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Marriages affected by mother in laws

We are looking for couples who have experienced difficulty in their marriage due to their relationship with their mother in law. Maybe they lived with their mother in law and their marriage has improved since she moved out? Maybe the husband feels the mother in law negatively affected their marriage. Whatever the mother in law story we'd been keen to hear it!

Three generations of the family who have been through divorce

This is for a piece that will look at changing attitudes to divorce across the generations – we’re looking for three generations of the same family to talk about divorce.

Your experiences on Come Dine With Me

Have you been on Come Dine With Me? If so – we’d like to hear from you for a story a national newspaper is working on.

A man in his twenties who changed his appearance since meeting his girlfriend

We’re searching for a man who lost loads of weight, had cosmetic surgery, adopted a beauty regime or even just transformed his wardrobe since meeting his current girlfriend.

Victims of copycat brides

Did the most important day of your life turn out to be a nightmare when a friend or associate copied your wedding? We are looking for brides who have had their wedding ideas copied by another bride, or who copied someone else's wedding. We’d love to know how you dealt with things like another friend announcing she's marrying the same week as you, or in the same venue with the same band and decor, or buying the same dress, or having the exact same readings, first dance and ring, or copying your invites etc. We especially want to hear from people who have had the unfortunate occurrence of the copycat ends up having her wedding first and then the bride feared looking like she copied her.

Women who have been driven to taking extreme revenge on their ex boyfriends

We really want to hear from women aged 22-34 who were driven to extreme revenge tactics after finding out a boyfriend was cheating on them or treated them badly in some other way. Perhaps you publicly humiliated him as a result? Perhaps you destroyed his favourite things or ruined his wardrobe.

Women who developed cervical cancer after missing a smear test

If you experienced the unfortunate event of discovering you have cervical cancer after missing a smear test and you’re aged from 19 to 45 we’d love to know your experiences.

Men and women who were left for same sex partners

Were you left devastated when your partner left you for someone of the same sex? This week we want to hear from people who are aged 18-35 who have been left under these circumstances.

Women who forgave their partners for cheating

We're looking for women to explain exactly how they forgave their partners/husbands for cheating.  Maybe you made him change jobs, if he'd cheated with a colleague. Or perhaps you cheated too, to get even, and then they started again with a clean slate. If you’re aged 20-40 and willing to be pictured with their partner/husband, get in touch.
 

People who have lost relatives or loved ones to MRSA

Did you lose a loved one to MRSA caught in an NHS hospital?  We are especially interested in talking to people whose relatives went into hospital for a fairly minor complaint and picked up the infection in there. MRSA mainly affects elderly patients so we are looking for people who lost younger relatives in particular.