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Q: I come from a small, religious rural community with lifetime friendships. I've had good examples of strong marriages. While divorce does happen, it's much rarer here than the national average of 40 per cent. However, while I cherish these strong roots, it's often unheard of for a female in my community to be married at the old age of 25.

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Q: We've been dating for four months. I'm 27, have a full-time job, she's 23, almost finished university. I'd like to eventually call us a couple and her, my girlfriend. She recently left a two-and-a-half year relationship and doesn't want to be in one again.

Woman should move on from ex-boyfriendSubscriber

Q: I had a child, now 16, with my high-school boyfriend. We ended things badly; he'd been seeing someone else. He has two children with another woman. They split, and we renewed a "relationship." I started to fall for him again just when he discovered he enjoyed his freedom.

Counselling needed for wife's sex aversionSubscriber

Q: My wife isn't very interested in sex, so I turned to man-to-man sex - no hassle, no commitment, no fear of any more "mistake pregnancies." My friend has the same situation, except that an extra-marital relationship with another woman caused an unwanted pregnancy with her.

Romance possible without sexSubscriber

Q: I'm a male university student in my final year. I'm social, active in sports, and reasonably fit. I don't have trouble meeting girls, but every relationship I've had since high school has ended over my refusal to have sex before marriage.

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Q: We've just arrived from our one-week vacation with my best friend and Ms. X. We'd originally planned just two of us going (a guys' thing), but last minute he talked me into adding his ex-girlfriend. The reasoning was, she'd act as our "wing-man" (wing-woman) and help us meet and be more approachable with females.

Snoop or confront? Couples face relationship dilemmasSubscriber

Q: If I don't snoop or confront my wife about her out-of-town "work" trips (she already had one office affair), then I'm forced to hire a detective agency to see if she's with someone, sharing a room, etc.

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