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Real Stories

SEPTEMBER 2015

'This is the day it will happen. This is the day my mother will die.'
'For so long, I avoided Luke's story. But today I can't.'
Keith Richards on Mick Jagger: 'Sometimes I miss my friend.'
'I tell my kids: 'It's just a little bit of cancer. Nothing big, just 4mm.'
Why people pleasers sit in aisle seats, according to science.
Shelly Horton: 'I didn't have a clue what my parents wanted if they got dementia.'
'How a single touch brought my husband back to me.'
'We’d never dreamed Mum would be the one to kick us out.'
Are these the most specific apology cards ever created?
The man who was trapped in his own body for 12 years - and could hear what everyone said.
The bitter-sweet feelings of a mum as her daughter hits puberty.
A son reveals what it's like to grow up with an anorexic mum.
Can you have an orgasm by sneezing 7 times in a row?
5 exclusive secret societies with famous men as members.
Could you foster a child without judging their family?
The sordid reality of a PM's sex-crazed parties: 'There were 20-year-old girls who were worn out.'
5 reasons to upgrade your iPhone to iOS9 (even though you might be nervous).
Talk show mocks beauty pageant nurse, and is dealt an almighty slap.
'Wife? Kids? Forget it. My partner is obsessed with ... golf.'
35 images that will take every Aussie back to primary school.
'My husband died. And my two cultures collided.'
The words that shocked this woman to act: ‘He’s unstable. Leave now.’
Annabel Crabb on what makes Turnbull tick.
'My husband was an abusive rapist - but I still miss the idea of him.'
What it’s like to attend a Workaholics Anonymous meeting.
'What I learned about taking back an unfaithful husband.'
Rob Lowe: 'Alcoholism was a gift, and it's given me so much.'
Lost in translation: 28 signs that have us weeping with laughter.
5 ways I want to be just like my husband (more or less).
'Remote, shuffling, chaotic: This drug addict is my husband.'
Adele Horin: 'How hard can it be to buy a washing machine?' (Answer: Really hard.)
A mollycoddled, twisted loser: Why Robert Farquharson killed his 3 sons.
'I am the daughter of an odd man; he's nothing a father should be.'
Why you should divorce your diamonds when you divorce your ex.
'My battle with cancer is like a gruesome triathlon. I will only win by moving forward.'