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I love Kirstie Allsop but...

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NoHolidaysforyou · 01/05/2019 21:48

Let me just put this out there I love Kirstie and I find her very entertaining however, I am watching the latest episode of LLL and Kirstie goes in to a monologue about herself, and how her job is such a huge responsibility... AIBU to think Kirstie is being a bit OTT here? You show people houses, you're not on Surgeons: At the Edge of Life performing brain surgery on a patient who's awake!

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HarryElephante · 01/05/2019 21:50

Maybe it's just dawning on you that she is excruciating.

Herecomesmyhero · 01/05/2019 21:50

My thoughts exactly...it was a bit dramatic...

Suze1621 · 01/05/2019 21:55

Actually, having met Kirstie, I really like her. Also I am sure there are many of us who are not brain surgeons who think our jobs carry a lot of responsibility!

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NoHolidaysforyou · 01/05/2019 22:00

Yes, but Suze1621 do you honestly think Kirstie's job is such a huge responsibility worthy of a monologue on television with an assumed self-congratulatory pat on the back? I just find it a bit funny. I love watching 24 Hours in A&E, Hospital, and Surgeons but I rarely (if ever) see such a monologue, which would be very deserved actually!

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Notanidiot · 01/05/2019 22:04

I like Kirstie as well.

I thought she was talking about the responsibility of finding a home for a recently divorced older woman. The woman was worried about making such a first big decision on her in 30 years.

What I did find annoying is that there are so many women out there that rely so much on their partners. So much so that when they are on their own they can't cope with decision making.

Notanidiot · 01/05/2019 22:09

Actually NoHolidays they do go on in the same vein on Surgeons, 24 hours in A&E etc. It's so bad on the las 24 hours that I have to pause and fast forward through those bits!

feduuup · 01/05/2019 22:09

I love Kirstles, she can do no wrong!

HollowTalk · 01/05/2019 22:20

I don't think it's so much that they rely on their partners - it is just much more difficult making a decision on your own if you can't talk things through with someone.

HollowTalk · 01/05/2019 22:21

And she couldn't afford to make a mistake - that's the worry. If the place she chose wasn't suitable, she couldn't afford to sell up and start again.

Hopeygoflightly · 01/05/2019 22:22

I thought she was a knob before she started with the ‘get washing machines out of kitchens’ nonsense. Sorry love but we don’t all have utility rooms or enough space or a bloody housekeeper

GabrielleNelson · 01/05/2019 22:23

We don't know the back story to that divorce. For all we know, her husband wouldn't let her make any decisions. There was a passing reference to her having had an awful few years.

In any case, speaking as someone who's been married almost my entire adult life (not far short of 40 years) I would be a bit daunted about making such a huge decision as a single person. My husband and I make decisions of that magnitude jointly.

JudgeRindersMinder · 01/05/2019 22:26

I didn’t see it, therefore I still have a major (non sexual) girl crush on Kirstie and want to be her friend Blush

Singlenotsingle · 01/05/2019 22:32

The woman didn't even buy anything in the end, so Kirstie didn't do her job properly anyway. (Although she is very entertaining!)

T1nah · 01/05/2019 22:32

I saw it, OP, and it made me cringe.

Also, I hate the way she and Phil try to force an unsuitable house on a reluctant buyer. That bungalow was awful for that young couple.

Sofagirl · 01/05/2019 22:36

She’s very self entitled

Not everyone can afford a separate utility room for a Washing machine

Would love to drop her in the middle of India and watch her scrub clothes in the river Ganges

KirstyHorseplopp · 01/05/2019 22:39

AHEM

KirstyHorseplopp · 01/05/2019 22:40

had forgotten about my Kirstie username.

Notanidiot · 01/05/2019 22:40

I loved the bugngalow much more than the quaint little cottage that was next.

What's wrong with bungalows! I'd love one myself. Good for having adults and young children all on the same floor. I always worry aboout adults or children being separate in attic conversions.

What's the love for stairs? Thinking long term it's better for adults when they get too old for managing stairs.

FiddlesticksAkimbo · 01/05/2019 22:41

Would love to drop her in the middle of India and watch her scrub clothes in the river Ganges

Oooh now Angry

T1nah · 01/05/2019 22:42

Dear God- the couple were in their 20s - think they can manage the stairs for a few more years!

Laodamia · 01/05/2019 22:44

Will this programme ever die?

Can someone please shoot it? And Silent Witness.

Thanking you.

FreshAprilStart · 01/05/2019 22:46

Can't stand her. Tory to the bone.

Best comments were when she was on Question Time sneering away on how privately educating her children was contributing to helping the wider burden on tax payers. Yeah. That's why you do it.

T1nah · 01/05/2019 22:50

Love Phil, though I do worry he over does the tanning.

Pugpigprick · 01/05/2019 22:50

I just rember a few years ago she wouldn't encourage a daughter to go to university but put down a deposit for her instead.

I can't quite remember it but something a long the lines of 'lots of women go to uni but how many actually end up working/using their degrees'.

She might as well pull her daughter out of formal education at 7 as she'll be able to read a cook book and learn to sew at home.