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The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper.

Promiscuous Poms reject monogamy

UK telly show Cold Feet. A new survey shows one in five Britons find monogamy undesirable and even more think it's unnatural.

Warm up to strangers with hot drinks

Woman holding a cup of coffee. A new study shows people judge others' characters on the basis of the drink in their hands.

Served up with attitude

GEneric pic of a waiter. A New York waiter's book grills an industry rife with contempt for its customers, writes Kirsten Lawson.

Hell hath no fury like the 'ex' files

Woman using a computer. Australian love rats defenceless against anonymous rants by former lovers on US websites.

A touching quest for intimacy

Woman is massaged at The Australian College of Hair Design & Beauty. Are spas a watered-down version of brothels for women, places where intimacy is bought?

Money woes taking toll on couples

Illustration of a couple fighting. Financial pressures are having a major impact on relationships in Australia, study finds.

Putting on your mail goggles

Computer lock. Google has adapted its free email service to help those letting loose after a few evening cocktails.

Online sweethearts live in same street

Online love. Proving that true love could be right under your nose, a couple who met online turned out to be neighbours.

Women raise voice when most fertile

Mickey and Minnie Mouse, A woman raises the pitch of her voice and lap dancers earn more tips when most fertile.

Lip kissing not pukka

Generic woman biting lips. Lip-to-lip kissing is fast replacing the air kiss as a form of greeting.

Sex search competition hots up between states

Victorians are lonely, South Australians are kinky and Queenslanders and people from NSW are just mad for it, according to a survey of sex-based web searches.

Gender divide: sex or family dinner?

Smiley face balloon ball. The things that make men and women happy are quite different according to the happiness index.

Ruling the roost

Peacock. If your boss struts around like a bird with a bright silk tie on his breast, he's doing what comes naturally.

When office flings go bad

romance. Wanted: lovelorn victims of workplace romances gone wrong.

Mwah no more, lips are hip

Kiss. Vale the air kiss. A London paper reports there's a new way of telling people you can't remember their name.

Risque business: sex toy parties take off

Woman in lingerie. Sex toys are the new Tupperware and the latest party plans are creating a buzz all of their own.

Vengeful Aussies turn to voodoo

Illustration of male voodoo doll. Voodoo has become so popular with Australians that some countries are turning it into a tourism attraction.

Romance boosts men's self-esteem

A couple. Relationships are more important for the self-esteem of young men than women, a new study finds.

Girls on top in noughties sex guide

Sex on moving motorcycles is out and so is coitus on horseback in the recently reissued book The Joy Of Sex.

Aussies no love rats: study

Couple kissing on a park bench. Australian couples are among the most faithful in the world, according to new relationship figures.

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