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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

The new prince has been paraded

347 replies

Eliza9919 · 08/05/2019 13:17

Panic over

The new prince has been paraded
OP posts:
SleepingSloth · 08/05/2019 17:31

Can there be other reasons for dislike?

If you actually know someone, yes. Presuming you don't know Meghan though. Wink

Lweji · 08/05/2019 17:33

Hmmm
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Many people said they love it.

Unfortunately, said user has a non-compatible posting history. Sad

Switsy · 08/05/2019 17:35

I don't know Noel Edmonds and I really dislike him.

Have nothing against MM, just don't really agree with the idea that you have to know someone in order to have a reason to dislike them.

TheBubGrower · 08/05/2019 17:36

Another one here thinking she looks great, but of course she was always going to. I don't think the dress looks particularly uncomfortable personally, it's loose...? Also ridiculous anyone would comment about her bump. She does look a little nervous, did anyone notice she went to put her hand on her bump, then didn't? Like she didn't know what to do with her hands, but also out of habit. I did that too for a while after giving birth. Hats off to anyone who manages to walk that gracefully 2 days after birth. I could only manage an uncomfortable shuffle. I do think it's such a lot of pressure on them to look perfect immediately, for Kate too, as the media is ready to pounce. It does set unrealistic expectations for the rest of us too. But then we don't have big teams behind us

Jedeye · 08/05/2019 17:38

Goodness how bitchy! 🤭

Marcipex · 08/05/2019 17:42

Well, Spencer was in the running, so thank god they didn’t use that. It’s awful as a first name.
I bet he’s a little cutie and I thought he had a lot of black curly hair under the hat.

SleepingSloth · 08/05/2019 17:43

Have nothing against MM, just don't really agree with the idea that you have to know someone in order to have a reason to dislike them.

Unless you know them or they have done or said something terrible, which I don't think MM has, then what do people base dislike of her on? News articles like Daily Mail?

bluewavysea · 08/05/2019 17:45

That applies if we like someone too though. It must work both ways surely. But so does that mean we should have no opinions on any public figure or celeb, because we don't know them?

Amanduh · 08/05/2019 17:48

She looks knackered and happy just like she should do. Struggling to walk because yes, she has pushed a baby out, and a bad dress choice but who cares.
It’s not just MM, Kate did and is STILL getting ripped to shreds about looking ‘too glamorous’ and people literally making think pieces about a woman in heels and a dress after a birth. Then at the same time comments about her still having a bump and a frumpy dress but now Meghan isn’t glam enough...??
As usual then, women tearing down other women.

TonTonMacoute · 08/05/2019 17:51

I have seen so many MN threads from OPs wanting to ban all visitors for weeks after the birth.

MM has to be ready to meet the Queen, after only three days! Not to mention the press.

Kudos!

KarmaStar · 08/05/2019 17:53

What is your AIBU?

Sybelline · 08/05/2019 17:53

Spencer was in the running, so thank god they didn’t use that. It’s awful as a first name.

It's not the greatest name of all time but it's far better than Archie.

SleepingSloth · 08/05/2019 17:55

That applies if we like someone too though. It must work both ways surely. But so does that mean we should have no opinions on any public figure or celeb, because we don't know them?

Yes. We can only go on things they have done, or said in interviews etc. I can like how someone comes across in those but I don't know them.

RoseAndRose · 08/05/2019 17:57

Archie the Inventor

Spencer the Painter

Eddie Macready and Josie Jump

Could have been much worse PC Plum

SamanthaBrique · 08/05/2019 18:09

MM rubs me wrong because she's older than him, divorced, American and a B actress

Is there a law stating the man in the relationship has to be older? What a ridiculous thing to say!

DSHathawayGivesMeFannyGallops · 08/05/2019 18:13

Think "Spencer" might not have gone down well with Elizabeth & Philip or Charles.

starburst1979 · 08/05/2019 18:21

I dont look as fabulous as Meghan and I'm 14yrs post partum so fucking good for her. If someone had asked me if I fancied my hair and makeup done a couple of days pp I'd have jumped at the chance..I look horrific in photos of my newborns.

They both looks so proud/happy/tearful just like you are meant to 2 days after becoming parents.

They are two people who've just had a baby...i couldnt help but smile at their happiness when I saw the photos and I'm very much a hard hearted cow when it comes to this stuff.

Imsosorryalan75 · 08/05/2019 18:21

Oh goodness me! What a load of tosh. A young couple have just had a baby.any comments about harry's appearance and clothes? No.
We are our own worst enemy sometimes. No wonder these vile womens magazines do so well. When we just love to criticise each other 🙄 get a life and be supportive ffs.

PCohle · 08/05/2019 18:22

MM rubs me wrong because she's older than him, divorced, American and a B actress

Well Harry's a B Royal so....

MitziK · 08/05/2019 18:22

I liked the dress. From the front, it give the vague impression of a waist where there isn't one yet, it's soft, it's feminine and I like the material. The colour suits her, too. From more of a side angle, it's pretty difficult to deny she's just given birth (although people will still shriek about surrogates), as not only is her tummy vaguely visible in the drape, the slight fullness around her jawline and softness of her features is easy to see.

I think she might have been caught out by the changes in boob size, as I remember going from a B cup to a DD in the course of about 20 minutes on Day 3.

The shoes go perfectly in tone and also complement her complexion - the silly comments about her walk - well, considering she's going to be wearing a maternity towel roughly the size of a Warburton's Toastie and her undercarriage probably resembles a WWI battlefield, complete with barbed wire, it's hardly surprising she's walking a little gingerly. And she could be feeling a bit wobbly, blood loss, sore bits, rapidly expanding bits and having given birth within the last couple of days tends to make you feel like that - never mind that she just isn't quite as thin as the Duchess of Cambridge following 9 months of HG and knows she's going to have people calling her fat, etc, so it must be quite intimidating when, having made a living where looking perfect was essential, to suddenly be in a position where physically, it's impossible for the first time.

The baby is a baby. Cute.

[shrug]

A woman's had a baby. She's not had the luxury of staying indoors in a nightie and extremely big knickers for a couple of days the next six weeks She's very pretty and has scrubbed up well for somebody who had another human being exit her body a few days ago.

I bet the white dress was dispensed with no more than 5 minutes after getting back in the house, the heels kicked across the hall and she was back in jogging bottoms and a t-shirt before the press had even got back to their cars.

Sweetpea55 · 08/05/2019 18:27

They looked justly proud.
I bet they have a nanny to do night feeds etc.

Blazings · 08/05/2019 18:31

Are you Swiss Toni?

Lmao GrinGrin

SpanishFly · 08/05/2019 18:33

It's being reported that Prince George's nickname is Archie!!!!! 😟😟😫😫😲😲😲😲😲

The80sweregreat · 08/05/2019 18:35

Oh well. Prince George will have to have a new nickname now!

Nicecupofcoco · 08/05/2019 18:41

I think she looked gorgeous, and loved the dress! When I had my ds I was in pjs for five days as my legs and feet were just so swollen, I couldn't even get mat jeans back on or my shoes!
She looked nervous, but then who wouldn't be, with so many people eager to criticise her!
She must be so overwhelmed, being a new mum but also everyone's eyes on her! I think she did fab!
What a lovely little family. Smile