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To think Tamara Ecclestone is the luckiest woman alive

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plumcake2924 · 15/04/2024 07:33

2 healthy and happy children, adoring husband, lovely relationship with sister, health, all the money in the world. I follow her on instagram and she seems like a lovely mum.

Only slightly jealous that she's constantly taking her children all around the world during school holidays and always going to lovely places constantly. I do wonder why she posts on instagram so much though, surely, it's not like she needs the instagram advertising revenue.

Is she the luckiest woman humanity has ever seen?

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Asheyr · 15/04/2024 08:45

Her husband is a bit of a pillock. Imagine being a heiress with billions whilst also being married to Del Boy.

I caught an episode of their reality show once. The way the husband drives around London in his massive RR acting as if he was some self made man was beyond cringe.

Isitjustmethenhmm · 15/04/2024 08:44

@MsKirby How could you tell she had post natal depression?

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 15/04/2024 08:44

Seems nice enough but I wouldn’t like to be born a target- to have my children born targets. To have my cleaner rob me and my ex humiliate me.

LadyKenya · 15/04/2024 08:43

CoCoBeeBee · 15/04/2024 07:43

She had her home broken into and a load of jewellery stolen must be awful to live in fear of safety in your own home...

This happens to lots of people. The difference may be in the value of the jewellery. At least she has the option of where to live. And would not have to put up with so many headaches that plenty of other people have to endure, regarding their neighbours.

MalcolmTuckersSwearBox · 15/04/2024 08:42

Willmafrockfit · 15/04/2024 08:17

fact jay rutland's sister is jo wheatley, who was the winner of the 2nd bake off

The one with the husband who was convicted of his part in a MASSIVE fraud (tens of millions)...

Sealtheenvelope · 15/04/2024 08:42

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 15/04/2024 08:12

People who are happy in themselves tend not to need external validation, so they don't seek it.

Social media doesn't show you someone's reality or whether they are happy - all it can tell you about is the extent to which they are seeking external validation. That's as true for rich socialites as it is for your annoying friend who posts cringey memes.

This. Social media bears no resemblance to anyone's real life. There's was a post on MN the other day where a parent listed what they had done with their children over the Easter holidays, and asked whether it was enough. That's where we've got to, the need for strangers to approve what we do.

Worldgonecrazy · 15/04/2024 08:34

Certainly more fortunate than most, and able to make life choices not available to many. I know I would love to be able to walk into Chanel and buy anything I wanted, but imagine that it loses the attraction after a while.

kefirgiraffe · 15/04/2024 08:34

Lentilweaver · 15/04/2024 07:48

Anybody who craves constant Insta validation does not have a perfect life. I am not jealous because I don't follow her and know nothing about her.

Spot on

kefirgiraffe · 15/04/2024 08:33

plumcake2924 · 15/04/2024 07:41

It's a light hearted thread, no need to be so rude. Of course we don't know what goes on behind closed doors just like anyone else, however all things being equal she seems a lot luckier than most of us!

No, she's just much richer.

Ps is that you, Tamara?

Crunchymum · 15/04/2024 08:30

She's hardly a philanthropist is she? She could so such positive things with her money and influence. But she doesn't.

Beezknees · 15/04/2024 08:28

I recognise the name but have no idea about what she does or what her life is like, so don't agree.

KenAdams · 15/04/2024 08:25

Whenwillitgetwarm · 15/04/2024 08:07

Yes he seems shady as.

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I didn't know this. What's he done?

On another note, did anyone notice she had an actual sloth brought into their house for her daughters birthday?!

Blackcats7 · 15/04/2024 08:24

I never understand why anyone wants to “follow” someone they don’t know going on about their everyday life?
This seems very different to me in being interested in reading about someone’s area of expertise or seeing how friends or family are getting on with special events etc.

BeakyPIinders · 15/04/2024 08:23

MsKirby · 15/04/2024 07:41

When I watched her show years go filmed after her older child was born. You coulkd tell she had postnatal depression and no one on her team was saying anything. She was struggling in plain sight. That was one of the most baffling things, and it was part of the reason why I stopped following her. It was a very uncomfortable viewing .

Gosh no, I didn't pick that up either. What alerted you?

SwingTheMonkey · 15/04/2024 08:22

Nothing good comes of comparing one’s life with others.

Riapia · 15/04/2024 08:19

She has a terrible problem with piles.

Willmafrockfit · 15/04/2024 08:17

fact jay rutland's sister is jo wheatley, who was the winner of the 2nd bake off

BlondeFool · 15/04/2024 08:16

I think her sister Petra looks really poorly.

unsync · 15/04/2024 08:14

She's fortunate to not have the everyday struggles that most have, but how does she trust people? How can she tell whether people are there because they like her or because they want her money? Do they just tell her what they think she wants to hear or the truth? It must be very lonely and difficult to form new relationships.

Everyone has to have security clearance etc, it can't do much for your faith in human nature and then there's the constant fear of people wanting to harm you and your family for money. It's hardly surprising they live in little bubbles of their own making, but that's got to do a number on your MH.

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 15/04/2024 08:12

People who are happy in themselves tend not to need external validation, so they don't seek it.

Social media doesn't show you someone's reality or whether they are happy - all it can tell you about is the extent to which they are seeking external validation. That's as true for rich socialites as it is for your annoying friend who posts cringey memes.

Mimrr · 15/04/2024 08:12

Couldn’t pick her out of a crowd.
OP you must know by now that wealth doesn’t protect a person from misery. People need a sense of purpose. If she’s constantly telling people her life is perfect she may not be the happiest woman alive. I reckon that woman is quietly pottering away in a garden somewhere. 😁

Anyway. Constant flight are shitty for the environment.

RedHelenB · 15/04/2024 08:11

CoCoBeeBee · 15/04/2024 07:43

She had her home broken into and a load of jewellery stolen must be awful to live in fear of safety in your own home...

That isn't exclusive to being rich .

NeverEnoughPants · 15/04/2024 08:09

Lentilweaver · 15/04/2024 08:07

I have just Googled her. I don't suppose anyone will believe me, but I am not jealous. Really.

I 100% believe you.

While I would love to have enough money to not have to work again, if I had to have her life in order to achieve that, I would take a hard pass. I have nothing against her. I hope she's happy. I just don't want her life.

YaMuvva · 15/04/2024 08:08

I really hate these passive aggressive posts. Just say what you mean! “AIBU to think Tamara Ecclestone is annoying”. That’s what you really mean so why not just post that rather than this faux adoration?

ToxicChristmas · 15/04/2024 08:08

She doesn't live the way I'd personally live if I had her money (totally opposite tastes in everything from houses to holidays to clothes) but she certainly is lucky to live an life unencumbered by the worries of money.
Do I think it's the perfect life? No. She'll have her issues just like everyone else has.

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