“I LOVE COOKING FOR THE PEOPLE I LOVE. IT’S MY WAY OF SHOWING CARE.”

Is it OK to ask your boyfriend for money? Four girls weigh in.

Forty-four out of 50 women we asked* say they don’t want a public proposal – it seems attention-seeking, or like a sneaky way for men to pressure girlfriends to say “yes”.

Turning to other women for love advice is great, but to get a deeper understanding of what goes on in his head, we decided to go straight to the source. We grill Allan Wu, Glenn Ong, James Quan, Howard Lo and Paul Foster on love, sex, marriage and divorce.

In which we ask three men to get candid on a very hot topic.

Sex for the first time can be equal parts amazing and appalling. It also involves a lot of ambiguity — should it be openly planned, or should it be silently set up and happen seemingly naturally? CLEO speaks to three women about their first time.

Men spill the beans on their biggest relationship boo-boos, and how they made a comeback.

Seems it’s not just Queen Bey who knows the madness of a booming heartbeat. Men also go gaga when they meet certain women, as Sasha Gonzales discovers.

“I used to be such a depressive and grouchy person. Then I met Chloe*. She’s like a burst of sunshine – always smiling, always positive, and always able to see the silver lining in everything. She showed me how to turn negative situations around and look at problems in a different way. Nothing bugs me anymore.” – Michael Wee, 26, part-time model