All news on the topic: Relationships

Therapist Sinead Smyth, from Alameda, in California, America, has shared the common mistake couples make that's damaging their relationship - and how to maintain a healthy connection with your partner

A woman fears her relationship is at risk unless she can come to a compromise with her husband over the pet dog she no longer wants to welcome inside their home

A female reader asks Mirror agony aunt Coleen why intimacy has gone off the boil

A man has been branded 'cruel' for asking his girlfriend to give up her two cats if she is going to live with him and his brother in their house – but he says he 'hates' them

Mirror agony aunt Coleen Nolan advises a reader who thought she was ready to move in with her new partner, until he told her about his last relationship and its hidden secret

Nearly half of couples don't talk about serious topics, like death or illness - with four in ten saying their partner changes the subject if these topics are broached

Coleen advises a reader whose girlfriend of six years wants to live separately due to their mess around the shared apartment, leaving them worried for the future

The woman was slammed for ignoring her boyfriend's request to not let his cat outside because of a recent injury – but she doesn't think she has done anything wrong

Rob Taylor, from North Wales, said his mum's condition was an "absolutely harrowing" experience for the family when she was left to die with no food or water for 25 days

A woman has been left seething at her boyfriend over his irritating alarm clock habit, as it always wakes her up before she's ready and starts her day off terribly

It's never easy when you find out an ex partner is engaged to someone else, but one woman was shocked after receiving an awkward phone call from Airbnb confirming the news

The grad school student's sister set her up on a 'surprise' double date she didn't want to be on, without telling her. Instead of 'making a scene', she decided to get through the date with one word answers

Mum Andrea Ferreyra has quit her job as a prison warden after falling in love with inmate Javier Duarte, who is serving a 15-year term for murder - with the couple planning to marry

A woman has taken to Reddit to share how she doesn't want her husband to attend his ex-wife's funeral because he's cried over her enough already and doesn't see the point in him mourning any longer

Rory met his girlfriend Charlotte at a bus stop near London's Kings Cross station seven years ago - so he thought it was only right to pop the question at the exact same spot

Karleen Biswanger, from Florida, US, had been living with her 68-year-old boyfriend for over a year at a senior community complex in St Petersburg despite their large age gap

A woman has shared how she set up a Tinder profile for her boyfriend to prove that other women find him attractive - but she didn't expect it to blow up in her face

Two lovebirds have found themselves in an awkward situation as their families don't support their plan to elope, even though they have explained they are keen to save money

Stephanie Hanson walked out on her 10-year marriage after a life-changing holiday to celebrate her 40th birthday transformed her entire outlook

Agony aunt Coleen Nolan advises a reader stuck in the middle of her parents after her dad finally proposed to her mum and got an unexpected answer

Waldir Spalato, 83, was left alone when his wife, Lourdes, passed away after nearly 60 years of marraige - so he got a tattoo of her face on his arm so he could keep her "close"

Madyson O'Connor has said she has a long list of unusual things that give her 'the ick' - including buying toilet rolls, blowing on hot food, and holding an umbrella

Amy Ugurlu travelled to the beach resort of Kusadasi in Turkey with a friend in July 2020 to temporarily escape life back home after a break up, but soon a new romance was kindled

Coleen Nolan advises a reader who thinks her husband is sleeping with a woman at work

His friends say he was being cheap by not buying many drinks- but the man felt charging close friends for booze was ridiculous and taking advantage of their mates