Maya worried about entering into an open relationship with Ollie, but being honest with each other has deepened their relationship
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If I know that Ollie’s on a date, I find it difficult sitting around, not knowing what to do with myself
Continue reading...After three children, Gavin and Lisa have sex less often these days, but it’s better quality and more meaningful than when they were younger
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Because I haven’t slept with anybody else for decades, my sexual skills don’t feel transferable; they are specific to Lisa
Continue reading...After dating jealous and controlling men, Mabel loves that Finn respects her freedom and celebrates her sexuality
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The safety I feel with Finn means the sex we have feels safe, too, and we can explore freely
Continue reading...Both films explore the forfeiting of love for the financial security of a rich man. Sadly, the theme resonates for many in these straitened economic times
“Marriage is a business deal and it always has been.” So says Dakota Johnson’s Lucy, an elite Manhattan matchmaker in Celine Song’s second feature, Materialists. Lucy may be a modern woman, but her world looks eerily similar to the marriage mart of Jane Austen’s day. For Lucy and her clients, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Or rather, a “high quality woman”, as Lucy would unironically put it.
Materialists drops us head first into a world where coupling off with a partner is a purely financial endeavour; where foolish notions of love are not merely ignored, but deemed to be irrelevant; where women must choose passion or practicality.
Continue reading...Since becoming parents, Rich and Laura haven’t prioritised intimacy … but they hope marriage counselling will reignite their erotic connection
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Sex is still so important to me and I’m happier after – I’m just struggling to get in the mood
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