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Does your partner dominate you? Here is what you can do

Love and relationships
Have you ever gone out with someone who dominates you? A lack of freedom does not a happy relationship make, according to recent research. Read on to find out what you can do when you have no control.

Stuff to know before you say, Chal ghar se bhag chalein

Love and relationships
We’ve all grown up around adventurous and inspiring stories of couples who fought against the society to marry by eloping. But is it always so hunky-dory? Read on to find out the lesser-talked-about sides of eloping!

No ‘room’ for love

Love and relationships
Aaradhya*, a 30-year-old Delhi professor, reminisces about how she had to lie to her parents to spend some ‘exclusive’ time with her partner. However it wasn’t a choice she made willingly.

So what’s your cheat limit?

Love and relationships
There is no ‘definition’ of cheating. You can consider it a scale, with people believing some things are more damaging than others. Is it a physical act like lovemaking or more of an emotional loss of faith? Everyone has their lakshmanrekha. We ask people what’s theirs!

Your partner checks someone out: what it really means!

Love and relationships
Do you think your partner’s checking out that guy or girl? Instead, you could be the one with the wandering eye, according to recent research.

The five kinds of unrequited love

Relationship problems
Why do we pine for people who don’t love us back? Science reveals the five types of unrequited love, and how they compare to the real deal.

My husband is a sex addict. Help!

Love and relationships
My husband is a sex addict and asks me to do acts that also hurt me physically. I am unable to talk to anyone about this. What should I do? ABC from XYZ.

Do Indian men not understand consent?

Love and relationships
People have different explanations for the word consent and it is often brought up, and rightly so, in talks about abuse, sexual harassment and rape. Consent is not restrictive of gender roles. But, men often get the rap for not clearly understanding what can be termed as consensual and what cannot. We asked a few men for their thoughts on the definition of the word and how it relates to their lives. Here’s what they say.