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The truth about infidelity: Why researchers say it’s time to rethink cheating ZOSIA BIELSKI The Globe and Mail Illustration by Ben Barrett-Forrest/The Globe and Mail Cristina overheard it in the garage. Her husband sat in the car, talking intently on his Bluetooth. As the car speakers blared his conversation, it dawned on Cristina that he was in the midst of breaking up with another woman. “It was literally like the ground had been ripped out from under my feet,” Cristina, a Toronto web developer, says of that evening in 2013. She would soon learn that her husband of 10 years had been seeing another woman for five of them. The woman was a work colleague and married, too. Theirs was an emotional affair involving some physical intimacy. “He said it felt like he was back in high school doing something illicit.” For the sake of their two children, the spouses sought couples’ therapy, investing in two additional therapists that they would see separately. At the end of the first...

The truth about infidelity: Why researchers say it’s time to rethink cheating ZOSIA BIELSKI The Globe and Mail Last updated Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 4:12PM EST Illustration by Ben Barrett-Forrest/The Globe and Mail Cristina overheard it in the garage. Her husband sat in the car, talking intently on his Bluetooth. As the car speakers blared his conversation, it dawned on Cristina that he was in the midst of breaking up with another woman. “It was literally like the ground had been ripped out from under my feet,” Cristina, a Toronto web developer, says of that evening in 2013. She would soon learn that her husband of 10 years had been seeing another woman for five of them. The woman was a work colleague and married, too. Theirs was an emotional affair involving some physical intimacy. “He said it felt like he was back in high school doing something illicit.” For the sake of their two children, the spouses sought couples’ therapy, investing in two additional therapists that t...

A 40-year-old Nigerian man has been accused of smuggling nearly 1.7kg of cocaine capsules in his intestines via Dubai in transit. A special device helped capture the man carrying the cocaine in his intestines. (screenshot) Jail wardens did not bring the suspect from his detention and present him before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he was scheduled to enter a plea on Sunday, February 7. Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal adjourned the hearing until the defendant is brought from detention on February 21. Law enforcement officers at Dubai International Airport were said to have discovered that the Nigerian passenger, C.J., had been carrying drugs in his intestines when they had him checked at the special detecting device at the airport’s transit terminal in November. The passenger was referred to Dubai Police’s anti-narcotics department immediately after the scanning device exposed tens of capsules in C.J.’s intestines. Drugs prosecutors charged the suspec...

Nigerian passenger accused of smuggling 1.7kg of cocaine in his intestines through Dubai A 40-year-old Nigerian man has been accused of smuggling nearly 1.7kg of cocaine capsules in his intestines via Dubai in transit. A special device helped capture the man carrying the cocaine in his intestines. (screenshot) Jail wardens did not bring the suspect from his detention and present him before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he was scheduled to enter a plea on Sunday, February 7. Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal adjourned the hearing until the defendant is brought from detention on February 21. Law enforcement officers at Dubai International Airport were said to have discovered that the Nigerian passenger, C.J., had been carrying drugs in his intestines when they had him checked at the special detecting device at the airport’s transit terminal in November. The passenger was referred to Dubai Police’s anti-narcotics department immediately after the scanning devic...

Nigerian passenger accused of smuggling 1.7kg of cocaine in his intestines through Dubai A 40-year-old Nigerian man has been accused of smuggling nearly 1.7kg of cocaine capsules in his intestines via Dubai in transit. A special device helped capture the man carrying the cocaine in his intestines. (screenshot) Jail wardens did not bring the suspect from his detention and present him before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he was scheduled to enter a plea on Sunday, February 7. Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal adjourned the hearing until the defendant is brought from detention on February 21. Law enforcement officers at Dubai International Airport were said to have discovered that the Nigerian passenger, C.J., had been carrying drugs in his intestines when they had him checked at the special detecting device at the airport’s transit terminal in November. The passenger was referred to Dubai Police’s anti-narcotics department immediately after the scanning devic...

Hannah Yarker, 20,  gave birth to twin girls who have different skin tones. One of the girl's inherited her mum's fair complexion, while the other took after her dad who is mixed race. Hannah says her black and white daughters now turn heads whenever she takes them out. She constantly has to explain that the 10 month old girls are hers and that they are in fact twins as it is a rare occurrence, said to have a million to one chance of happening.  She spoke on the attention they got and how happy she is to have one of each, she said:  "Kyle is mixed-race and I'm white, so from the word go, our friends joked: 'What would you do if one came out dark and the other was fair?' Laughing it off, I replied 'I don't think it's very likely!' Now our girls turn heads wherever they go and it is not just because they are so cute", "I can't walk down the aisle at the supermarket without getting stopped. People always comment, 'Are...

Angry maidens took to the streets of Ladysmith, KZN, South Africa on Friday, February 5, 2016, in support of the controversial virginity bursary. They have vowed to continue supporting the Uthukela mayor, Dudu Mazibukomayor who introduced the bursary scheme. "If the government can give young, unemployed mothers child support grants, why shouldn’t the mayor help virgins for preserving their culture?" they asked. Many groups have criticised the mayor. Higher education and social development departments have called on the mayor to cancel the bursary scheme for maidens. The Gender for Equality Commission said the awards encourage inequalities and must be stopped immediately. People Opposing Women Abuse (Powa) has slammed an alleged bursary programme that funds studies for young women, but only if they can prove they’re virgins. The Maidens Bursary was created by the KwaZulu-Natal municipality to fund higher education for young women. It’s been rep...