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To think the Beckham kids are never off a plane or go to school ?

168 replies

Radyward · 04/03/2018 23:27

I mean seriously- they appear to be such frequent flyers esp transatlantic. The whole clan en masse in NYC /LA or wherever. I mean how do they cope with the jet lag and attend school full time. It appears so cleverly packaged the celebrity extended family. Also cant link but todays pictures of VB wearing a baby pink stripy curtain. She looks so dead pan all the time and unhappy
Wish she would just ditch the sunglasses !

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Vonklump · 05/03/2018 20:48

This
Of all the things in this world that I have spent any time ‘worrying ‘ over, the Beckham children’s school attendance is not one of them.

Thejoyofsox, I laughed out loud.

I would love a resting bitch face. I look like fecking Pollyanna.

logicalmum · 05/03/2018 20:55

I just don’t understand why she’s gets slated by other women so much. What’s she done that’s so dreadful?
I think men slate her too don't they, what makes you think just women do? I don't think it's relevant that she's a woman, just that she seems so up herself. Are we supposed to love all female celebs now.

SavageBeauty73 · 05/03/2018 21:47

I thought they were at Wetherby. I was in Holland Park a few weeks ago and David walked past with Harper in her school uniform.

My friend used to work for them. Apparently the kids manners are impeccable.

ssd · 05/03/2018 22:12

I can imagine the kids grandparents are around them a lot and have taught the kids good manners

southeastdweller · 05/03/2018 22:19

Of all the things in this world that I have spent any time ‘worrying ‘ over, the Beckham children’s school attendance is not one of them.

That's nice for you. Some other people are capable of worrying and 'worrying' about many things at the same time. Who'd have thought such a thing was possible?

DalekDalekDalek · 05/03/2018 22:21

I can imagine the kids grandparents are around them a lot and have taught the kids good manners

Why would it necessarily be the grandparents rather than the parents?

ssd · 05/03/2018 22:23

the parents seem to travel and work a lot so maybe the grandparents stand in and help out sometimes and might have helped teach the kids their good manners

Busybusybust · 05/03/2018 22:24

@logicalmum because Eamon is a complete twat!

bookworm9229 · 05/03/2018 22:28

For what it’s worth I have wirnessed the Beckam kids at lits of sports events. Schools that play each other sporty kids with similar interests. The Beckam kids are IMPECABLY behaved. Not a fan of their mum and dad ,but huge respect to them for bringing up amazingly polite , kind gracious kids. The kids rarely miss school , they go away during the holidays. One of them or both of them are often there for big events and invariably nab the best parking place but they are very invested parents. How do they do it , no idea , but guessing they don’t spend as much time on mumsnet as I do !!!

logicalmum · 05/03/2018 22:29

Thats a matter of opinion, but it proves the point that it isn't automatically the woman out of the couple who is slated, its down to the individual.

Armi · 05/03/2018 22:33

I always post this on VB threads. I had my daughter the same time she had Harper. Everywhere I went I met women boasting about their miraculously sleeping babies. My child didn’t sleep at all. Then there was some shit on-line about VB (who I have never much cared for)looking tired and she responded saying, along the lines of, ‘Of course I look tired - I have a baby that doesn’t sleep.’

I could have kissed her. We were the only women in the world it seemed that weren’t getting any sleep. It made me feel so much better.

logicalmum · 05/03/2018 23:35

Yes but VB had nannies, there's the difference, i think she always did that "just like any other mum" kind of thing didn't she, when in fact she really wasn't, an army of nannies would have made sure of that.A bit like when she used to imply she was tired out like any other working mum. No not the same at all.

honeyroar · 06/03/2018 00:02

I met her once with her little girl. They were both lovely and very down to earth.

BitOutOfPractice · 06/03/2018 07:39

I work ft and had a nanny when my kids were small. Does that mean I wasn't allowed to be tired? Lots of working mothers use paid for childcare. Not sure why VB is vilified for that. What's she supposed to do if she wants to work? Lock them in a cupboard?

frutti · 06/03/2018 08:14

Oh god the nanny thing. Hire a nanny and you’ll soon realise that in itself has its stresses!

I think the kids will be alright op

logicalmum · 06/03/2018 08:17

Who on earth was blaming her for using nannies? who wouldn't in her position. I mentioned the nannies in context to the post comparing a very tired stressed out average mum to VB, who most certainly wouldn't feel as tired as she had as much help as she needed, not just for night feeds but all the other mundane tasks of running a household. She'd be mad not to.....But as usual a post deliberately misread for the sake of an argument.

BattleaxeGalactica · 06/03/2018 10:47

Arf at either Beckham parent being down to earth.

He was caught ranting electronically about the 'cunts' who wouldn't give him a knighthood and both of them thought Buckingham Palace was just the venue for a six year old's birthday party.

SoftBlocks · 06/03/2018 10:47

Not really a fan of theirs but I have read somewhere Victoria has a great sense of humour and doesn’t smile in public on principle because men are not expected to do so. No idea if that’s true but why are women expected to beam all the time?

frutti · 06/03/2018 11:03

No argument necessary at all.
I merely meant coming from someone who has hired nanny’s for last 5 years, this doesn’t mean you’re not an average mum or completely tired out! It isn’t nice to assume this is the case for mums that hire nannies. I’m sure a whole army of nannies doesn’t mean you’re not completely stressed out if your dc are sick, often to the point you just don’t sleep yourself. Even worse when you’re the other side of the planet for work and you hear something’s wrong.
It is a choice as a dm to leave your dc in the care of such people but it isn’t always as easy as it seems. I came from the point of view of many people telling me how easy I had it with a nanny. I didn’t find it easy at all.

BitOutOfPractice · 06/03/2018 11:09

logicalmumyour post of 23:35 last night was quite clearly saying that VB isn't a "proper" mom and can't possibly be tired because she has nannies. It was all pejorative. I notice youdidn't say that DB had "an army of nannies". No, it's just VB.

Your subsequent post was back peddling from that

southeastdweller · 06/03/2018 11:27

BitOutOfPractice, no that isn’t what logical is saying! She said that VB likes us to think she’s like other mums. I thought it was pretty clear.

logicalmum · 06/03/2018 11:44

BitOutOfPractice I know very well what I said, how can you fail to know what I meant unless you didn't read up thread where a poster was talking about how she felt she wasn't alone doing late night feeds because VB had mentioned she was and that's why she was tired. The poster hadn't mentioned DB so why should I have.

The truth of the matter is neither of them would be exhausted because of a baby feeding in the night because they have an army of nannies, therefore it wasn't a proper comparison.

Don't be so paranoid about DB not getting mentioned, does every post have to be so "correct" these days. But if you really have a problem with the fact that DB hadn't been mentioned then I suggest you trawl back up the thread to find the poster who dared to exclude him. Good grief.

MrsPreston11 · 06/03/2018 12:02

I've met DB a few times with work and he's an incredibly polite, down to earth guy. So I sort of assume his wife is too, never spoken to her, only seen her across a room etc.

Neither of them came from money, and I'm pretty sure they both had very "normal" upbringings etc.

So I'm not surprised to hear their kids are well mannered and polite too. And I'm sure their parents are very good role models to them for what having rock solid work ethic can achieve you.

RecalibratedMilkshake · 06/03/2018 12:14

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logicalmum · 06/03/2018 12:18

A "rock solid work ethic" is not something the Beckhams will pass on to their kids if Brooklyns pretentious book of photographs is anything to go by. Much of the Beckhams "work ethic" is little more than giving their name to various products, hardly "work" as such.

Their kids will be able to dip in and out of anything that takes their fancy till the novelty wears off, Romeos "modelling career" another example.

Incidentally VB did come from a fairly wealthy family.

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