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Daily Mirror
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Baby name expert shares you 'can't' name baby same as family or friends
A baby name expert has shared some alternative names to ones you really want to use but 'can't' – as she believes breaking this key rule is really poor etiquette A baby name expert has shared the baby name faux pas you should try to avoid. However, some disagreed and urged others to "use the name you love". Colleen Slagen, who posts on Instagram as @namingbebe, shared that sometimes parents feel as though "the grass is greener," and they want "the one name" that they "can't have". But why can't you have the name you want? Awkwardness can often occur if monikers clash with others around you. Colleen said you may ditch names if they've been used by other family members – joking "your mother-in-law's dog or your best friend already used it". She then asked people what the names are they "love but can't use". After feedback from her followers, Colleen then shared alternative names to Charlotte, Ava, August, Maxwell, and Riley. Charlotte If you like Charlotte, which is "classic, elegant and nicknamable," but feel like you can't use it, she recommended Margot, saying she thinks it's "the new Charlotte". She also said you could try Collette, Juliet, or even Lisette. She then recommended Cecilia, because "it's classic, but not overdone and still has a spunky nickname option in Cece". Colleen continued: "I would also put Eloise and Vivienne in the Charlotte bucket". Ava Next, if Ava isn't a name you can use, she said Vera, Veda, Isla and Mila can work too as they "have a very similar vibe". "For some vintage options, I love Ada and Etta, and if you wanna go less common, I love Neve, Tova, and Pia," she recommended. August Colleen shared that August is a "gentle heartthrob" name, which has similarities to options like Ellis, Callum, Sawyer, Milo, and Everett. She added: "I also like Jasper as an alternative." Maxwell Maxwell was next on her list, which the expert describes as having a "classic but cool" vibe. She believes Malcom has a similar energy as you can shorten it to Malc. "Beckham, call him Beck, Calvin, call him Cal," she mused, also sharing Casey and Frederick could work as an alternative for Maxwell. Riley Lastly, Riley "for a girl" was on the list of names that have become very common in recent years. Should you avoid baby names if they've already been used by friends or family? If you have your heart set on a name, we think you should go for it! In the comments, people said you should be able to use whichever name you prefer. One wrote: "USE. THE. NAME. YOU. LOVE!!!! Who cares if your friend or cousin named their baby that. There are trillions of people on the planet, there are bound to be multiples of the same name". Another mum-to-be said: "I'm having a Charlotte Mae this summer. I decided I don't care if Charlotte is popular. I've wanted a daughter named that since I was little. I'm 40 now, so... Her nickname is Lottie." Somebody else penned: "This is so fascinating to hear about having names you 'can't use'. I love hearing different perspectives! My sister-in-law and I both have the same name in the number one spot for a boy, and our mother-in-law is pretty elated at thinking that she might have two grandsons with the same name someday. "It's really not a big deal at all for either me or the sister-in-law, nor for anyone else in the family. Love these new recommendations in general as alternatives though!"
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'And Just Like That…' Season 3 dabbles in dating app fatigue
"I spend every waking hour scrolling, swiping, texting, and it's all just hurtful or meaningless." In one brief venting moment, over a couple of Gimlets in a crowded Manhattan bar, And Just Like That… Season 3 takes aim at dating in 2025. In episode 2, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her former neighbour Lisette (Katerina Tannenbaum) are catching up in a New York hotspot, when Lisette expresses her frustration at how involved technology is with her dating life. "It's actually not about him, it's about this," she says, pointing to her iPhone. "My phone is who I am in a relationship with…I'm so sick of it, I'm so done." To drive home the point, Lisette then accidentally tosses her phone across the bar and conveniently hits a handsome stranger, who then buys them both Gimlets, wheels in motion. It's not a subtle message: meeting IRL is the way. Lisette's not alone at this moment; she's embodying dating app fatigue. SEE ALSO: Sick of dating apps? Try a dungeon sound bath instead. "Is it any wonder 79 per cent of Gen Z daters and 80 per cent of millennial daters feel burnt out by dating apps, according to a 2024 study by Forbes Health?" writes Mashable's Rachel Thompson in her book, The Love Fix. "This is unsurprising given that these apps are now engineered to keep people active on these apps for as long as possible. To the apps, you're at your most valuable when you're an active user — trapped in the revolving door of swiping, matching, chatting. Where's the incentive to make dating apps work better, to allow your most valuable assets to break free?" Featured Video For You 'Babes' and the portrayal of period sex on screen Lisette even projects assumptions about single women "having it better" when courting in the 19th century — a trend that rears its head every time a new season of Bridgerton lands. When Carrie mentions that her house in Gramercy was built in the 1840s and that she loves picturing the women who lived there before her, Lisette cannonballs into venting about dating in 2025, describing being stood up by a psychiatrist whose text messages are deeply patronising. "It must have been so much easier to be single back then," Lisette says. "I mean, it's such a messed-up time to be dating." "It's no secret that singles have been disenchanted with dating apps lately," Mashable's Anna Iovine writes. "Users complain that apps are copying each other with similar features and encourage bad behavior like ghosting, and they're trying to branch out into IRL activities instead (even dungeon sound baths)." Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in "And Just Like That..." Season 3. Credit: Craig Blankenhorn / Max Sex and the City and And Just Like That… have always dipped a toe in the relationship between sex, dating, relationships, and technology, though the former ended in 2004 before the dating app boom of the 2010s. Sex and the City dabbled in the online dating space in Season 2, episode 12, when Carrie's best friend Stanford (Willie Garson) met user "Bigtool4u" in a chatroom as "Rick9+" then IRL at a bar. And Just Like That… tried its hand with dating app discourse in Season 1. In episode 7, Carrie, a longtime tech agnostic, tries dating apps for the first time after the death of her husband (her publisher Amanda (Ashlie Atkinson) encourages her to go on a date to give her readers "some element of hope" at the end of her book on grief). Signed up by Seema (Sarita Choudhury) to an ambiguous dating platform, she swipes through a couple of profiles before she matches with 53-year-old widower Peter (Jon Tenney) and goes on a decent date with him (yes, it ends with them puking in the street, but it's still nice). Here, And Just Like That... missed an opportunity to connect with modern dating as it actually stands, as Carrie's experience really doesn't do justice to the real dating app fatigue users might identify with. Swiping through countless profiles has become synonymous with dating apps, with some apps like Tinder adding swiping limits and others like Bumble prone to cutting you off if they think you're on a swiping frenzy As Thompson writes in her book, "Dating, especially online dating, often feels like a numbers game — with emphasis on 'game.'" And luckily for Carrie, her experience doesn't include the complex "talking stage," the pressure around meeting up IRL, and the possibility of being ghosted, cloaked, or stood up. It's pretty breezy, right up until they both vomit in the gutter together. Seema (Sarita Choudhury) has a terrible experience with an IRL matchmaker. Credit: Craig Blankenhorn / Max Despite flouting real 2025 dating woes, Season 3 of And Just Like That… seems to be actively spurning all forms of digital connection at every turn. In the first episode, Seema quite literally sets her apartment on fire while waiting for a video call from her long-distance partner. But dating IRL doesn't get much easier for our characters — Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) "dating bingo" goes terribly initially, and Seema's decision to use an in-person matchmaking service is a very disempowering experience for her. Entirely defined by Aidan's (John Corbett) set boundaries of communication, Carrie's long-distance relationship is portrayed as awkward and solitary — and mostly played out on smartphone. For the most part, branded with an unattainable "easy breezy" Cool Girl energy this season, Carrie is allowed fleetingly human moments of frustration over Aidan's lack of contact, constantly checking her phone for responses that come in mere emoji form. "Texting and emojis are not a relationship," Carrie vents to Miranda. "A relationship is standing across from someone and saying, 'What you do think?' and then they say, 'What do you think?'" Phone sex is deeply unsexy in Season 3, with a cringeworthy scene between Carrie and Aidan in the first episode. Thrown off by her staring kitten, Carrie fakes an orgasm on a call with Aidan and feels uncomfortable afterwards, deeming herself disingenuous. "I faked phone sex…and now I feel dishonest," she says to Miranda and Charlotte. Essentially, nobody wins when it comes to technology, sex, and relationships in And Just Like That... Season 3. It's reminiscent of a broader fatigue beyond the show, and may have people throwing their phones across bars just to fuck around and find out. And Just Like That... Season 3, episode 2 is now streaming on HBO Max, with new episodes out Thursdays.
BBC News
29-01-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Warnings fitness trackers can make eating disorders worse
For many a walk in the park is a time relax and clear your head, but Cara Lisette recalls a time in her life when it seemed impossible. The 34-year-old struggled with an eating disorder for many years, and when she started using apps to track her fitness she found her road to recovery even harder. "If there was a day when I did less steps than the day before then I just felt really terrible about myself," she said. Eating disorder charity BEAT has warned that fitness tracking features can lead to obsessive tendencies. Data on people's use of the fitness trackers is limited, but one YouGov poll suggests more than a third of us own and use a wearable device in the Lisette, from Southampton, had been battling an eating disorder since she was 15, up until she was discharged from treatment in 2021 aged bought a Fitbit just as they were becoming popular, but while she was still struggling to eat properly - making it even harder for her to she works as a community mental health nurse across Hampshire, but wishes she'd stopped using the device earlier."If you are someone who has tendencies towards not exercising very healthily, then you're kind of always competing with what yesterday's you has done," she said. Mrs Lisette said because the fitness data is held on your device or app for long periods of time it can make obsessing over it even worse."I used to think, well, I did that many steps a month ago so I need to do this many this month," she said. BEAT spokesperson Alex Jones told the BBC: "Anybody who has an eating disorder or has recovered from an eating disorder - using a fitness tracker is probably not for you."He also thinks there should be more safety features built into health tracking apps, so they do not encourage targets that may be unhealthy for some people. Those with, or vulnerable to, an eating disorder "can quite often get sucked into calorie counting and setting themselves very stringent targets anyway, so fitness trackers can feed into the same mindset". "If you are starting to struggle or becoming obsessively attached to fitness targets or then look for information or speak to your GP.," Mr Jones her own struggles, Mrs Lisette was released from treatment for her eating disorder more than three years ago. Her aim now is to raise awareness around eating disorders, fitness trackers, and show people recovery is possible."I'm the best I've been since I was 12 and I'm really in a good place. I think it's nice for other people to know that - but also for me it's nice to be like 'actually, things are different now compared to five years ago'," she added. If you're worried about your own or someone else's health, you can contact Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity, on 0808 801 0677 or You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
