CityKat

Going from good to great by mating with your mate

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:22 GMT

"Well, she did give me one once. But - and this will sound weird - it wasn't in any way sexual. I mean sure, I was aroused, but that was just a natural response to what she was doing. It all came ...

Connection error: Will smartphones break your heart?

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:22 GMT

Guess what? Broadband internet has saved marriage!

Various interpretations of that ...

Connection error: Will smart phones break your heart?

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:22 GMT

Guess what? Broadband internet has saved marriage!

Various interpretations of that ...

The desperation of the dateless

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:01:03 GMT

“But he seemed really lovely!”

I’m peeling my girlfriend off the lap of a man who is clearly a jerk. He’s made several highly offensive comments. His hands are all ...

Celebrating the motherless

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

So what about having Motherless Day?

Having a kid is pretty attractive these days. Attractive people are doing it for a start. Witness a bump on the svelte frame of everyone’s

Time to kiss off the PDA dismay?

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

We ran a poll recently. We asked, ...

Hear the wedding bells and registers ring

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

We know weddings are ridiculously expensive affairs these days.

Brides and grooms in Australia are spending more and more on lavish ceremonies, with the average ‘big day’ now ...

Do hot friends help or hinder?

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT

There’s a couple by the bar. You’ve been watching them for a while now. You’re a bit envious – they seem really into each other. You wish you had a relationship like ...

Dissecting the relationship chameleon

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:01:56 GMT

Are you a relationship chameleon?

She didn’t even like bushwalking before she met him. She would much rather have done something indoors – go to a play, see an art show, sit and ...

Man up and ditch the three-day rule, gents

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:01:55 GMT

Die, three-day rule, die.

The concept gave rise to a whole episode of How I Met Your Mother, apparently. But it’s formed the basis of tortured conflict in sundry rom-coms. ...

When cute couple names get nasty

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:27:11 GMT

“Give us a kiss, slutfeatures.”

Almost every couple reserves special words of reference for each other. Sugar, dear, darling, honey, lover, sweetie, crumpet, babe, baby ...

Identifying the warning signs

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:01:33 GMT

“I knew it was over because every time we had sex, I was super, super careful about not getting her pregnant.”

Confessions like these, shared over a wine or five, are the stuff ...

Use-by for the XY

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:01:19 GMT

Do single men have a use-by date?

They say it about women all the time; “act now, love, or you’ll be left on the shelf”. Presumably, this means said lady has failed to ...

Extradyadic sex - cheating or just fantasising?

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:01:00 GMT

Is it wrong to think about someone else when you’re having sex?

There are reams of scientific paper dedicated to a subject called “extradyadic sex”.

What is it ...

Why make up relationship problems?

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:01:21 GMT

Lying there, listening to his breathing, she is checking to see that he’s still asleep. Slowly, carefully, she slides out from underneath tangled sheets which belie the pleasures of the ...

Must love dogs, walks on the beach, have herpes

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:01:24 GMT

You can find almost anything on the internet these days, especially if you’re browsing for love. Or, at the very least, a shag with a random stranger (thank you Grindr, Blendr, et ...

Struggle, service, courage and sacrifice

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:00:00 GMT

“Struggle, service, courage and sacrifice,” are the values of Easter according to the spiritual leader of Australia’s 3.5 million Anglicans, Phillip Aspinall.

These are ...

Science of sexual misperception

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:00:00 GMT

“Our results strongly support the hypothesis that men possess a sexual overperception bias.”

Yes ladies and gentlemen, science has done it again. We now know for sure what most ...

Diamonds are a material girl's best friend

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:01:00 GMT

They like them small in Europe. Discreet. The traditional continental view overlooks size for the sake of purpose. It’s what you do with it that counts. To wit, you show it to the world so ...

Mind the gap: finding the perfect age difference

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:02:29 GMT

Is there an ideal age-gap for relationships?

According to the literature, age homogamy has become increasingly common over time. In other words, gone are the days of child-brides and ...

No sex is no sin

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:01:00 GMT

“I think it’s good, sometimes, that we go without sex.”

So we got a new pope. Latin American and Jesuit, was Jorge, is now Francis. He is variously described as ...

Big problems with big packages

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:00:00 GMT

“Should we ask if they have extra-large ones darling?”

I mean, who hasn’t bought condoms and not cracked all the usual jokes. Who hasn’t winked and nudged and ...

A bride by any other name ...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:01:23 GMT

I was stunned. How could she be so outraged?

“But like I said, I’ll be keeping my name professionally.” I was trying to explain my position with enough cloth of reason ...

Don't let the young'ns have all the sexting fun

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:01:23 GMT

You know who should sext more often? (Sit down Shane). Married people. Married people who have been married for some time, and got married at a time long before it was possible to pick up a mobile ...

Is compatibility in the stars or your gut?

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:01:09 GMT

Compatibility; we’re obsessed with it. Does this job suit me? Does this apartment meet my needs? Does this person work for me? How well matched are we, really?

It won’t surprise ...