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BoJo had been busy - another baby on the way!

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Crunchymum · 31/07/2021 16:33

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58042146

Congratulations to them.

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Comedycook · 01/08/2021 10:27

It's just such a cliché isn't... aging bloke with older children from previous marriage/relationship gets younger woman and suddenly is thrown back to the baby/toddler years. I really doubt he was as enthusiastic for this as she was ...I could be wrong

merrymouse · 01/08/2021 10:34

Granted, Boris is a twat but there are two parents here.

I take Carrie’s comments about miscarriage at face value. However, it’s impossible to hear about Boris’ new family without thinking about what has happened before and how he has treated other women.

I don’t think the two can be separated. She chose to be married to Boris Johnson, a public figure who has not behaved well. Regardless of whether she thinks his behaviour is forgivable, for many it isn’t.

OverByYer · 01/08/2021 10:40

She strikes me as pretty ruthless and knows exactly what he is about. Good luck to them, I’m glad they’re together, they’d spoil another couple

Blossomtoes · 01/08/2021 11:01

@Comedycook

It's just such a cliché isn't... aging bloke with older children from previous marriage/relationship gets younger woman and suddenly is thrown back to the baby/toddler years. I really doubt he was as enthusiastic for this as she was ...I could be wrong
It’s a complete cliche. Man in late middle age trying to recapture his lost youth. I doubt very much that two children under two was ever part of his plan, he thought this relationship was going to be a fuckfest and he’s been outmanoeuvred.
MakemeaCake · 01/08/2021 11:09

Miscarriage is incredibly common. It wasn’t talked about much in the past because it’s only relatively recently that women know they’re pregnant so early. Many of us who are older had miscarriages that we thought were late periods because it was impossible to get a test until you were about six weeks pregnant.

I agree with this.

I had DCs 30 years ago. You had to wait for a long time to do a test.

I had a heavy, late period while trying to conceive- it took 8 months.

I suspect is was a miscarriage even though I wasn't 'late enough' to do a test.

I sympathise with any woman who loses a baby but 1:4 conceptions end in miscarriage.

MakemeaCake · 01/08/2021 11:10

It’s a complete cliche. Man in late middle age trying to recapture his lost youth. I doubt very much that two children under two was ever part of his plan, he thought this relationship was going to be a fuckfest and he’s been outmanoeuvred

Oh come on!

Any marrying a 32 year old is bound to know kids were part of her /their plan.

Given his record, I doubt he will let 2 more impinge on his lifestyle.

Blossomtoes · 01/08/2021 11:13

Any marrying a 32 year old is bound to know kids were part of her /their plan

I disagree. There are plenty of women who don’t want children. Anyone marrying me when I was 32 who thought children were part of the plan would have been deluded.

Comedycook · 01/08/2021 11:22

Any marrying a 32 year old is bound to know kids were part of her /their plan

I think lots of older men just see this as inevitable but worth it to have a younger woman on their arm!

MakemeaCake · 01/08/2021 11:42

@Blossomtoes

Any marrying a 32 year old is bound to know kids were part of her /their plan

I disagree. There are plenty of women who don’t want children. Anyone marrying me when I was 32 who thought children were part of the plan would have been deluded.

They would know because surely their partner had told them one way or the other (as I assume you did?)
MakemeaCake · 01/08/2021 11:50

I think it's helpful to understand what B's own family life was like as a child. It wasn't easy as his mother had severe depression and Parkinson's from 40. His parents divorced when he was quite young. His home life was in some ways chaotic.

Now, none of that excuses his sexual exploits, but it maybe shows how the upper classes have a different attitude to parenting, in some ways.

Likewise, Carrie is a 'love child' of an affair her mother had.

They each had a fairly unconventional upbringing.

It's not as if he will be living in a 3-bed semi on a housing estate once he leaves office. She has money, as does her family, and so does he.
It makes it far easier to be an older parent bringing up two young children compared to Mr and Mrs Average.

So the idea of 2 young DCs in your 50s probably doesn't bother him at all, as it doesn't Mick Jagger and other ageing rock stars.

Blossomtoes · 01/08/2021 11:55

But apparently they don’t have money, he complained very recently that they couldn’t live on his salary. I guess it’s temporary though. As soon as he leaves office the Telegraph will take him back and he’ll earn millions on the after dinner circuit. Let’s hope it’s soon.

SleepingStandingUp · 01/08/2021 12:15

Perhaps we could start a Go Fund me to help them out

SleepingStandingUp · 01/08/2021 12:19

@Blossomtoes

Any marrying a 32 year old is bound to know kids were part of her /their plan

I disagree. There are plenty of women who don’t want children. Anyone marrying me when I was 32 who thought children were part of the plan would have been deluded.

I think the point is youre much more likely to mention early on at 32 if you want kids than if you're 22
MakemeaCake · 01/08/2021 12:26

@Blossomtoes

But apparently they don’t have money, he complained very recently that they couldn’t live on his salary. I guess it’s temporary though. As soon as he leaves office the Telegraph will take him back and he’ll earn millions on the after dinner circuit. Let’s hope it’s soon.
They own a house (£650K) which supposedly (?) involved some family money. He also has a share in the family house on Exmoor. He will get an MPs pension and a lump sum when he retires. She will work.

I think they will survive.

JosephineDeBeauharnais · 01/08/2021 12:38

@Comedycook

It's just such a cliché isn't... aging bloke with older children from previous marriage/relationship gets younger woman and suddenly is thrown back to the baby/toddler years. I really doubt he was as enthusiastic for this as she was ...I could be wrong
Boris has 7 acknowledged children (including this pregnancy). I wouldn’t be so sure that this wasn’t part of his plan. He’s clearly either lax with contraception or happy to have as many kids as come along. I don’t believe for one moment that he’s unhappy about this.
HmmmmmmInteresting · 01/08/2021 12:42

Boris has 7 acknowledged children (including this pregnancy). I wouldn’t be so sure that this wasn’t part of his plan. He’s clearly either lax with contraception or happy to have as many kids as come along. I don’t believe for one moment that he’s unhappy about this.

Yes of course this is the plan, seeing as they recently got married, had a miscarriage and then quickly got pregnant again.

a8mint · 01/08/2021 12:44

of course he is happy. He is the most populist prime minister ever

HeddaGarbled · 01/08/2021 12:48

Well, I presume it was the deal she offered him once he was running for PM in the middle of an acrimonious divorce: a varnish of relationship respectability in return for marriage and babies.

StoneColdBitch · 01/08/2021 12:52

@HeddaGarbled

Well, I presume it was the deal she offered him once he was running for PM in the middle of an acrimonious divorce: a varnish of relationship respectability in return for marriage and babies.
Or maybe she just loves him? Being the third wife of a serial adulterer wouldn't be my cup of tea, but he must be charismatic, and I can imagine what she sees in him even if it wouldn't be what I would want.
hyperbole001 · 01/08/2021 13:03

Or maybe she just loves him?

What's there to love? She clearly has no self-respect.

StoneColdBitch · 01/08/2021 13:37

@hyperbole001

Or maybe she just loves him?

What's there to love? She clearly has no self-respect.

He's charismatic, powerful, intelligent, well-educated, wealthy, well-spoken - my husband is all these things and I certainly find those traits attractive. I wouldn't go near a serial cheat myself, but I can see what Carrie might see in him.
HeddaGarbled · 01/08/2021 13:37

As Jane Austen advises: take care you fall in love with a rich man.

HoliHormonalTigerlilly · 01/08/2021 13:46

Jeezus christ. Just imagine that smarmy posh racist fat twat shooting his load in you! 🤮🙈

HoliHormonalTigerlilly · 01/08/2021 13:48

@SleepingStandingUp

Perhaps we could start a Go Fund me to help them out
YAS!
Monday26July · 01/08/2021 14:07

Imagine the self esteem issues Carrie must have to be willing to carry Boris Johnson’s children. Utterly sad.