So why is Justine Robert's divorce front page of the Daily Fail today?

[StarInTheHeavens]

It's old news, so why're they posting it now?

I was surprised that she appears to minimise the impact on her children. Having friends whose parents divorced when they (the kids) were adults doesn't minimise the impact usually.

I think wealth can insulate a lot.

I can't read the Telegraph article because I don't want to sign up but love the headline-so true!

Mumsnet founder: ‘Our users are deranged when it comes to Meghan’

Blimey, it's a bit early for the hyperbole! I haven't "slapped anyone's wrists" – I just explained why it was a public interest story in response to the OP. And you can be interviewed and still not divulge every detail of your life. If her partner isn't a public figure, why should they be named?

Just read the article. Very tedious.
However DM describes mumsnet as "Mumsnet, which was founded in 2000, is an online forum offering advice for middle-class parenting dilemmas."

Should have said 'petty gripes and tedious parking disputes'

If I had been her husband I would have signed up to mn and gone on to the relationships board to get support for the fact my wife was shagging someone else and had spun me the “tornado of love” bollocks to justify it

I like this, too.

Crikey. What a self absorbed, self indulgent flow of shite. The irony is that she spews the script in reverse, in a kind of ironic mckery of the support women on the receiving end of this kind of stuff receive on here. She comes across as pretentious and vain. "The Tornado of Love"...I mean FFS. I guess it just proves that there are no holy cows. Everyone is flawed, vain and ridiculous.

I think you mean "should of". We're on MN, after all.

Come on everyone, don’t be mean. Ian - ex DH - was the only boyfriend she’s had since she was about 19.

How many people make 70 plus years with their teenage sweetheart? Especially if you’re not the sacrificial type.

Just here to see how many other numpties turn up to say they have no clue who she is 😆

Or the Daily Heil - Nazi supporting in the 30s like some of the Windsors. Or the Daily Filth.

www.timesofisrael.com/how-britains-nazi-loving-press-baron-made-the-case-for-hitler/

I’m curious because I’m nosey but it’s very much not news. Definitely not front page news. Is she promoting a new venture soon?

The date is relevant because its not news. It happened four years ago, its just an example of the DM recycling other people's work and cherry people anything they can position as salacious.
Where does it say she was "proud" of it? Or that the affair itself was the sole cause of the end of the marriage? If you read the original article as written, rather than the recycled DM version, then this is one part of a larger piece covering a range of topics. Withing that part on the marriage she was talking about how we as a society could celebrate long lasting relationships which come to an end rather than presenting them as disasters.

I've no idea if at the point of divorce both were shagging around, hating each other, bored with each other or if she ran off with the mailman. The more important point she was raising (and which the DM glosses over) is how to deal with long term relationships which end after a long period of success. I can't be the only one who knows couples who remained friends or rebecame friends after divorce of a long term marriage.

Not named or clarified in the Telegraph either, and it should stay that way. It's her business, and her partner's.

So you think this comment you made is not criticising other posters who queried the gender of her partner? @Inkpotlover

Maybe you aren't sure of the meaning of 'hyperbole'?

I don't think it was an exaggeration to say you were 'wrist-slapping' posters who were speculating.

If you think her divorce and new relationship is her business how, on the one hand, can you post there is bound to be interest in it, yet when people ask if she is now with a man or a woman, you tell them to mind their own business?

A bit of muddled thinking going on.

It's not on the homepage of the print version, just high up on the website. It's just clickbait.

She sounds very self absorbed to me, 'yes me doing the dirty on my husband of 30 years was traumatic and disruptive (for him and the kids) but I was caught up in a tornado of love so I didn't care that much and I'm sure everyone is fine now because the kids get two Christmas's.

she was talking about how we as a society could celebrate long lasting relationships which come to an end rather than presenting them as disasters.

Yeah, that's a good way to salve your conscience when the flak is hitting your family.

Yes, affairs happen, but would there have been this understanding if it had been her husband who had cheated? Do we call the women on mn bitter when their husbands express their happiness at being with another woman, one they have possibly been seeing behind their partner’s back for a number of weeks months before being discovered?

I agree there’s a time when people need to move on. But making statements such as that the children think it’s great lack self awareness.

And yes, giving an interview to the press about how wonderful it was to have left your partner for another woman and how wonderfully everyone has moved on is tantamount to being proud of having had an affair.

I wonder if the husband she cheated on is spinning the same happy narative.

FFS, go and have a coffee or something and stop trying to bully me off the thread. That comment was MY opinion, it wasn't a pop at anyone.

So much public interest that it took the mighty powers of DM investigative journalism four years to nick it from another paper after one of the parties themselves mentioned it in interview?

Likely jumped before pushed scenario. The media savvy can handle it like pros.

I cannot judge because I'm not at that stage of life but it will probably be accompanied by a change in professional direction of some sort, perhaps stepping down from the site (if not already effectively happened) or a smooth path towards the HOL (I have witnessed on numerous occasions).

she was talking about how we as a society could celebrate long lasting relationships which come to an end rather than presenting them as disasters.

That's fine if both parties agree at the same time that the marriage is over and have an amicable split, and no children are hurt.

But as we don't know her ex's side of things , it could come across as a viewpoint that makes her feel less guilty.

@Inkpotlover Goodness, it's you that needs a coffee.
Bullying you off the thread simply because someone disagrees with you?

Now that IS hyperbole.

FGS if you can't take any comments that you don't like, don't wade in.

That was in response to someone questioning why it was on the front page.

This 😁
Seriously though, the Daily Mail are one of the worst, they're absolutely obsessed with them.
Mention the crazy, and there they are at the front having their little froth!