Is it rude to cancel plans last minute?

Sally Windsor, 45, lives in Crawley, West Sussex A few years ago, I went on a date and it was awful. Conversation was dry, he had no sense of humour and, needless to say, there was certainly no spark

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LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

‘There’s no resentment’ Eimear Draper, 42, is a dating coach (kindlingdating.com). She lives in London with her partner Sam, 44, and their two children, aged four and three. Sharing a room with my old

Midlife – and all the stresses that come with it, like divorce, redundancy and bereavement – can take its toll on long-established female friendships. As we saw in the last series of The White Lotus,

A good rant about somebody is therapeutic, says Amelia Tait. Just don’t let it tip over into sharing other people’s secrets