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millie court is the host of our brand new podcast, are we into this with cosmopolitan

Should you treat them mean to keep them keen? Millie Court and Cosmo’s new podcast gets into it

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Don’t like your friend’s partner? Read this

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Is ‘don’t settle’ a toxic ideal in relationships?

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Inside our podcast launch party with Millie Court

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How to know if you’re dating a narcissist

‘i spoke to a bunch of reformed fuckboys — this is what i learned’

‘What I learned interviewing former fuckboys’

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What is unrequited love — and how do you move on?

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How I pulled celebs over Instagram

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Is my relationship doomed, or am I spiralling?

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Love Island and the epidemic of low-effort men

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‘I’m married but I’m still looking for The One’

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How therapists can tell if a couple will break up

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Men will do anything but say how they feel

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Did the non-monogamy ‘experiment’ fail?

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10 of the best break-up (and make-up) sex scenes

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Why we’re so obsessed with ‘the one that got away’ trope

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How I found empathy for the AI boyfriend community

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‘My relationship was making me sick’

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The ultimate 4-week emotional intimacy challenge

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‘How the manosphere radicalised my boyfriend’

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11 couples on key lessons they learned in therapy

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‘everything i loved about my neurodivergent husband in my 20s is now destroying our marriage’

The challenges of a neurodivergent/neurotypical relationship

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What’s the point of Andy’s boyfriend in Devil Wears Prada 2?

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How to have better, healthier arguments

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Why we’re turning down the tempo on our love lives

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The (happy!) couples who live very separate lives

do the 36 questions to fall in love actually work

Can love be manufactured with just 36 questions?

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280 Hinge prompt answers

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How to pull people IRL, according to women who do it

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The unhappy couples who are too broke to break up

sapphic folks, we need you for our sex and dating survey

Sapphic folk: fill in our sex and dating survey!

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Is one-sided monogamy actually a thing?

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‘My best friend started dating my ex-husband’

friendships

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11 apps that will actually help you make friends

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Yes, you and your bestie need your own playlist

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What is a queerplatonic relationship?

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50+ (actually) fun activities to do with friends

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How salary gaps are tearing friendships apart

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‘i had a baby — and then fell out of love with my husband’

‘I had my husband’s baby — then fell out of love’

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13 decades-long couples on the secret to a lasting relationship

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‘This Olympian’s infidelity confession is pure manipulation’

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27 men on their dating ‘icks’ and ‘non-negotiables’

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Men reveal the real reasons they ghost women

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22 men on what women get wrong about them

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Read men’s uncensored opinions about dating today

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Why do I keep fantasising about being single?

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finding love irl and away from dating apps

Ditching the dating apps: can we still find love IRL?

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Inside the world of social media erotic massage

self love mantras in dating

Self love should be your 2022 dating essential

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Why single-shaming is worse since the pandemic

what it's like being single for seven years

"I've been single for seven years, and I love it"

17 women on the real reasons their relationships ended

17 women on why their relationships really ended

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Welcome to the age of dating optimisation

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30 guys on the first time they said ‘I love you’

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Why are three-month situationships so painful?

limerence how to get over someone you barely know

Limerence: How to get over someone you barely know

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What do men really think of dating today?

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Stop posting about your shitty boyfriend

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Is Heated Rivalry pro-situationship?

does your relationship pass the 'linen drawer' test a couples therapist explains

Does your relationship pass the linen drawer test?

workplace romance culture is thriving – you just don’t know it

Surprise! Workplace romance culture is still thriving

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7 signs you’re dating a commitment-phobe

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Just a bunch of super practical first date tips