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Romance is far from dead for over 50s

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

There's something different about that couple kissing on the movie screen. Both people have crow's feet for starters, and the man is sporting a small paunch. Can this really be a romantic comedy? About the love lives of -- gasp! -- older people?

Why men fall under the spell of Mrs Robinson

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Joan Collins once declared: "Age is irrelevant unless you happen to be a bottle of wine." The 76-year-old star has never been one to let age dull her looks, career or love life -- the actress is married to a man 32 years her junior.

Listen up, boys, the secret to great sex is dating an older woman

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

'Women start at 30 and just get better." When it comes to outlining the attraction that ladies of a certain age hold for younger men, no book goes into as much depth as Stephen Vizinczey's era-transcending In Praise of Older Women.

Blathnaid: Rebel with a cause

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

She breezes into Seagreen in Monks-town with her coat wrapped around her to protect her from the cold. There is a touch of the Julianne Moores about Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh. The RTE star, who grew up in the Meath gaeltacht of Rath Cairn, has that aura of unbridled passion.

Would you trust your man with Angelina?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Who's afraid of Angelina Jolie? It's now apparently the turn of Johnny Depp's missus. Vanessa Paradis, his partner of 12 years, was reportedly unhappy to discover that Depp's latest film The Tourist requires him to film a long and steamy sex scene in the shower with La Jolie.

The truth about couples

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

We may live in an age in which celebrities tell the public everything about their relationships, but when it comes to ordinary people, do we really know what goes on behind closed doors?

A lover's guide to older women

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:58:22 +0000

In 1965 he published an explicit book about his sexual experiences across the age divide. As the erotic classic is reprinted, Stephen Vizinczey tells John Walsh why he still believes that every man needs a Mrs Robinson

Texts, lies and betrayal

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

There is a tacit code when it comes to admiring a person who is not your partner: look but don't touch. It's probably best not to be caught looking either but, overall, the consensus would be that the occasional fantasy is all right -- as long as everyone keeps their clothes on.

The truth behind men's lies

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Wives, here is a fact you definitely don't want to know about your husband: he wants to shag your best friend. Not only does he want to shag your best friend, but also your second and third-best friends. (And fourth, fifth, sixth, etc.)

Dear Patricia: I long for another baby but my husband doesn't want one

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

I'm a 39-year-old mother of three, and for the past year I have been longing for another baby. The main problem is that my husband doesn't want one. He says he is content with three, and frankly finds it hard work. I see and respect his point of view, and don't want to push him. So I've tried to distract myself, throwing myself into my life, which is certainly busy with family, friends, career and hobbies. I appreciate what a lovely life I have with a good, supportive husband and three beautiful children.

Have the French really got it right with their laissez-faire attitude to infidelity?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The two Parisians I rang for a gossip were dismissive. In my salacious way I was itching to discuss the rumours that Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy are both having affairs -- she with heart-throb singer Benjamin Biolay; he with his stylish ecology minister, Chantal Jouanno.

Oh, you dirty rotten swine

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The tumultuous sex lives of stars and their parasitic kiss-and-tell hangers-on are never far from the public's hearts and minds, which is why, fresh off the back of the gripping testimony of Ashley Cole's many partners in adultery, it was a matter of serious global interest when Jessica Simpson took the floor on the Oprah Winfrey show to hit back at the egregiously indiscreet and hilariously daft John Mayer.

Love is...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Some couples explain what love means to them.

Flame of passion burns brighter if your perfect match is a bit dim

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

HOW to find a perfect wife or husband is a question that has puzzled the sexes for centuries.

Dear Patricia: After 30 happy years, his fling tears us apart

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

I really don't know why I'm writing, as it is already too late for me.

ARE YOU HAVING AN EMOTIONAL AFFAIR?

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

So, have you heard about the Hus-beens?

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

'Oh you mean 'him indoors'?" laughs the woman, grinding the stub of a Marlboro Light into the paving with her court shoe. The other wives cackle along, gathering around the window and peering inside at the object of derision: a cardigan-clad man slumped in a chair on the periphery of the action in the sitting room, nursing a Diet Coke.

Is 'sexting' the new infidelity?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

This week brought word that The X Factor judge St Cheryl Cole is planning to divorce her husband, the dastardly Ashley, following the footballer's 'sexting', or sex-text shenanigans.

U r dmpd! Why breaking up by text is all the rage

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Who would have thought it: Cheryl Cole is capable of irony. Just a few months after squawking "We gotta fight, fight, fight, fight, fight for this love" on her Number 1 debut solo single, the X-Factor glamour-puss has reportedly decided to ignore her own advice and end her marriage.

Mary Kenny: Older women can give a gay man something he never expected - grandchildren

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

A friend of mine, who is a gay man, was explaining to me that he was once engaged to be married to a lady. "She was lovely," he said. "I was mad about her."

Brian

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

"I used to work for an airline and would have flings when I was working. How many? Anything between three and six a month, often at a hotel called Concorde House at Gatwick, London.

LIAM

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

"These days, I don't lie about anything. I've learnt from bitter experience that you will either get found out or the lie sits there and congeals. When I was married the first time, I wasn't entirely faithful; I told porkies about all sorts of things. In the days before mobile phones, it was a lot easier. You could call from a phone box in Dublin and pretend you were in Belfast on business and she was none the wiser, so long as you could remember the lie and stick to it.

Richard

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

"I have been married for 22 years, and my extramarital relationship is the only thing that I lie about. It was a big step for me. I pride myself on my honesty in other aspects of my life, but I was sick of lying to myself and pretending I was happy when I wasn't. The physical side of my relationship with my wife has disappeared, and there is little prospect of it coming back.

Stuart

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

"I have been married since last June and have already told lots of little white lies. Sometimes men just have to lie. For example, I was playing cricket with my mates, which my wife -- who was then my girlfriend -- knew about. I left all of my kit locked in the clubhouse. The game went on for a while, and when we finally finished I went back to my bag to find I had 26 missed calls, 11 text messages and seven voicemails, which started off asking 'Where are you?' and culminated in 'Why are you avoiding me? The marriage is off'.

John

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

"My worst lie was my first to a woman. It still haunts me to this day.