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Emma adored her stepmother and stepbrother growing up, but they lost touch after her dad’s divorce. Nearly forty years later, she’s still searching for them.
“I've been on births, deaths and marriages. I've looked on Facebook … And I've had a lot of people try and help me find them, but they're not around.”
Still, she says she won’t give up hope that one day they’ll be reunited.
To explore how Australians are dealing with blended family break ups, watch Insight episode Un-Blended Families Tuesday 16 September 8.30pm on SBS or live on SBS On Demand.
Emma adored her stepmother and stepbrother growing up, but they lost touch after her dad’s divorce. Nearly forty years later, she’s still searching for them.
“I've been on births, deaths and marriages. I've looked on Facebook … And I've had a lot of people try and help me find them, but they're not around.”
Still, she says she won’t give up hope that one day they’ll be reunited.
To explore how Australians are dealing with blended family break ups, watch Insight episode Un-Blended Families Tuesday 16 September 8.30pm on SBS or live on SBS On Demand.

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After her marriage ended, Kristie re-entered the dating world in her mid-thirties.
She said she wasn’t looking for anything too serious, but that her experiences dating left her so disappointed she has basically become celibate.
“I don’t want to generalise, but it feels like [men] have given up on romance … It was kind of like all they wanted was sex,” she told Insight.
Sex is more accessible and permissive than ever to some, but this is not the case for others.
To explore a range of stories about how Australians are responding to a lack or abundance of intimacy in their lives, watch Insight episode Sex Recession? Tuesday 7 July at 8.30PM on SBS or SBS On Demand. Dating has been so bad, Ive basically become celibate #shorts #dating #sex](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sZyB74D4qQY/mqdefault.jpg)








