The Best Stories of This Week

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The Last Thing My Mother Wanted Healthy at age 74, she decided there was nothing on earth still keeping her here, not even us.

By Evelyn Jouvenet

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I’m Not a Cheater — I’m a ‘Cake Eater’ Talking to the adulterers who are happily married and seeking other partners on the side.

By Magdalene J. Taylor

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So Was Body Positivity ‘All a Big Lie’? If we all want to be skinny again — and we have “miracle drugs” to get us there — can we still love ourselves at any size?

By Samhita Mukhopadhyay

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Don’t Trust That ‘Veneer Tech’ Fake certification courses — and their horrifying results — are all over TikTok.

By Lindsay Gellman

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Talking About My Stillbirth On Mother’s Day when I walk down the street with my family, people see me as a mother of two. But I know the truth. I’m a mother of three.

By Erin Hershberg

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7 Books About Complicated Mother-Daughter Relationships Spend Mother’s Day reading instead of at brunch.

By Emily Gould

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Brittney Griner’s Joyful Next Chapter The basketball star talks to Megan Rapinoe about the life she has survived — and the happily ever after she gets to enjoy now.

By the Cut

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‘Why Is My Husband So Boring?’ As Esther Perel tells this week’s caller, the better question is, Why do you see that as a problem?

By Esther Perel

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Who Is Mother’s Day Really For? For those who believe the holiday should be for moms of young kids, our moms — the grandmas — should step aside.

By Amil Niazi

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Shakespeare Couldn’t Have Written a Better Wedding The brides eschewed tradition, creating a unique celebration modeled after the Bard’s five-act comedies.

By Kaitlin Menza

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