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Are you a ‘problem-solving’ partner?

Love and relationships
Your girlfriend is going through a stressful time in office. You listen to her situation and help her get out of it by your advice. Researchers call this as a ‘labour of love’. Let’s unmask how it can make or break your relationship.

Consent: All about being ‘raazi’

Love and relationships
Your body belongs to you alone, and therefore you should be the only one who decides what happens to it. Whether it’s a hug, a kiss, a blow job or penetrative sex, everything needs your consent, every time and it applies to everyone.

First-time-sex stories of women, do you have one?

Love and relationships
No matter when you decide to take the plunge, your first-time sex can be a crazy experience. Twelve women shared how the experience was when the first time they had sex.

Does Facebook help or harm relationships?

Love and relationships
Is Facebook good or bad for your relationship? That all depends on what you’re doing and why you’re doing it, says Dr Gwendolyn Seidman, an expert on how Facebook affects romantic relationships.

WhatsApp with your love story?

Love and relationships
Tell us about the app that’s keeping you connected to your pyaar and the one feature that you just can’t resist ‘poking’ your partner with.

I like a girl in my class. How can I get her to kiss me?

Love and relationships
There is a girl in my coaching class. She always sits with me and we regularly exchange notes. How can I convince her to kiss me? Ranjan, 19, Samastipur.

Always a buddy, never the lover

Love and relationships
*Karishma, a 30-something woman from Delhi tells Love Matters how her 80 kgs always weighed more in the minds of men in her life than her wit, warmth and confidence and the numerous heartbreaks that followed.

Why women regret one-night stands and how to address it?

Love and relationships
Women who make the first move are less likely to regret a casual, one-night stand. That’s because she takes things into her own hands and makes her own decisions on sex.