An open relationship once meant liberating yourself from the mundanity of a traditional set-up. Then Lily Allen released West End Girl and the world starting gossiping about the ultimate cautionary tale of using non-monogamy to save a domestic set-up. As taking lovers becomes tactical, WH explores if fortysomething women are playing with their mental health as they play around with the rules

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Sinead*, 63, a health and wellness practitioner, went through a difficult divorce after more than 20 years of marriage. After one relationship post-divorce, she has been single for the last five years

WHEN LILY ALLEN RETURNED WITH WEST END GIRL , HER FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, THE WORLD COULD TALK ABOUT NOTHING ELSE. THE OPEN MARRIAGE, THE DOJO, MADELINE! NOW, IN THE WAKE OF HER MOST SUCCESSFUL RELEASE YET, SHE INVITES LOTTE JEFFS OVER FOR TEA TO DISCUSS HOW IT CHANGED HER FOR THE BETTER

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