When people fall madly in love and are planning a future together, the last thing they want to hear is some killjoy warning them: “Remember, you’re marrying this person as-is. Don’t expect them to ...

Katie McDonald, 29, broke up with her ex when she was 22 and moved back in with her parents. She joined David Lloyd, a luxury athletic club in the UK, with the money she was saving by living at home.

It was a thought I suspected he’d had. But I never expected him to say out loud. ‘Sex with you isn’t fun any more,’ said my boyfriend one Sunday evening, after he’d rejected my advances again. The ...