Edaein O'Connell

Edaein O'Connell | Freelance Lifestyle Reporter

Journalist covering fashion, mental health, culture and everything lifestyle related

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These millennial names are 'the new Barbara' according to Gen Z

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle February 26, 2024
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 18: A woman poses for a photgraph with an Oyster card at a ticket barrier at Tottenham Court Road underground station on November 18, 2016 in London, England. London mayor Sadiq Khan has frozen pay-as-you-go fares until the end of 2020 and has urged the government to do the same for rail fares on services in and out of the capital. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

How London Underground fines you if you travel too slowly across the city

Channel: Travel Travel February 24, 2024
Story from Jam Press (Platonic Marriage) Pictured: Matt and Kate. ???I???m in a PLATONIC MARRIAGE ??? we sleep in different rooms and date other people??? A woman has revealed that she and her husband have a ???platonic marriage??? ??? and says it works better for them than a traditional partnership. Kate, 40, realised how ???co-dependent??? she and her husband, Matt, had become during their 15-year marriage, and they decided to make some changes. The healthcare worker sought out advice from a therapist, and together the couple decided to open their relationship and seek out other partners ??? while remaining together. Now, six years later, the pair says their new set-up works best for them, despite no longer having sex and sleeping in separate beds. ???Before considering non-monogamy, we had looked at getting a divorce,??? Kate, from Portland, Oregon, US, told http://www.whatsthejam.com/. ???Our relationship changed over the course of 10 years together and we had a few friends who were polyamorous. ???It wasn???t something we had considered until our physical relationship ended and we had become platonic. ???[Now] my husband and I have separate bedrooms and we are platonic partners. ???Our other partners usually have one bedroom [at their homes], but we schedule sleepovers and it usually works out ??? no one sleeps on the couch.??? Kate and Matt both entered the new set-up with open minds but struggled at first with feelings of jealously surrounding getting intimate with others and developing feelings for someone else. She said: ???We fought and worked really hard to find and maintain boundaries and navigate everything. ???Sometimes [I get jealous], but this is a secondary emotion. ???In my experience, I have learned that jealousy is usually rooted in some insecurity. ???I think the last time I was jealous in any capacity was when a partner rescheduled a date night with me to spend time with a new partner. ???Effective communication is usually my

I'm 40 and having great sex but it's not with my husband

Channel: Sex Sex February 24, 2024
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Flight attendant reveals security checks you should always do in hotel room

Channel: Travel Travel February 24, 2024
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Here are the baby names at risk of extinction in 2024

Channel: Families Families February 19, 2024

I'm not dying but I've planned a two-day funeral - everyone takes home some of my remains

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle February 19, 2024
Woman washing broccoli in sink

Horrifying video shows the bugs you're (probably) eating with your broccoli

Channel: Food Food February 13, 2024
At 6ft 7, I can't escape men who want me to roleplay as a giantess @kaatiewoolls/PA Real Life

At 6ft 7, I can't escape men who want me to roleplay as a giantess

Channel: Sex Sex February 19, 2024
The Witchery

Hotel with 'red velvet everywhere' and suits of armour named UK's most romantic

Channel: Travel Travel February 13, 2024
The Traitors

Has The Traitors got you second-guessing? Here's how to tell if someone is lying to you

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle January 18, 2024
Sick woman blowing her nose

Social media loves this cold and flu remedy but what do the experts think? We find out

Channel: Health Health December 4, 2023
McDonald's Christmas menu

McDonald's reveals exact date Christmas menu will be axed – and you don't have long

Channel: Food Food December 7, 2023
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This baggage mistake is the ultimate air travel faux pas

Channel: Travel Travel December 4, 2023
Ben at Disneyland

Man has visited every Disney theme park in the world — and has been on every ride

Channel: Travel Travel December 4, 2023
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The best places to eat in London chosen by the real experts — black cab drivers

Channel: Food Food December 3, 2023
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The UK's least sexually satisfied city has been revealed

Channel: Sex Sex December 3, 2023
The Christmas gift hack

Mum-of-four shares genius £2 budget gift hack to impress guests this Christmas

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle December 3, 2023
Gen Z looking stressed

These are the microstressers that are damaging Gen Z's wellbeing

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle December 2, 2023
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Feel like you're being judged in the bedroom? Here's how to cope

Channel: Sex Sex December 1, 2023

Tesco is giving shoppers £500 for free just in time for Christmas

Channel: Money Money November 30, 2023