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Sue Radford is pregnant....

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MadameFoner · 20/10/2019 20:21

Just seen a post on Facebook...

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Drabarni · 22/10/2019 18:01

ImJoxer

I could have been exactly the same had I met a different man, I know this.
Had the same start in life and have attachment issues. Not suggesting that either of them do, but I hate the vilifying. Perhaps why I'm over invested in this one. Your threads did not stand out to me a all, otherwise I would have reported. You didn't say anything that others haven't.

PaulHollywoodsSexGut · 22/10/2019 18:03

For those who are pooh poohing accusations of neglect, attachment issues etc...

Imagine having three kids aged two, eighteen months and eleven months to look after.

AND THEN ADD ON EIGHTEEN MORE.

5zeds · 22/10/2019 18:17

As I said upthread DH is one of 12 and none of his siblings have chosen to have 12 children.
People often say this kind of thing. We live in a very different time to our parents. Very few of us have time even if we have the inclination to have really large families. Most people DONT start at 14. In fact isnt it more like 30? If you have your firs at thirty and reproduce every 2.5 years or so, you’re only going to hit four or five surely? So it’s not that they didn’t want large families because of their awful experience it’s that things are just very different now.

NoSauce · 22/10/2019 18:17

Also the photos and videos that are pumped out for their viewers will be madly staged to look like life is one huge, loving, jolly old time. Birthday, holidays and there’s lots of them are all going to give the impression life is bliss.

It can’t be. Behind the scenes will not be like the picture they portray in their photos and vlogs.

I bet it’s absolute carnage. Sue on her phone vetting all the comments, making sure she’s got enough likes, the younger ones running around wild, the middle ones sick of the noise and the older ones sat in their rooms, until they have to come down to help get the younger ones ready for bed.

5zeds · 22/10/2019 18:20

Bollocks @Rominiyi it’s perfectly possible to do all those things with more than three children.

Beveren · 22/10/2019 18:47

I'd love to know what the local schoolteachers think of the children, some of them must've had a Radford child in the class for the last 20-odd years.

I suspect they dread this, given that their chances of seeing any homework seem to be very low unless the child him- or herself is motivated to do it. I wonder how, if at all, the Radfords manage to turn up to parent/teacher consultations?

cardamoncoffee · 22/10/2019 19:24

It can’t be. Behind the scenes will not be like the picture they portray in their photos and vlogs

Of course it's not. Years ago Sue used to have a public facebook account and blog and she was inclined to overshare. I remember issues with the eldest son and Noel threw him out of the house but Sue wasn't happy about it. One of the girls had issues in school and was suspended, the fans said that teachers were obviously jealous of the family so were targeting her Hmm
Like any other family they have ups and downs but for the sake of the brand these are all swept under the carpet.

Passthecherrycoke · 22/10/2019 19:28

Oh great, thanks @imjaxer, you’re the one who got an interesting conversation deleted then. Fucks sake

NoSauce · 22/10/2019 19:32

cardamoncoffee quite but the amount of idiots that think that they are a constant bundle of giggles and pancakes is mad.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 22/10/2019 20:09

I really don’t feel that the Radford children have been prepared for an independent life outside of the family. That’s why I think the older ones stay. The family is their world.

That's an excellent point - especially if they've never been encouraged to have friendships or hobbies outside the family.

Rominiyi · 22/10/2019 20:17

5Zeds I'd be really interested to know how you have managed to do this all this with how many children exactly?

Horehound · 22/10/2019 20:46

I thought her uterus was a reason she shouldn't have any more. The drs said it was so thin it could rupture and leave her very ill indeed

firstimemamma · 22/10/2019 20:54

On this morning she said number 20 would be her last. Then she said the same thing about 21. It's just wrong on so many levels, the poor children.

ImJoxer · 22/10/2019 21:08

Oh great, thanks @imjaxer, you’re the one who got an interesting conversation deleted then. Fucks sake

I assume you mean me. What conversation? Confused the thread is still going and I haven’t a reported a single post on it. How have I gotten anything deleted?

ImJoxer · 22/10/2019 21:14

If you mean the post speculating about sue having learning difficulties- I didn’t report that post. I did mention to HQ in my emails with them that there were other posts speculating about various things including whether sue has learning difficulties, I did not name the poster or time of post so if HQ found it, they found it themselves. Nonetheless- it isn’t my rules that say speculation isn’t allowed. It’s MNHQ. Take your objection up with them. Careful though- they ban folk for that.

HelenaDove · 22/10/2019 21:17

Drabarni your comments on this thread seem to be a bit contradictory re. your comments on the XR threads.

neonglow · 22/10/2019 21:20

It will be interesting in some ways to see how old she is when they do have their final baby. She’s going to be 45 when this one is born, looking at the limited statistics available the majority of women would not be able to naturally have a baby at 45.

Rominiyi · 22/10/2019 21:26

@5Zeds I'd be really interested to know how you have managed to do this all this with how many children exactly?

5zeds · 22/10/2019 21:33

5Zeds I'd be really interested to know how you have managed to do this all this with how many children exactly?
I really have no idea how to answer this? Confused. Why do you think you can’t do extra curricular activities or homework with 3+ children?

HelenaDove · 22/10/2019 21:34

She hasnt ovulated as much as most women have neonglow

Tweetingmagpie · 22/10/2019 21:44

As I have said I have 7 kids and 2 stepchildren and they all have friends who come over and they stay at theirs, I sit and do reading/spellings and homework with them after school, they each do a couple of clubs outside of school, I cook everything from scratch and our house is really clean and tidy. It helps that we are both at home, we run a business from home but it’s around family life, not the other way round.

One on one time, proper one on one time like days out together is not as often as if there were two kids ( for example my oldest daughter does acting and our thing is to go to London a couple of times a year to watch a show, go for a nice dinner and stay somewhere fancy Smile ) but it happens, and daily there are snippets here and there where one of them will come and help me with the cooking or we’ll have a chat here and there, you make the time, even if it’s ten minutes.

I know it’s not the same league as this family and I think I would struggle to keep the standards I do with 3 times the amount of kids ( I know the older 3 are adults but surely you still have a relationship with your adult kids even if you’re not running around after them) BUT I was an only child and my mum didn’t give me hardly any attention, she used to just tell me to go and play or watch tv! So I think if you are the type of parent who wants to spend time with your kids then you will find the time, if not, then it makes no difference how many you have!

neonglow · 22/10/2019 21:44

Oh ok how does that make a difference? I thought eggs just aged anyway?

Tweetingmagpie · 22/10/2019 21:46

Oh and I saw 5 teachers at parents evening tonight! They are all doing great and the teachers say they are a credit to me, so I must be doing something right Halloween Smile

ImJoxer · 22/10/2019 21:47

Eggs do age and the quality declines with age but sue will still have more eggs to be released at 45 than most 45 year old women. So her chances of conceiving after this baby will be higher than a woman her age who has had 2/3 children.

NoSauce · 22/10/2019 21:48

Every time she gives birth they say it’s definitely their last. They must think we’re all stupid. I don’t think this one will be the last, there’ll be at least one more. I just hope she doesn’t push her luck too much. That would be horribly sad.