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Is it music to your ears?

Posted: 14 Dec 09 | MUSIC means everything to me, and I have started to notice a little pattern with the guys that I'm attracted to lately - they are all musicians. |

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Sexy or sweet?

Posted: 11 Nov 09 | HIP hop star Usher once sang: We want a lady on the street and a freak in the bed. |

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There's no skirting the art of flirting

Posted: 01 Oct 09 | THE art of flirting is something we would all like to master, but modern technology has simplified things and complicated them. |

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"S" stands for nasty

Posted: 04 Sep 09 | I HAVE a big problem with a particular s-word that I find very nasty: "slut''. |

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Loyalties can divide when love is around

Posted: 10 Aug 09 | A FRIEND of mine recently broke up with her boyfriend. |

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Romance a fine line

Posted: 02 Jul 09 | IT'S the old theme from the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally - can men and women really be just great friends without sex getting in the way? |

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The end of the night is an empty bottle

Posted: 05 Jun 09 | THEY had been dating for a couple of months, but he was struggling with a decision. |

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Endless forgiveness is simply foolish

Posted: 22 May 09 | UNFORTUNATELY, I don't always make the best choices when it comes to men. |

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Life's like a movie but no skip button

Posted: 30 Apr 09 | I RECENTLY found myself in the arms of someone I have had a crush on for ages. |

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Listen to those spot-on instincts

Posted: 09 Apr 09 | THE longer I'm in the dating game, the more I realise how incredibly spot-on my instincts are. I just need to start listening to them. |

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It's OK to kiss in public occasionally

Posted: 20 Mar 09 | WHEN you are a teenager in love, if you feel like kissing and hugging, it really doesn't matter where you are. |

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Break-up therapy

Posted: 27 Feb 09 | He said he didn't see us working out long-term. ''Fine,'' I said, then it's done |

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Facebook fun

Posted: 09 Feb 09 | Facebook is an incredibly fun and useful social networking site, aimed at keeping people in touch and I am officially addicted. |

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Posted: 15 Jan 09 | I have some incredible dreams. I'm one of those lucky people who gets to experience amazing things like flying over the Great Barrier Reef or wandering the streets of Paris in my dreams. |

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In summer time, life is a beach

Posted: 16 Dec 08 | There's something incredibly appealing about the idea of a summer romance. |

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How much to reveal?

Posted: 04 Dec 08 | I RECENTLY rediscovered some old fantastic songs from the 1980s and 1990s, and one that I really connect with is It's Only the Beginning by Deborah Conway. |

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How I get the daily fix

Posted: 19 Nov 08 | HIS eyes light up as I walk in the door. He smiles. He knows exactly what my body needs, without me having to utter a word. |

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It's the 'man-ban' or else a 'she-tox'

Posted: 05 Nov 08 | I HAVE a male friend who was so badly hurt by a girl he liked, after finding out she had slept with someone else, that he was driven to extreme measures. |

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Dumped by text

Posted: 27 Oct 08 | I WAS dumped by a text message recently. Not pleasant, but it happens. The upside is at least he bothered to dump me at all. |

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Unrequited love: the crushing truth

Posted: 29 Sep 08 | IT had been more than a month and then I saw him. All he had to do was look my way and give me that million-dollar smile and I was hooked again. |

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What is it really like being single in the suburbs? In true Sex and the City form, this new column will attempt to unravel the mysteries of the modern dating game.