tag page for tag Real Life for month and year AUGUST 2024

Real Life

AUGUST 2024

'I've helped thousands of women boost their savings. Here are 5 money rules I tell them to live by.'
'For 10 years, I had a great job and a steady income. To cope, I smoked ice in the toilets at work.'
We ran a story about this teacher quitting the industry. Her story was the first of many.
'I woke up one day and even my hair was irritated.' The truth about midlife rage.
'I'm a finance journalist who wrote about con artists. Then I got scammed.'
'I've been a teacher for 30 years. Now, I'd rather work at McDonalds than step into a classroom again.'
'After I turned down a guy at a bar, he spent 10 years plotting to destroy my life.'
'My abusive ex is officiating my best friend's wedding. She didn't even tell me.'
'A billionaire spent $100,000 on me for a "pretty woman" experience. Then he told me his fantasy.'
When Simmone Jade Mackinnon finished McLeod's Daughters, she never thought her life would be like this.
Amanda Goff felt faint while exercising. It was a symptom of something life-threatening.
'Emily has just months to live. After I visited her, she handed me a note.'
The mother who won't put a trigger warning on her child's life.
At 30, Olivia went off the pill. What followed was '10 years of hell'.
'I'm a single man and want to have a baby on my own. I wasn't prepared for the opinions.'
'Women pay me to catch their partners cheating red-handed.'
Kylie Gillies found an old notebook. She opened the pages and burst into tears.
'My mum died 2 months ago. No one told me the "death admin" would be this hard.'
Kylee will never forget the day she met a woman near the cliff.
At 7 months pregnant, Nivek felt a 'firmness' in her breast. Then she got a call from her GP.
'I went to my first kink party. Here are all the things I didn't expect.'
Gambling ads could be banned in Australia. Kate knows firsthand the cost of addiction.
David spent years trying to be the 'perfect' husband. It completely backfired.
'I gave birth via emergency c-section. A comment from my mother-in-law afterwards infuriated me.'
What is an Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM) relationship and why am I seeing it everywhere?
'I roasted my husband in my wedding speech. 12 years later, it's not quite so funny.'
'At 48 I was diagnosed with autism. It made me reassess my whole childhood.'
The alarming rise of women over 45 experiencing homelessness.
Katie Haley was brutally murdered while her daughter slept. Now her killer will walk free.
Katie has cheated, been cheated on, and been the other woman.
'My 7yo daughter was being bullied. One incident made my blood run cold.'
A cheerleader woke up with uncontrollable tics. This was just the beginning of a small-town mystery.
The woman who knows Gen X women deserve better sex. And how to get it.
What is a beige flag? Why everyone is suddenly talking about them and all the ones you probably have.
'When I became estranged from my mum, my best friend did something unforgivable.'
Sally was surrounded by Botox and ballgowns as a diplomat's wife. Then something unexpected happened.
Tia Levings escaped a trad wife cult.
'I worked for 14 years as a detective in domestic violence. There was one case that broke me.'
'When a woman said my husband and I were an "interesting" couple, I knew exactly what she meant.'
'The cruel "rule" my mother-in-law has when it comes to family photos.'