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I always liked India Knight.....but.....

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reelingintheyears · 25/04/2011 20:50

'I don't believe women who say they loathe the institution of marriage.
If you poke around a little it always turns out that they've never been asked'

What a fool.

I felt really insulted by her article in yesterdays Sunday Times.

I've been with DP for 25 years.

I hope she's a MNer and sees this.

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microserf · 25/04/2011 21:55

India Knight is boringly full of herself. Stopped reading her yawnfest ages ago. But Shock at that comment, I'd expect that from the Clarkson column FFS!

Used to love the Sunday Times, but really going off it now, especially style and travel. Who the hell can afford it? And the paper as a whole is getting really boringly formulaic. The investigative Uk Story no one really cares about; the Financial Crisis two page spread; the Sarkozy gossip story; save £10,000 you don't have investing in products hardly anyone offers front page of Money section; spas that cost £2k a night in Thailand in travel. Every bloody weekend.

Caitlin Moran is awesome. The only reason I buy the Friday Times is for the CW column. Genius.

NorthernGobshite · 25/04/2011 21:58

Silly cow.

NorthernGobshite · 25/04/2011 21:58

I mean India!

Heathcliffscathy · 25/04/2011 22:02

but she's an columnist. and she's provoking (vociferous) discussion. so from her pov...job done!

BitOfFun · 25/04/2011 22:05

I like India Knight a lot. God knows I have forgiven some otherwise lovely MNers some twatty opinions on here Grin

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reelingintheyears · 25/04/2011 22:09

So.....Indiia Knight...

I am not a girlie/Princess...

I am not 'fluffy'.
And 'you' are.
And your DD is.

So What.

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Pagwatch · 25/04/2011 22:13

I like India Knight.
I like the fact that she is human, fucks up sometimes, is funny and honest and self deprecating.

I just never expect to agree with everything she says.

I wonder a bit about people who can only like those who have exactly the same opinions tbh.not very realistic.

sharbie · 25/04/2011 22:18

i like her too and i think she is about my age.her comments are kind of true for our generation - most people i knew either got married fairly young or moved in together and female friends i knew who lived with their partner did want to get married eventually.

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reelingintheyears · 25/04/2011 22:21

Exactly the same opinions is'nt quite the same as saying

'I don't believe women who say they loathe the institution of marriage.
If you poke around a little it always turns out that they've never been asked'

This is saying that women who don't believe in marriage are unmarriagable.

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reelingintheyears · 25/04/2011 22:25

sharbie....

Who's generation are you talking about?

My DP asked me to marry him 25 years ago and i said 'no'.

We are still together 25 years later.

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glastocat · 25/04/2011 22:27

I usually like her, but I thought that column was a load of bollocks. I'm (happily) married, but understand why people wouldn't want to get married. And I have never bought into all that princess crap, I can't imagine anything worse.

atswimtwolengths · 25/04/2011 22:29

I thought I'd like her, but I really don't. She's an awful writer.

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reelingintheyears · 25/04/2011 22:30

India Knight gets paid loads of money to write loads of shite.

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sharbie · 25/04/2011 22:30

bout the same age then reeling - pretty much everyone i knew settled down in v early 20s if not late teens.about half got married (mostly not to upset parents) and half lived together.but in my personal exp the ones that didn't get married were the ones that where the boyfriend didn't want to.
i don't know anyone my age who did what you did.

sharbie · 25/04/2011 22:31

btw i was so not a princess when i got married.that wasn't the reason.

valiumbandwitch · 25/04/2011 22:34

She also seems really obsessed with her body image and assumes taht all other women are similarly obsessed. Lots of women are healthy and don't walk around hating themselves all the time Confused

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reelingintheyears · 25/04/2011 22:34

And with all due respect....

How many times has India been married?

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atswimtwolengths · 25/04/2011 22:37

45 times!

valiumbandwitch · 25/04/2011 22:38

Just realised I've had three proposals and I'm not married.
first one, he was 21, both too young, lovely guy, but ridiculous
2nd boyfriend i knew was not 'the one' as they say, or even one of the ones.shouldn't have gone out with him so long.
3rd - abusive ass who only wanted to marry me because I wanted to leave him

now I'm a single mother, would like a house more than a husband.

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reelingintheyears · 25/04/2011 22:41

sharbie...

I did what i did because it was what i had to do.....

That sounds wanky.... but it's true..

I could not have got married becaue it was not me.

25 years later.....

We are still a partnership...Smile

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Pagwatch · 25/04/2011 22:41

Feelings.
You misunderstand me.
By exactly the same opinions I don't mean that they are close to what you think on every issue.
I mean that they agree with you on many issues but may differ massively on some.

So my point remains. That if you only like people who feel broadly the same as you that is a bit limiting. I like some people who hold views I completely disagree with.
Sometimes a view is a deal breaker. This one is for you.
But it isn't for me. I don't care that she holds that opinion.
But some will be deal breakers for me .Like some people think fucktard is hilarious.
We all have our own lines in the sand

EightiesEasterChick · 25/04/2011 22:43

I very much liked her early stuff but she is very prone to breezily making statements like this as if they are Incontrovertible Facts. She can be v funny but you always have to bear this in mind. I imagine that if you were be friends with her you would be fine, and it would be quite entertaining, as long as you were prepared to say cheerfully 'India, stop talking BOLLOCKS', at fairly regular intervals.

To the poster who said this earlier: did her first husband turn out to be gay then? Having read My Life on a Plate, that seemed screamingly obvious to me given the way she portrayed the couple there, but I waited for this to be revealed at the end, only to be disappointed - I'll feel vindicated if that was actually the case.

sharbie · 25/04/2011 22:47

i thought that was what happened in the book eightieseasterchick

glad to hear it reeling Smile

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reelingintheyears · 25/04/2011 22:51

Pagwatch...
Not sure what fucktard is..

Have you read the Sunday Times Review this week?

I found India's description of unmarried women frankly rude....

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googoomama · 25/04/2011 23:04

I read that too. I was never one of those girls who planned their future wedding down to the last flower arrangement. And I don't agree that all women want to be rescued by a prince charming. I think that's a fantasy that women are fed. In the past I've been guilty of thinking that my life would be better if I met a "prince" but now I think that only I can make my life good and only when I feel happy with myself and my situation will I find a good man, instead of the users and losers I've attracted in the past. Any woman who is waiting for prince charming will almost certainly attract someone who will break her heart ad we should be telling our little girls this :)