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to seriously dislike Victoria Beckham?

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whitesklyer · 01/11/2015 12:21

I've been thinking about it lately and don't know why. I don't think its jealousy. maybe its because she is getting away with it, and has had unbelievable luck in life with the "singing" and "designing" She is probably nice enough in RL but her pouting and posing just grate.

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Fratelli · 01/11/2015 12:24

Meh she's probably not bothered! I think you can't really judge if you don't know her.

Celticlassie · 01/11/2015 12:24

I like her. I think she could have sat back and done nothing on her Spice Girls earnings and her husband's / 'brand Beckham' money but she chose to work hard to develop a new career in fashion, at which she seems to be doing extremely well. I think she seems a good mum too.

emotionsecho · 01/11/2015 12:25

What exactly is VB 'getting away with'?

OurBlanche · 01/11/2015 12:26

When did you meet her? Was she unpleasant to your face?

If not then your OP does sound as though you are jealous of her life. Are you as judgmental about your family, friends, colleagues, neighbours?

thornrose · 01/11/2015 12:27

I think YABU to "seriously dislike" someone based on the reasons you have given, yes.

It seems bitter, for want of a better word.

Sparklingbrook · 01/11/2015 12:27

She's fairly easy to avoid. Try not to think about her?

partialderivative · 01/11/2015 12:27

I hear she speaks very highly of you OP.

avocadoghost · 01/11/2015 12:27

YABU. I've read interviews with her and she seems really nice - quite composed but definitely has a good head on her shoulders.

howtorebuild · 01/11/2015 12:27

I don't dislike her. I dislike her pimping out her children for 16 years.

BackInTheRealWorld · 01/11/2015 12:29

Of course yabu to actively dislike someone you don't know.
Unless that someone is Peter Andre.

WhatamessIgotinto · 01/11/2015 12:30

I don't 'seriously dislike' anyone I don't personally know.

oldwitch · 01/11/2015 12:30

YABU to "seriously dislike" someone you don't know.

howtorebuild · 01/11/2015 12:30

Peter Andre, too pimps his kids.

TheWoodenSpoonOfMischief · 01/11/2015 12:31

I'm not trying to be flippant but maybe there are things in your life that you're not happy with and you're using her as a focus for your frustrations.
I get that people dislike celebrities but you seriously dislike someone you've never meant and seem to be thinking about it a lot.
Maybe you would be better off bringing some contentment into your own life.

NeedAScarfForMyGiraffe · 01/11/2015 12:31

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QueenLaBeefah · 01/11/2015 12:34

Stop reading the Mail Online and any thought about The Beckhams or the Kardashians will simply disappear. Although I do wish they would stop pimping out their kids.

Sparklingbrook · 01/11/2015 12:36

What celebrities do you like OP?

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 01/11/2015 12:36

A VB bashing thread , that's original Hmm.

I don't know her but I like what I see when she's interviewed, totally different to the moody face she presents when photographed.

Starting a thread about your dislike of her is daft, like the Kate Cambridge bashers.

OurBlanche · 01/11/2015 12:37

Pimping out her kids?

Odd. I saw a couple who took control of how their kids were seen to try and avoid the horrors of the paparazzi. I thought it had worked quite well too. Not too many uber intrusive shots, no real horror stories, and a general air of family doing family stuff.

When compared to others in similar situations I quite like them - in that they very rarely intrude upon my consciousness. To find out about them I have to actively go and look. Can't say the same about some other celebrity families!

penguinplease · 01/11/2015 12:38

I've met her, she is so nice and funny and actually very smiley face to face.
I'm sure she doesn't give a shiny shit whether you like her or not though.

FayKorgasm · 01/11/2015 12:40

Best of luck to her with her career. Great to see a woman following her dream.

SuburbanRhonda · 01/11/2015 12:40

I don't like the fact that she has about a gizillion handbags made from dead crocodiles but apart from that she is interesting, but irrelevant.

In fact, not even interesting.

AnnaMarlowe · 01/11/2015 12:41

As I don't read tabloids, or gossip magazines I find it remarkably easy to lead my life only coming across a very rare mention (usually on MN) of Mrs Beckham.

I'm not really clear why a stranger would bother you so much but if you disengage with celebrity gossip you'll find the problem quite disappears.

Sparklingbrook · 01/11/2015 12:42

What's her new career Fay. Is she abandoning the dress designing?

Sparklingbrook · 01/11/2015 12:43

Oh sorry-you meant the dress designing? Blush

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