Kirstie Allsopp flies separately from kids

[Ginger1982]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-44353321

I know this was from earlier in the week and just wondered what people thought? AIBU to think you should all fly together? Who is technically in charge of her kids? What if there is an incident on board? I see her point about it being expensive to all fly business class but I would fly economy with my kids if all together and business class if I was travelling alone or with DH only if I could afford to.

miss no one agrees with you, do us all a favour and go away. You sound about 10.

"Her 'treat you've earned' logic falls apart pretty quickly when I presume her kids don't live in a separate house and go to a separate holiday destination."

I agree. Unless she has them living in a council flat and the plane is dropping them off at Cleethorpes on the way to whatever tropical paradise she's going to without them.

"She also says having your washing machine in the kitchen is disgusting. Says everything that a so called property expert thinks people can afford endless rooms to put their washing machine in."

She did that house with the bath in the bedroom though didn't she? Seems a big fan of baths in bedrooms and to me thats a bit grim. Surely all the bedsheets get damp from the bath steam?

I quite like her, but she's a clueless arse all the same when it comes to things like living without all the privilege she's had.

Nah. My dislike comes from her being incredibly unpleasant to me, personally, directly on social media. She conveniently deleted her vitriol so she can continue the Pollyanna act.

I'm not going to call her what I really think as it'd get deleted.

I think it's reasonable that people are talking about her decision as she's the one talking about it in that article. If her dh were talking about it in the article then people would be calling him out on it - would that be daddy shaming?

For crying out loud.

What about Kirsty Allsopp i 'celebrity culture'? She has a job presenting property programmes. She was employed to do that, and she does it very well. She is well known because of that. It's not like she is one of those famous for being famous types, is it?

People who critisise 'celebrities', how do you stop someone becoming a celebrity? Do we get rid of all tv programmes, films and books so no one ever becomes famous for anything?

MissSusanSays

Have read one of your rude posts. Of course people’s opinions count. Fon’t Be utterly silly.
Like you, KA uses coarse language too. Charming.

*Don’t be utterly silly.

loveka of course we shouldn't get rid of TV programmes, that's silly. It's the whole "celebrity" culture that's the problem. We get so much overload of them. We shouldn't have to know so much about them, even their kids. We now have kids of "celebrities" getting fame fgs. It's gone ridiculous.

I don't understand the weird concept of not criticising celebs. If you put yourself in the public eye and are quite vocal with your opinions then they can expect people to have their opinions.

If you don't like them or find them annoying, it's fine to say so, just as it's fine to speak highly of them if you like them. Why should it be all one sided.

I just like to stand up to bullies.

I’ll let you get on with your character assassination of a total stranger now. Saddos.

A bully.....someone who hurts or frightens someone else, often over a period of time, and often forcing them to do something that they do not want to do:

Nope, not seen any of that on here.
There, i've explained the meaning to you. Anything else?

Gosh, that put me in my place.

Wait, no it didn’t. Still think you’re being horrible.

How old are you, Miss?

My friend is a nanny and had to fly with the 2 small kids in economy while the parents flew business. I was shocked when she told me this.

I think that is quite common in the case of the nanny.

Miss is KA. Betcha.

I have done that as a nanny loads of times, that's quite normal.

We had a family in first class last year on an overnight flight with their nanny and large baby in economy. As she got into her lovely bed e mother asked the crew to "make sure nanny didn't have any food or drink as she didn't want baby's sleep disturbed by nanny putting her tray table down (the baby was on nanny's lap). Luckily there was turbulence and the mother couldn't go and check, but we found the nanny an extra seat and made sure she ate. Poor nanny was going straight onto another long haul flight with the awful family.

Her kids are 10 and 12 and were flying with their older stepbrothers.

Non issue.

People like to be so judgmental and go on about how they are such perfect parents.

NEWSFLASH: NOBODY IS PERFECT NO NOT EVEN YOU

PS I don't think younger kids should be allowed in business class anyway. People pay a premium for peace and quiet. 10+ is about the age I'd take in business class unless it was a shorter flight and I knew my child would sit quietly with a book/ipad.

Itstimeforanamechange, we've flown business with 2 toddlers, it was allowed, and it was fine

(This was before everyone had screens, so the novelty of a personal screen was huge, and as they had a proper bedsized bed (it was the BA one where the chairs turn into proper beds) they slept most of the way.

I struggled 100% more in economy

All tots should fly busines

I don't see the problem. They're 10 and 12 not 2 and 4. Myself and my siblings were being put on trains alone at that age by my mum, and being met at the other end by her friend.
I was travelling to school by bus on my own at age 7.

As long as kids are behaving themselves I don't see why Kirstie is doing anything wrong. My parents used to often eat in the posh dining room in a hotel and send us into the grill. We preferred the food in there, and loved being able to order on our own from the menu. We certainly didn't feel we were being treated like 'lesser' humans.

Oh and I agree with MissSusanSays some very petty and nasty comments on here about Kirsty that say more about the posters than anything else. No problem with someone criticising her decision and explaining why they don't agree with it, but some posters are going way beyond that and just being spiteful.

If Miss was KA she would be using coarse language and swearing.

After my flight back from Spain earlier this year I vowed never to fly with my kids again, however that's because they're toddlers and a nightmare on flights plus I'd obviously have another member of the family with them instead of me.

I couldn’t do it because I’m a crap flyer and if anything happened I’d want to be with my children!