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AIBU?

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Kate Middleton is a role model for me?

519 replies

BlueBookBag · 03/10/2021 20:21

I like the way she looks, so pretty and stylish but classic and simple at the same time.

Slim but toned and athletic figure, meanwhile I could lose a few kg.

Her personality seems refined and elegant, you will never catch her sharing controversial opinions or offending views.

She seems to be a supportive wife and mother

Seems overall to live such an elegant life.

AIBU? To want to be more like Kate and see her as a role model?

OP posts:

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 03/10/2021 21:50

ODD thread. Odd that it's on AIBU. Even more odd that it's trending.

Think this is a good cue for counting some sheep.

Rosebel · 03/10/2021 21:51

@DeepaBeesKit

Oh and in case poor old KM is drifting about on here somewhere and ends up reading all the drivel about her....

I reckon she's probably like about 90% of other mums of 3 on here.

I'm assuming you are being sarcastic there.

trama · 03/10/2021 21:51

She's done nothing with her life except pursue and marry William. I mean if marrying rich is what you're after then I guess she's successful and aspirational.

TheKeatingFive · 03/10/2021 21:52

Yeah the Hilary Mantel piece is spot on

Theredjellybean · 03/10/2021 21:54

I guess what I meant about the parenting thing, is she is often described by press and fans as being somehow an extraordinary mother, wonderful etc etc.. And the interview she did about how hard it was home schooling etc during lockdown feels so false to me.
She has staff to do the hard bits, she has few external worries, she really cannot know what it felt like to be parenting and educating in lockdown for the majority of mothers a cross the country, but still she is held up as some kind of icon of modern working mother.

Dreamstate · 03/10/2021 21:55

@Wineandroses3

I like Kate but I am sure you are lovely to OP! Don’t ever put yourself down. I wouldn’t want Kates life, but remember yes she does look wonderful but she is a millionaire, has cleaners, nannies, housekeepers etc it’s easy to look immaculate if you have got all that help, for most people that’s not achievable but I wouldn’t swap places with her, the level of scrutiny she is under would be too much for many. We are all blessed in our own way x

Depends on your definition of millionaire, she certainly wants one before she married. She hasn't earned her millions.

She is a millionaire because we pay her !

Cryalot2 · 03/10/2021 21:57

To me she is better than Meg. But I neither know her nor have any desire to be like her. She wasted her education, someone else could have used her place to get a good job whereas she bedded a prince.
I admire people who have by their own hard work achieved something . She has no worries about anything , never had, doesn't know what hardships are. All she does is wear expensive designer clothes and jewellery. As for being a mother, she never had to lift a finger.
I guess I never put celebs or anyone on pedestals .

Sommernacht89 · 03/10/2021 21:57

When you have sobered up, you will see Kate in a more realistic way:boring,unattractive doormat with no taste in clothes.

Eleganz · 03/10/2021 21:57

She is not a great model for modern young women to aspire to. Married into a fossilised institution to look pretty and pop out male children.

I would want a female graduate from one of our leading universities to want more than to marry into money.

Lightisnotwhite · 03/10/2021 21:59

@Dreamstate

Here is a quick fix, go to a finishing school and then you can be like her. Not like she is born that way.

Couldn't think of a worse role model imo, she perpetuates the old 1950s steppers wife shite that should just be consigned to history and stay there!

Swap her for a bloke though and she’s doing nothing wrong . Gets on with the job, not all about “her”. Looks after herself, her kids and family. Why is it so bad that’s she’s a woman?

Vancouverorbust · 03/10/2021 22:00

@Sommernacht89

When you have sobered up, you will see Kate in a more realistic way:boring,unattractive doormat with no taste in clothes.

Well 15 years ago she had a lot of the same outfits as me (I bought mine first, she tends to wait a while before wearing anything-probably has an overwhelming choice). I am 20 years older than her.

DoYouLikeOwls · 03/10/2021 22:01

@BlueBookBag

On another note I’m leaving Mumsnet soon. Maybe later on today. Or in the early morning hours.

I usually just come on Mumsnet when I'm bored and usually just laugh at the posts. I can see why you leaving Mumsnet and it is full of random shit posts but not sure why you would post your original post and then this.

Dreamstate · 03/10/2021 22:01

Well this is a thread about Kate if there was one about William then I'd say the same shit.

Dreamstate · 03/10/2021 22:02

@lightisnotwhite ^

Lightisnotwhite · 03/10/2021 22:03

What can she actually do though? Her job is a royal; writing letters, turning up to stuff , being supportive.
As much as she’d love to run a catering company/ yoga studio
/ boutique clothes shop like all mums with money here …she can’t. It would be seen as profiteering or something.

Feelslikealot · 03/10/2021 22:03

What's she done apart from marry a rich man and pop out a few kids?

StoneofDestiny · 03/10/2021 22:05

I must admit I wish I looked that polished after three children!

With a stylist, dresser, hairdresser, beautician and a host of servants, nannies, cooks and chauffeurs on hand, it wouldn't be hard to looked groomed and rested every day.

VladmirsPoutine · 03/10/2021 22:05

@Feelslikealot

What's she done apart from marry a rich man and pop out a few kids?

Changechangychange · 03/10/2021 22:06

Depends on your definition of millionaire, she certainly wants one before she married

Her parents were multi-millionaires, so she had access to millions even if it wasn’t in her own bank account.

She is definitely really good at looking pretty, smiling and not saying anything. If that floats your boat, she’s a great role model. As would be any 1950s debutante, or upper middle class housewife. Or First Ladies - Jackie Kennedy was excellent at it.

the80sweregreat · 03/10/2021 22:06

Her husband winds me up the most bleating on about climate change and they had three children and their carbon footprint is much bigger than mine.
Kate is ok , she isn't as loathsome as someone like Andrew. But it is a low bar

SickAndTiredAgain · 03/10/2021 22:06

@Theredjellybean

I guess what I meant about the parenting thing, is she is often described by press and fans as being somehow an extraordinary mother, wonderful etc etc.. And the interview she did about how hard it was home schooling etc during lockdown feels so false to me. She has staff to do the hard bits, she has few external worries, she really cannot know what it felt like to be parenting and educating in lockdown for the majority of mothers a cross the country, but still she is held up as some kind of icon of modern working mother.

In that case I’d agree with you. I think that really, any comments on her parenting are pointless, either positive or negative. I don’t think that having staff automatically makes her a bad parent, but equally I don’t think there’s anything concrete you could point to to say she’s a great parent. That’s not to say she isn’t, just that it’s all speculation either way.

SleepingStandingUp · 03/10/2021 22:08

I like the way she looks, so pretty and stylish but classic and simple at the same time. Slim but toned and athletic figure, meanwhile I could lose a few kg. a shit ton of money, the best stylists etc money can buy. Time to exercise and beautify.

Her personality seems refined and elegant, you will never catch her sharing controversial opinions or offending views. well the press won't and her friends are discreet. Who knows what she's like in her real life.

She seems to be a supportive wife and mother well she's given up her freedom to do the job of being his wife and mother to the heirs and spares. No doubt they love each other but I wonder what she wanted to be when she was Charlotte's age

Seems overall to live such an elegant life. see the above point about money and support

AIBU? To want to be more like Kate and see her as a role model? what would you do differently? OK style inspiration is fine but do you want to give up your job to do whatever your husband and his family need? To set your kids into a pathway with limited freedom?

julieca · 03/10/2021 22:08

We have zero ideas of what she is like as a mother, so strange to see her as a role model as mother. You might as well say the Virgin Mary is your role model of a mother.
Kate might be a wonderful mother, or she might be distant and emotionally unavailable, or she might be impatient and shouty. None of us knows.

the80sweregreat · 03/10/2021 22:10

I'd look good too if i had the money they have.
Most people would!

SleepingStandingUp · 03/10/2021 22:12

But he's not just any 'rich man' he's a literal prince. Kate really pulled it off. It takes a lot of work, dedication, luck and skill to land a Prince. Not to be sniffed at. Especially when you've worked towards it since you were a teen.
Is there any actual proof that she's been working at it since she was a teen and that she was working to land herself a Prince come what may vs two young adults falling in love?

But even if we assume she went there oy to snag him, what exactly were the skills she used other than being pretty, seeming discrete and not looking too desperate

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