Surprise couple in Spanish cinema. According to Lecturas on this week's cover, actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, 57, and actor Maxi Iglesias, 35, have reportedly started a romantic relationship. This would be confirmed by the cover photograph of the magazine in which both appear kissing. The acting couple have known each other for a long time because they met on the series Velvet.

Surprise couple in Spanish cinema. According to Lecturas on this week's cover, 57-year-old actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and 35-year-old actor Maxi Iglesias have reportedly started a romantic relationship. This would be confirmed by the cover photograph of the magazine in which both appear kissing. The acting couple have known each other for a long time because they coincided in the series Velvet.

Maria del Carme Banús (Alcover, 1953) has dedicated more than three decades to uniting couples. She is matchmakerA modern version of the traditional matchmaker. In the mid-90s, she radically changed her professional life and founded Samsara, one of the few marriage agencies in Barcelona.

"Is it okay to cheat on someone? I don't know anymore, because if you cheat on them, you betray your partner, but if you don't, you betray yourself and maybe end up destroying the relationship. So, if you have an open relationship, it stops being a relationship and starts being the Solutions Forum because you'll have to talk about and manage sex," said Oye Sherman in the closing monologue of Enfoquem: the Solutions Forum held at the CCCB for ARA's 15th anniversary. Faced with the complexity of relationships, the comedian ended up choosing to talk about housing, the main concern of Catalans according to the CEO (we'd have to see what would happen if we asked about relationships!): "My love life makes the housing crisis seem like a pleasant topic." And this was confirmed by the round table discussion dedicated to the topic: "We are in a moment of searching where many ways of connecting converge. We have banished the references of romantic love and are still building new ones," points out sociologist and specialist in digital social innovation Liliana Arroyo. It seems that everything is yet to be done and that everything is possible, butthe do it yourself"It can become a double-edged sword.

An infinite catalogue of faces, bodies and data in which it is difficult to discern what is real from what is not, banal chats, a list of matchHE unanswered, dates based on false expectations and frustration. This is the feeling that most dating app users end up experiencing.

Not only is there a fever for Ozempic, but the drug's patent will soon expire and much more affordable generic versions will be arriving. This is more than good news for diabetics or those who take it to lose weight: according to many studies, GLP-1 receptor agonists, which is the technical name for the thing, reduce alcohol, cocaine, and tobacco consumption among addicts, prevent heart attacks, are associated with a lower risk of several types of arthritis, and may even slow memory loss associated with Alzheimer's. Although enthusiasm and economic interests should make us wary, there are indications that we are talking about a miracle drug.

Not all summers are the same. Some force us to adapt to a new personal reality and leave behind the habits we've had until then. One of these situations occurs when, after a recent separation, we face the first summer without our children or the family life we've built over the past few years. These circumstances aren't always easy, and emotions often run high. Acting wisely in moments like these can be a real challenge—but it's by no means impossible.

We read in the ARA that actress Charlize Theron, born in the wine-producing land of South Africa, "boasts about a night of sex with a 26-year-old young man." She said this in a podcast calledCall her daddy: "Not long ago I had sex with a 26-year-old guy and it was incredible. I'd never done that before and I thought, 'Oh! This is wonderful.'"

Rumors that 17-year-old Lamine Yamal might be dating a 30-year-old content creator, and Alejandro Sanz's confession that he had a relationship with a fan 30 years younger than him, have brought the topic of relationships with large age gaps back to the forefront. This issue frequently returns to public debate, where the question arises as to whether two people at different stages of their lives and with very different personal backgrounds can have a functional relationship. And in the case of minors, like the Barça player, it raises even more questions. In this regard, Spanish law is clear and sets the age of sexual consent at 16. Even if people younger than that age agree to have sex with an adult, this consent has no legal validity. And not only are sexual relations legislated in this regard, but other types of actions with clear sexual content are also included, such as conversations, recording images, or videos.

In Catalonia, 1.1 children are born per woman. According to the Idescat (National Institute of Social Development), in recent years, the number of smaller families with only one child has increased, and the tendency to have two, but especially three, or more children has decreased. Job insecurity, new family patterns, and later marriages are some of the causes of this demographic trend. In this context, what happens when one partner wants more children and the other doesn't?

If you are or have been in a relationship, you have probably had the frustrating experience of realizing that, while you are chatting about something, your partner is staring intently at your phone. Although this gesture, dubbed as phubbing In English, it is seemingly benign, several recent investigations show that it can be an insidious habit. One study has related that couples who carry out this practice more frequently are less satisfied with their relationship, and another study of the year 2022 reveals that it can provoke feelings of distrust and ostracism. A recent research It has also been shown that people who do phubbing They are more likely to have their partner do it too, which creates a chain reaction of sorts.

Tinder, Bumble, Happn, Grindr, Badoo, Meetic, AdoptaUnTio and many more. Dating and partner-finding apps have revolutionised the way humans interact in terms of sexual and emotional relationships in the West. These types of apps are so common that it even seems impossible to have other ways of getting along beyond trading images and chatting on the mobile phone screen. In this sense, the data is clarifying, because it is estimated that 40% of new couples formed in the State have met on Tinder. But although they may seem from another era, physical marriage agencies have not disappeared, quite the opposite. This sector, which was created in Catalonia in the sixties, exists and works as well as in past decades. There are far fewer of them and they do not compete head-to-head with the millions of users who use the digital environment, but they claim to offer an extra level of attention and personalisation that no machine can ever give you.

"From the beginning I was very clear that he was married, that we loved each other, but that he would not leave his wife," says Alba, who was her boss's lover for two years. "There was an expiration date. At that time I was twenty-five years old and had a job that took us around the world, very exciting, and our relationship was in a magical and unrealistic environment. If we had been together we would have found ourselves with a divorce, children involved, routine would have had to be free."

In the middle of the last century, everyone believed that men had to pay on first dates. According to the classic division of roles, women were in charge of the reproductive side and men were in charge of the productive side. They were the ones who breadwinners, provided the family with the financial resources, so their value was associated with purchasing power and the fact that he paid for dates was a sign of power. Furthermore, it was not until 1978 that women in Spain were able to open a bank account without a man's permission, having been denied their autonomy until then.