Instamums 4

[mammyoftwo]

Following on from Instamums 3.2

Sorry about the mistyping.

Sorry @Sofialemon never heard of Born in Chelsea or Binky. I don't follow fashion instamums either.
I'm sure they are followed by lots of people which is very lovely for them and if people want to talk about them they can.

@instabum tomanychildren very often refused to accept free items and would always say if an item was gifted, for example when her daughter was born. I'm not sure about the donate button, but the boys are always dressed in H&m or old hand me downs, the girls do have a lot of new clothes but I'd guess with a husband leaving her and 12 children, (he actually has more children...) she probably gets enough child benefit to buy the odd cath kidston dress. If you don't drink, go on holiday, eat carefully and do up your house and furniture yourself then who's to judge on a pretty dress. They have good resell too.

Mumofkids I understand that her situation has been bad and that if you don't drink/smoke/holiday you can save money, my issue is that having a donate button whilst you are showing off stuff you bought from Liberty/Cath Kidston etc is CF territory. I feel bad saying that as she seems so nice but it is how I feel. I thought that would be fairly common sense? Maybe if she stopped buying stuff from these places she might not need a donate button in the first place? Everyone is different but I would have to be in a very desperate state to crowdfund for my own family publicly and I would feel very fraudulent buying luxury items (which CK crockery/school bags/dresses are) under those circumstances.

Her daughter was mugged recently (horrible thing to happen) and just today she showed a crowdfunding page her friend set up for her to replace essential items. I was agog at the £500 figure, but again maybe I am an old fogey and have rather old fashioned views on asking for money.

Just catching up on the thread. Scratch that I definitely don't think kitkat is Brummy.

But, you'd rather speculate as to who I am and what following I have and snipe about the fact that I have an agenda because my husband works in advertising and we have good jobs.

For what it's worth, I I haven't come on this thread to do that, nor have most posters. The debate is about being open and honest about ads and internet safety, which are, I feel, still very valid points.

This thread has been really helpful because it's made me question why I do follow these people. It's also opened my eyes more to how contrived their feeds really are. Their 'friendships' obviously aren't that different from the staged relationships of reality stars with the same agent. It does make me feel like a mug for adding to statistics they're flogging. I think they are insidious and they have affected my buying habits even if only in a small way. So I am going to delete Instagram and stop looking at them.

Has thefarmerswife been mentioned on any of these threads? She posted on stories earlier how people had said her house was dirty? I haven't thoroughly read the threads, but I don't recall seeing anyone mention her. I used to enjoy following her but find her a bit try hard. Trying too hard to be quirky and fitting in with some of the other instagrammers who are naturally witty in my opinion. She is pretty blatant in trying to scrounge freebies from companies too. How much she references Jo Jo Maman Bebe etc is laughable. Shall be unfollowing.

www.instagram.com/allthatisshe

Not sure if that link will work but I follow Dominique and the very staged photo's with her daughters are a main feature of her insta account.

She was asked the question about do her children want to do it and she said usually they enjoy being part of it. If ever they don't want to do the photo's they don't. I'd assume it's the same for any of the instsmums who feature their kids.

I mentioned thefarmerswife but in a positive way! Her house isn't dirty. Only thing that annoys me is she eats cereal as she stories and the fat face and jojo!

But my kid want to eat 10 cream eggs and say they like it and enjoy it.

It’s my job to intervene and parent. Protect them from the sickness that will ensue!

sophialemon I don’t believe that you don’t understand the discussion. I think you’re trying to derail on purpose. booooooriiiinnnng!

Sofia you really aren’t going to acknowledge the evidence that children can’t make a meaningful informed decision before a certain age, are you? It’s not whether they are asked, it’s whether they know what they are agreeing to. Hence the age of consent and voting age, for example.

Yes Atalune you’re probably right about derailment.

I don't think her house is dirty either. I was just thinking perhaps it was an attention thing! The eating food whilst doing stories thing baffles me. It's not like what she had to say couldn't wait! I think she'd be much more likeable if she was her natural self as opposed to a version she thinks is more appealing. She always seems so forced.

Sofia did the same thing on the bloggers and brands thread. Chip chip chipping away waiting for someone to bite.

I don’t believe that you don’t understand the discussion. I think you’re trying to derail on purpose

Yes, sophia did exactly the same on the S&B thread on the same subject.

Ah okay IsThis.

sophialemon I don’t believe that you don’t understand the discussion. I think you’re trying to derail on purpose. booooooriiiinnnng!

Nobody is trying to derail. People are discussing your points,what are you even on about?
What is the point then? Are you not liking the fact that people are actually debating, are you put out that it's not turning into a bitch fest? Are you just wanting to be left alone to speculate and bitch?

kids are supposed to be 13 to have their own instagram account, no lower age limit for kids being plastered all over their instaparents account though. And how many parents, once their kids want to join insta, make them set their accounts to private, oh the irony!

Rhonda is that you?

You keep going on about bitching. Thee hasn't been any bitching for ages... Catty perhaps

If it really was a discussion and not an unhealthy obsession with instagrammers, you'd listen to other people's viewpoints as well as just your own.
Not "shut up's", "yawn!" and "borrrrrrrinnnnnng"
(translates as leave us alone, you're all stoopid and we're all making ourselves look about 5 years old and can't we just bitch in peace please)

Sophie and Cady. Keep dangling those carrots we see right through you. #transparency

You keep going on about bitching. Thee hasn't been any bitching for ages... Catty perhaps

No, because people have been debating sensibly, which seems to have people starting to throw their toys out of the pram.

Hey who is Rhonda?

cady

Mmmm k. I was discussing that I felt sophialemon had missed the point and the ramifications and her idea that well
If the kids say yes then it’s ok argument was weak.

Kids will say yes to a miraid of dreadful ideas, and the reposnsible adults should be there to step in.

Does that make better sense and does it refrain from bitching? I think it does.

So why do you trying to take it back there. We've moved on. Though I've only participated in this thread and 3.2