Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

See all MNHQ comments on this thread

Insta mums

999 replies

Harrielady · 27/09/2017 19:23

What the actual fuck?! I have just joined mumsnet and can say I will be leaving it after the negativity I've experienced. I joined expecting women helping women.
Women encouraging other women. Whether that's with their children, their marriage or their careers?! 'Insta mums' are mums who have decided a career in instagramming! And why the fuck not?! Before you ask no I am not an insta mum. Not that I wouldn't want to be - I just can't be bothered to tidy. But they do! They make their homes beautiful and enjoy decorating and showing their efforts off. Other women are inspired and they can bring many other women joy and happiness. Who are you bringing joy and happiness too? Going into the internet and plastering negative energy and bitter comments is not helpful, not nice and not at all fucking productive! You bitch about these women spending their days cleaning and shopping and not 'caring for thier kids' but how are you fucking idiots any better?!? Your too busy slagging off other hard working women to get your kicks. It's sad. Pathetic and downright bullying.
Something's that have been posted have hurt 'insta mums' and have caused upset - what have they actually done to you?? You are no better than the disgusting internet trolls who target celebrities or others who are slightly better looking or better off than yourselves. Get a grip.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
7
shesakeeper · 14/03/2018 17:57

Yup.

Babaloo88 · 14/03/2018 18:03

How many book has mod released?

RedRedDogsBeg · 14/03/2018 18:12

did she even write them all herself?

she looks so depressed all the time. her husband seems marginally happier.....but the house looks glum and dull. maybe the move isn't going so well with all the commuting

shesakeeper · 14/03/2018 18:17

I'm sure she writes them herself. I'm not going to start flinging mud at her over that! And how the hell do we know if she's happy or not?! That's not really here nor there is it?

AdidasGirl · 14/03/2018 18:19

Are we taking bets on which skincare brands FOD will be unboxing soon?
After seeing them beg for freebies ask opinions on which is the best make of washing machine/tumble dryer to buy for a large family.It's hard to watch anything they post as you know they'll be dropping hints for something somewhere amongst the daily story.
I've never followed FOD..I watched his story today and I thought he was way older than 36.

shesakeeper · 14/03/2018 18:21

Oh I'm sure there'll be some #gifted and #smallbrandshoutouts coming our way soon...

easypeasylife · 14/03/2018 18:21

@badmotherpukka thanks for coming on and I hope you're keeping well Flowers

AdidasGirl · 14/03/2018 18:22

They must make a pretty penny because BrummyMummy has given up her head of department teaching job to be a full time instamum/Youtuber.
She only has a fraction of the following the other accounts have.

HolyMountain · 14/03/2018 18:27

He'll be a L'oreal man because he's worth it

If when he gets bombarded with a ton of free product instead of hoofing it down to Boots like the rest of us he really will appear to be a free loader looking to bag something for nothing, like the Bosch stuff Clemmie appealed for.

Badmotherpukka · 14/03/2018 18:28

@easypeasylife just regrouping/rethinking a few things, thanks. While snuffling my 8-month-old’s head, which fixes most things.

Mumofkids · 14/03/2018 18:28

lol I am not 'speculating on their happiness' in that sense, more that as an observer who enjoyed and quite liked them it's all gone so weird and joyless and they 'seem' unhappy. They may well not be, it's just how it all seems to come across (to me a viewer) so in that sense I think it is a valid point. I have very little time to spare so if I'm on the internet or Instagram I may have a few minutes, if I watch stories it's because they are funny or inspiring or watchable. Some days there's no time for the instagrammer that's talked into her phone for 21 minutes about some thoughts she's had whilst shopping in Aldi or 30 stories of some children being adorable. So you watch a few for different reasons. And their accounts have got a weird vibe. Him upstairs half naked using beauty probucts claiming Clemmies livid whilst she's down stairs trying to seem very unlivid and that Si's being weird. It's odd.
And yes wait for the freebies.

Babaloo88 · 14/03/2018 18:46

I’m sure Caroline Hiron’s will be jumping on the band wagon!

braggle · 14/03/2018 20:07

What is all this mummy tribe shit

Mumofkids · 14/03/2018 20:12

The way they all follow and adore each other and join the gang is a bit weird too. In once sense it's the solidarity but in another it's that playground clique which is so awful.

HolyMountain · 14/03/2018 20:20

What was Clemmie ‘livid’ about?

He went to bed early?
Didn’t finish off painting the room?
Used her skin products?

She didn’t appear angry , she was amused.

AdidasGirl · 14/03/2018 20:32

I think it's all bollocks.
They would fight each other to the death to secure a big brand deal.

Mumofkids · 14/03/2018 20:38

I did feel she was amused... the undercurrents of their posts are not lighthearted.
Or maybe it's just the cold grey house after the warm London house!

Jjpeston · 14/03/2018 20:39

@Mumofkids It's a little bit more cynical than that - they comment on each other's posts because the Insta algorithm favours them posting a lot. So it's not even that they really like their own clique probably!! Agreed the cliquey thing is really alienating and reminds me of 'cool girl groups' at school who leave everyone else out

Mumofkids · 14/03/2018 20:39

DIDNT!!! Bloody phone.

Mumofkids · 14/03/2018 20:40

Ahh jjpeston I didn't think of that!

800msprint · 14/03/2018 21:20

Mummy tribe shit 😂😂😂

RedRedDogsBeg · 14/03/2018 21:27

is the waxing stories hinting at free waxes as well now? i can't tell anymore

Mumofkids · 14/03/2018 21:28

🤣🤣 the mummy tribe shit. May as well called it the mama clique.

Babaloo88 · 14/03/2018 21:31

Who is in the tribe?

Sparklesdontshine · 14/03/2018 21:45

I like FOD! And I love seeing pictures of the twins! Yes I know I'm completely missing the point of the post Grin