Liz Jones whinges again

[bleh]

the picture near the bottom looks like the dog's about to poo [childish emoticon].

I particularly love this bit:
"Do I worry about growing old without the possibility of children or grandchildren? Sometimes. But then I think of my mum, who had seven children, and how she sits alone in her room every day." So why don't you just visit her?

Stupid woman. I really should stop reading her articles.

Maybe she is actually a spoof. In reality she is a 34 year old bloke creating a persona as a sabbatical from writing classified ads in order to get paid. Has anyone actually seen her in RL?

Someone on the AIBU Liz Jones thread had met her.

Scottishmummy - I kind of meant concurrently. As opposed to similar subject.

generally at any one time there are SAHM,Feeding,Brides,nursery,my man is bad un,my MIL is a raver.all on go at same time

dont think it really matters if similar pop up. Re Liz jones - both threads attracted posts so some modicum of interest

In my defence, I hadn't seen the one in AIBU until much later, after I'd posted my thread.

One last thought, if she is having such a wonderful time as a childless singleton then why isn't she writing articles that make us all green with envy at her marvellous lifestyle, rather than these whiny pieces of petulant nonsense?

nancy66 said she's met her and she's a nice old stick. we must quiz nancy further.

i think i see a hint of BINGO WING in the dog photo.

and doesn't she already look worried in the photo of her as a wee kid?

Did I say last thought? I lied. Perhaps after raising 7 kids her mum is enjoying the peace and quiet? Does Liz think that once the kiddies have flown the coop all mothers will expect them to remain hanging around? Visits are nice but maybe her mum likes having time to herself for a change.

LOL bingo wings,Liz will keel over at the mere mention of extraneous fat

From another article:

'On a walking holiday in one of India?s most northern states, in the shadow of the Himalayas, I thought I was being very back-to-basics, tramping from village to village in my high-tech walking boots, while in fact my holiday choice meant a very old man had to carry my suitcase walking behind me. All he had on his feet were flip-flops.

To my shame, given the locals didn?t have electricity and cooked on wood fires on dirt floors, each morning I insisted they make espresso coffee for me. I had brought along my own Illy beans and a special pot.'

I saw Liz Jones in the Tate Gallery cafe yesterday (took my "snotty, badly behaved children" to run screaming round an exhibition. I may even have had a carrier bag with me.) and have been wondering who to bitch to! And here is a perfect opportunity to say she looked really, really thin - a bit pale/fragile/dessicated/transparent and not in a good way. The long black hair is also incredibly aging. DH had no idea who she was and didn't appreciate how satisfying it was. Can relax as have vented now.

Having read through a number of her articles yesterday [bored loser emoticon] I have come to the following conclusions:

• She is a thoroughly miserable person, which may come down to not eating anything, but, I think it may stem from being one of 7 children, hence always vying for attention. She hates the idea of growing into a woman, of male attention etc., and one of the most potent symbols of being a woman and having male attention is having children. The idea terrifies her so much so that she starves herself not to have breasts and to effectively become sterile. She is also very hung up on being miserable as a teenager; she's never shaken the feeling of being an outsider and that she is less worthy, but pushes people away all the time (for the friends she has, she slags them off in weekly columns). Poor miserable woman.

I can't bear her. But I do feel a bit sorry for her.

She's the most boring, self obsessed, unfulfilled person.

Interesting article on Liz Jones in the Observer Woman Mag today, I'm sure she'll be livid when she reads it!

I've never encountered this woman before. God she's bitter isn't she? I've always resented in a slightly feminist way the assumption (usually made by the DM) that a single/divorced woman - particularly one who is childless too - must be a bitter old hag, but she really is, isn't she?

I really want to know what the issue is with working mothers who go shopping at lunchtime (presumably for household supplies rather than shoes). It seems to make her incandescent with rage and yet it is such a harmless thing to do. I leave work at 5.15 on the dot, Liz, I hope you choke on that.

How strange to react so violently to a stretch-marked stomach, revealed by accident and then to subject the population to a photo of saggy bingo-wings on purpose. [/boggled]

The dog in that photo is definitely about to do a poo btw. It may even have been mid poo and the poo has been photoshopped out. As well as having a DS I have 2 dogs, you see, and I had them before I had DS. I loved them then and I still love them now. They are lovely companions and tremendous fun. But they are simply no comparison to a child.

I love her. She is so pathetic. This week she gets a text from the married man. Obviously her dh cheating repeatedly on her has taught her no morals. The woman deserves exactly what she gets - self wallowing lonliness

vjg link to article please. could do with a good laff at her being ridiculed.

Oblomov here!

What a horrid article - So much of it is totally awful and bitter.

Have to lol at her reasons why women have kids!!!

But am truely shocked that she lied about her age when she married. They got divorced when he found out she was too old to have kids. How awful for her to do this to someone they married.

Mind you Observer Woman is a poisonous organ, full of drivel written by creepy people like Polly Vernon. The Observer is rapidly forgetting that its writers should report matters of interest, not assume that they themselves are in any way interesting.

I agree moondog, I always thought Rachel Cooke, Polly Vernon and Liz Jones would be best mates in real life so was surprised to read the Observer article! They certainly share the same views on mothers and motherhood.

Without children and/or meaningful jobs they have much too much time to sit around thinking about themselves.

One of best side effects of having kids is the way it stop navel gazing in most [but unfortunately not all] cases.

Only read half the thread but is this comment meant to be ironic?

'Thank god for a sensible, unselfish, and thoughtful woman, who isn't thinking about ivf and inflicting aged and single motherhood on a child.'

Seriously?

God I loathe this woman. Accept your choices, deal with them and stop slagging mothers off to make yourself feel better. You don't need to justify yourself to us Liz. We don't care that much. Or at all.