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Mum spends £1000 on a gold dummy 😱

94 replies

Usernamqwerty · 02/07/2022 19:45

Her little one chucked it away in the town centre and she cried for 3 days... Good grief!

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-most-pampered-toddler-bathes-27380865

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Overtired201984 · 02/07/2022 20:25

What pisses me off about this so much is not that fact of what she buys . That In my opinion is ridiculous and tacky !

But that fact she’s on benefits , she can afford a £1000 dummy she shouldn’t be on benefits !

Toddlerteaplease · 02/07/2022 20:27

Does she realise that millions of other had babies in the pandemic and don't treat them like that. He's going to be a little sh&&t when he's older.

Georgeskitchen · 02/07/2022 20:27

I hope she has a good security system at her home. I doubt it will take Sheffields finest long to work out where she lives and have that jewellery out of there quick as a flash!!

Johnnysgirl · 02/07/2022 20:28

She's on benefits?? How much are they paying her?!

TooBigForMyBoots · 02/07/2022 20:33

Not much @Johnnysgirl. If her entire rent is covered by HB, she will be getting around £600 per month Universal Credit.

She's made this up to make money.

Johnnysgirl · 02/07/2022 20:35

TooBigForMyBoots · 02/07/2022 20:33

Not much @Johnnysgirl. If her entire rent is covered by HB, she will be getting around £600 per month Universal Credit.

She's made this up to make money.

Yeah, I guess accumulating the dosh for solid gold dummies needs some serious grifting 😂

TooBigForMyBoots · 02/07/2022 20:35

If her rent exceeds HB, the rest has to be paid out of the £600.

Caspianberg · 02/07/2022 20:38

She gives her 1 year old a cooked breakfast in bed?

God the mess my 2 year old would make if I gave him beans and egg in bed would be a nightmare!

ThickCutSteakChips · 02/07/2022 20:40

If this is supposed to be a shitty article about single mums on benefits, they have way overegged the pudding. What person on benefits has a grand to drop on a dummy, what a load of utter shite.

The comments on this thread are fucking stupid as well - Mumsnet really has nose dived with the calibre of its clientele in the last few years.

ThickCutSteakChips · 02/07/2022 20:41

Overtired201984 · 02/07/2022 20:25

What pisses me off about this so much is not that fact of what she buys . That In my opinion is ridiculous and tacky !

But that fact she’s on benefits , she can afford a £1000 dummy she shouldn’t be on benefits !

Are you seriously this gullible?

RedCarsGoFaster · 02/07/2022 20:41

I can't believe anyone is buying into this article.

It's been published in the Daily Mail, Daily Star, the Sun, the Mirror, and every crappy "local" paper in the Reach PLC domain.

Just because they've said this is a story, doesn't make it fact.

Critical thinking seems to be sadly lacking in the UK these days - so many things on Fb and in junk newspapers are just accepted as fact without questioning the reality of it.

Overtired201984 · 02/07/2022 20:43

ThickCutSteakChips · 02/07/2022 20:41

Are you seriously this gullible?

Clearly I must be , I’m just commenting on the article …
Do you know her ?
Apologies the clientele on mumsnet is not to your standards.

ThickCutSteakChips · 02/07/2022 20:45

He’s never drunk tap water in his life and I sacked my nanny because she gave him tap water.

Yeah, course you did hun.....Hmm

Longdistance · 02/07/2022 20:45

Utter bollocks! He bathes in Matey bubble bath like every other kid.
He hated his dummy, so threw it away. The dummy was gold like my sense of humour. In fantasy land like a Sun article.

TooBigForMyBoots · 02/07/2022 20:49

@Overtired201984, how many litres do you need to fill the bath? How much does milk cost? How does she heat it? How often does she bathe her child? The whole thing is a load of made up bollocks.🙄

Hallyup89 · 02/07/2022 20:49

I feel sorry for all those poor little boys who've grown breasts from drinking tap water 🙄.

Thick as two short planks. Her kid stands no chance.

Prettypennies · 02/07/2022 20:51

screams fake story to make some quick cash. Especially the tap water bit 🤥

Reallyreallyborednow · 02/07/2022 20:52

”he has a refined pallet” does he now mirror journalist?

i had to go and read the fucking article to check the spelling. Shows the standard of “journalism”.

i also think MH if this is true- and it could be if she’s stacking up the cc debt.

god forbid she ever has a girl. Can you imagine.

Toddlerteaplease · 02/07/2022 20:53

Why didn't she put the dummy on a clip thingy?!

ThickCutSteakChips · 02/07/2022 20:55

Critical thinking seems to be sadly lacking in the UK these days - so many things on Fb and in junk newspapers are just accepted as fact without questioning the reality of it.

I know, it's actually quite worrying the number of posters on this thread who have completely fallen for what is clearly complete bullshit. I know people say everyone just accepts what they read online now without questioning it at all, but this really is a real life example of that.

It doesn't add up anyway. She said she is not working, but apparently had a nanny (who she sacked because the nanny gave the kid tap water). He chucked away the solid gold dummy, but he is posing with one in his photos. But if really she had immediately gone out and spunked another grand on a new one, why has that been left out of the article because that would have been a great little 'shocking' tidbit.

That article reads like someone has imagined a really pampered baby, and then just written down the most exaggerated version of that they can think of.

gingersplodgecat · 02/07/2022 20:57

She's going to have a heck of a lot of dentist's bills in the future, since the poor boy clearly has another solid metal dummy in his mouth in the photos. I dread to think what that's doing to his teeth.

ThickCutSteakChips · 02/07/2022 20:58

Lol at 'refined pallet'!

How much do these journos get paid for this crap?

Hied · 02/07/2022 20:59

I suspect some of the posters on here need to read the Billy Bullshitter thread!!!

mcplant · 02/07/2022 21:05

😂
How nice a cold sticky bath!

Hallyup89 · 02/07/2022 21:06

gingersplodgecat · 02/07/2022 20:57

She's going to have a heck of a lot of dentist's bills in the future, since the poor boy clearly has another solid metal dummy in his mouth in the photos. I dread to think what that's doing to his teeth.

I wouldn't worry too much. Her Facebook photos show him with a bog-standard plastic one.

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