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A couple who got married just days after they first matched on Bumble are still together - and living with two of the bride's ex-boyfriends.
Sarah Edwards, née Elliott, 34, matched with Paul Edwards, 36, on the online dating app on December 15 and 10 days later, they were celebrating Christmas as a newlywed couple in Las Vegas.
However, married life has not been straight forward for the pair, who have had to move into the Tunbridge Wells home Mrs Edwards shared with her exes while they look for their own place.
Speaking to MailOnline, she said: "We're really happy and about to celebrate our two-month anniversary.
"But it's all been very stressful too, like it always is when you're getting to know someone and making a new life together.
"We had to start married life by moving into the house I own with my ex Paul until we can sell it then we will rent somewhere, alone.
"To complicate things further, we've also got to live with another of my ex-partners who is also my best friend, and is also called Paul.
"So there are three Pauls! But luckily they all get along like a house on fire."
Knowing each other for only a matter of weeks has come with its challenges, Mrs Edwards admits, in that her new husband gets jealous if she speaks to another man after being cheated on before.
She added: "Paul doesn't know me yet, so it's a lot to expect for him to trust me straight away after what he's been through after his ex-fiancee left him.
But it just adds to the stresses that we already face.
"I knew Paul was jealous and lacking in self-confidence before we met. But neither of us knew that this would be quite such an issue for him.
"As my therapist said it's something that would normally come out over the course of us dating before getting married, but we skipped that stage.
"This is just something that we need to keep communicating about.
"He probably needs counselling ultimately to come to terms with his issues, which he's not having at the moment.
"Also my friends have all turned their backs on me for marrying Paul so soon" - Sarah Edwards
"Also my friends have all turned their backs on me for marrying Paul so soon.
"It's a shame that I didn't have anyone to support me on my big day, and that's been hard to take, but that's up to them.
"Maybe knowing what I know now I might have done things differently, but life is all about learning lessons."
However, Mrs Edwards says she is not fazed by the challenges she and her husband - an electrician she met for the first time at Gatwick Airport - will continue to face.
She said: "I love travelling. I've already visited 50 countries. I intend to visit another 50 before I have children.
"And I'd need IVF to conceive so we're certainly not having a family just yet. I'm hoping that Paul will travel the rest of the world with me.
"But life is a journey. I don't regret a single thing that I've done. And there are not many people who can say that they married in Vegas on their first date."
The bride has also since revealed she has a 'high-sex drive' and enjoys bondage, after being snapped at a fetish party.
Mr Edwards, meanwhile, says his wife has now met his teenage daughters, who were both "over the moon" for him when the wedding plans were revealed.