My wife’s drinking is way over guidelines but she never loses control. What do you suggest?
Alcohol consumption can be hard to talk about, but trying to subtly change your wife’s behaviour without explaining why is likely to make her bristle
How we met
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Virginia, 58, and Matthew, 67, met while working on a tall ship in 1991. After sailing together, they dated long-distance before falling in love and settling in Oxfordshire
The Eva Wiseman column
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Eva Wiseman
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This much I know
Nadia Sawalha: ‘I can be ball-breaking and soppy’
‘Not our tradition’: calls in Sweden to ban fathers walking brides down the aisle
Messy kitchens, work-life balance and chronic lateness: relationship experts on the one argument they can’t stop having with their partners
From Bennifer to Burton-Taylor: why some couples can’t stop making and breaking up
‘It’s fun, quirky and romantic’: why everyone wants Bridgerton music at their wedding
How we met
How we met: ‘I found her amazing fan fiction and escaped into this fantasy world’
Secret confessions of bridesmaids: ‘The dress alone cost me two months’ rent’
How to make a relationship work – and when to call it quits: 10 lessons in love from divorce lawyers
July 2024
Sexual healing
I crave sex with my husband – but his porn addiction gets in the way
Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis
How to build a better life
Face your anger and let it out. It’s the only way to stay healthy
From the agencies
Japan’s LGBTQ+ photo weddings – in pictures
From the Observer archive
The big split: why divorce rates were soaring in 1976
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Church of England moves closer to services of blessing for same-sex couples
