us are more prone to putting our sweetheart on a pedestal and feeling love more intensely than others.

Loneliness is now a public health priority for the World Health Organisation, and with one-third of Australians feeling lonely some or all of the time, there are growing calls for the federal government to do the same.

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.