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AIBU?

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To find the unmummsy mum really dreadful

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Katex888 · 25/09/2019 23:21

I know she has a lot of fans, and some parts of her first book were funny. Although the second book was dire, why would she need to tell everyone when she has sex with her husband as if it’s once in a year event.

I find her really cringe worthy and I don’t understand the hype. She thinks she’s really funny when she’s not, she’s not unmummsy, she seems like a great mum with her kids but makes out she is rubbish all the time. Why?

I don’t understand how everyone think she’s the funniest thing ever.

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WanderingAimlessly · 26/09/2019 06:59

Sarah is great! I really struggled with my second son and when I found Sarah I had a real moment of, well, thank god for that, it’s not just me. Everyone around me was apparently finding it easy, Sarah made me feel so much better and I got real comfort from following her and reading her books.

She doesn’t spend her life grasping for freebies, ramming 8 holidays a year, free cars and expensive home furnishings down your throat either. She takes a really considered approach to brands she’ll support and advertise (turning down a free kitchen at one point!). which makes me love her more.

If she’s not your cup of tea, fine, each to their own. We don’t have to all like the same things!

PerfectPeony2 · 26/09/2019 07:01

They're all awful, imagine how their DC will feel in years to come when they see what their parents have publicly posted all over the internet about them...

She does address this actually. Hopefully they will understand why she did it and if not she’ll try her best to make it up to them.

I think it will be far more difficult for kids of Instagram parents who are more ad focused as every bit of their life’s has been shared on Instagram in a more marketing focused way. That’s not what the unmumsy Mum is about if you follow her she is very down to earth.

ASauvignonADay · 26/09/2019 07:01

Haven't read any of her books but I do like her Instagram. She's down to earth and normal. I think you're being a bit mean - if you don't like it just don't read/look at it🔍!

Littlecaf · 26/09/2019 07:02

The Unmumsy Mum literally got me through the first few weeks of a newborn and saved me from PND. I luffs her.

Current fav is Tired & Tested. Funny videos from the dark side of parenting.

YABU

Don’t like it, don’t read it.

SoupDragon · 26/09/2019 07:02

No need to sneer just because you think you have a better sense of humour.

This.

Surely the point is that everyone finds different things interesting/funny/worth reading. It doesn't make a person better or more superior to someone who likes something else.

I've never read the person in question. I wonder why you don't just not read her rather than start a thread about it. Are you a "rival blogger"? 😂

Sugartits87 · 26/09/2019 07:03

I actually think she is one of the better ones. She writes well and is pretty funny. However there are other mummy bloggers that totally overshare in my opinion and i do feel for the children who have had their privacy and anonymity removed at the expense of their mums getting a book deal or a free holiday or a million likes from strangers.

Oh and god forbid you ever disagree with any of them. I remember when Hurrah For Gin made an ill thought out joke about autism and someone called her out on it and a vast amount of Katie's supporters piled on this woman and were really vile. From what I remember Katie did apologise but it was a sort of half arsed almost goady insincere apology. And this is women who are supposed to be supporting other women/mothers.

Read a lot of parenting blogs when dc were little but am totally over them now

keepingbees · 26/09/2019 07:03

I like her, her posts and photos are brutally honest and amusing. I think it's good for women to see this rather than the sugarcoated perfect life stuff that's all over SM these days.
I didn't massively enjoy the books though admittedly. The first book was mostly a compilation of her Facebook posts I'd already read, and I couldn't be bothered reading the others. I like this kind of thing as an occasional post, not a sit down and read for hours thing. I want a bit of escapism when the kids are finally in bed!
I think in general the whole mum blog concept has worn thin now and is overdone.

Benes · 26/09/2019 07:05

Out of all of the 'mummy bloggers' she seems the most genuine...and was one of the first.

Her posts about having children when you've lost your own mum are incredibly moving and helped me deal with that situation. I found having a child brought all my feelings of grief and loss after losing my own mum back to the surface.

Of course everyone is entitled to an opinion but if you don't like it then don't follow them or read their stuff.
Starting a post to purely slag off an individual is pretty shitty.

Treeli · 26/09/2019 07:06

I can take her or leave her

But that “lad baby” is the most awful shite I’ve ever had the misfortune to watch. Oh look silly daddy is being a twat again, there would be murders in my house if I had to live with him

SAMlady · 26/09/2019 07:08

I can take or leave her, depending on my mood.

I think she says a lot of things that hit the mark.

Her online persona of a haphazard non perfect mum is quite rigid, but that's the angle she's chosen to market herself as. Shame that lots of others have jumped on the bandwagon, some of them seem to hate their children. Quite often that's too much for me.

I found her decision to have children quite young and then bemoan her career/ missing out on drunken nights with friends strange, I think waiting 2-3 years might have made her feel different but that's her choice and it's led to a different career for her.

geojojo · 26/09/2019 07:08

I like her. I haven't read any of her books but do follow her on Instagram and also her house renovation account. To me she seems really likeable and a very loving, involved mum. She seems a lot more genuine and honest than a lot of the Instamums, for example, for ages she didn't accept gifts or do ads and is really upfront when she does do them now.

NotQuiteUsual · 26/09/2019 07:08

Her stuff isn't for me, but she seems like a lovely interesting woman.

saraclara · 26/09/2019 07:15

One thing I don't understand is why is it ok to criticise celebrities but one must be supportive of influencers?

That. I don't understand most of the posts on this thread at all. Does mumsnet form a protective circle around one particular tiny group of public people while everyone else is fair game, 'because they're mothers'?

Treeli · 26/09/2019 07:19

@saraclara, yep. Anyone chavvy is fair game. Also Kiera Knightley who gets absolutely slated on here.

eeksville · 26/09/2019 07:19

Surely the point is that everyone finds different things interesting/funny/worth reading. It doesn't make a person better or more superior to someone who likes something else.

I definitely feel superior to people who actively chose to watch Jeremy Kyle!

PeterRouseTheFleshofMankind · 26/09/2019 07:20

She was pretty much the first 'mum blogger' (and Hurrah for Gin) who were 'real' about parenting. At the time it was quite refreshing and original, and her blog was actually really well written and funny. She also didn't do any paid ads for ages, way after everyone else had jumped on the bandwagon.

However, the 'parenting is soooooo hard, you are not alone, we are all in this together' market has now been well and truly saturated and it all seems a bit old now. Even celebs like Giovanna Fletcher jumped on the bandwagon that Sarah basically started.

Knee Deep in Life is ok, but I feel like she over eggs it sometimes. Like, in literally every post she mentions her 'smelly fanny' or that her husband can smell her 'rectum', or similar. I'm all for a bit of crude, but it's too much for me!

PeterRouseTheFleshofMankind · 26/09/2019 07:21

Anyone chavvy is fair game.

This is so true on here!

NightIbble · 26/09/2019 07:21

I think the problem is that she's not being called out for anything she's done wrong, the OP just doesn't like her.

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Katex888 · 26/09/2019 07:24

I didn’t make this thread to be mean spirited, I think she’s a great mother who just acts like she isn’t. She’s always playing with her boys and looks like she has the patience of a saint. If my DS screamed like hers at night, I’d lose my sanity but she seems to be doing well.

Her constant jokes about wine, once a year sex and her husband aren’t funny. None of these mummy bloggers are, we all get through it without becoming semi alcoholics.

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SellFridges · 26/09/2019 07:26

Mumsnet is vile at the moment.

SoupDragon · 26/09/2019 07:27

Her constant jokes about wine, once a year sex and her husband aren’t funny. None of these mummy bloggers are, we all get through it without becoming semi alcoholics.

You seem unable to grasp that people find different things funny and yes, some parents do become "semi alcoholics".

DippyAvocado · 26/09/2019 07:28

Let's not make this into another instamum bashing thread.

If you want to earn your crust by publicly posting all sorts of stuff about your life, I think you have to accept a bit of criticism too. These people are deliberately making a choice to be in the public eye.

Yabbers · 26/09/2019 07:29

I doubt your bitchy post will garner the same success.

Because when a woman criticises, it's bitchy?

I don't like any of the slummy mummy blogs. Doesn't make me a bitch or "unsupportive of fellow mums" (a ridiculous concept🙄) to say so.

I find this one trite, cliched and cult like in its following. I completely stopped reading anything at all from it when one post she wrote was absolutely scathing of any mother who claimed to enjoy parenting. She doesn't just talk about her struggles, she attacks other mothers who don't agree with her. That's not on.

Shitonthebloodything · 26/09/2019 07:29

I hate these types of threads. It's just bitching and that's not acceptable just because someone has shared a small part of their lives online.
If you don't share the humour just don't read mummy bloggers. YABU and a bit of a mean girl tbh.

Shitonthebloodything · 26/09/2019 07:31

@SellFridges agree!

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