Don’t get me wrong, I love a good wedding. But I’d be lying if I said I’ve never rolled my eyes at the cost of it all – apparently 2025 couples are expected to drop, on average, £25,625 on the big day. That hefty fee can include hundreds on cake, thousands on a photographer, and triple digits on something as seemingly small as invites. So it makes sense that some beleaguered beaus turn to their talented friends for free or discounted help during their time of financial pain. That’s what...

Though attitudes towards gender roles have changed since the ’80s, responses to a 2023 British Social Attitudes Survey suggest our actions have not. Though only 9% agreed with the statement “a man’s job is to earn money and a woman’s to look after the home,” 65% of women said they do more than their fair share of housework. Redditor u/avabeast counts herself among them. In a recent post shared to r/AITAH (Am I The Asshole Here), the site user said: “We both work full-time, but I also cook,...

It doesn’t matter what age it happens – watching your parents split apart and move on to new relationships can lead to a wide range of intense emotions, some of which can be painful or difficult. And when their new partner is too close to your age for your comfort, those feelings can be even harder for adult children to handle. That’s what happened to Redditor Adorable_Cost806, who asked the members of r/AITAH (Am I The Asshole Here) whether her “immature” reaction to her dad’s much younger...

Speaking to Travel + Leisure earlier this April, Friends star Jennifer Aniston admitted: “I have an extreme fear of flying.” Up to 40% of us may have a similar phobia (I’m definitely one of them). Jennifer had an interesting approach to dealing with the issue in the past – she says she used to tap the outside of the plane with her right palm before stepping onto it with her right foot. Now, though, she says, “I have been doing some hypnosis lately, and one of the requirements is to remove all...

Years ago, when I worked as a shopping writer, I was tasked with trying out a robot vacuum cleaner. My new flatmate, squat and keen, seemed like a different species from its larger cousin Henry (who himself had been decorated with an anthropomorphic grin). There was something so cute about the way it seemed to ‘learn’ the dimensions of our home, spinning around in earnest confusion when getting to know a tricky corner. I wrote at the time that it felt like we’d adopted a high-tech puppy. So...