To think Tamara Ecclestone is the luckiest woman alive

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2 healthy and happy children, adoring husband, lovely relationship with sister, health, all the money in the world. I follow her on instagram and she seems like a lovely mum.

Only slightly jealous that she's constantly taking her children all around the world during school holidays and always going to lovely places constantly. I do wonder why she posts on instagram so much though, surely, it's not like she needs the instagram advertising revenue.

Is she the luckiest woman humanity has ever seen?

I don't think anyone is saying her life is terrible.

Just looking at the reality, and that it takes more than money to be 'the luckiest woman alive'.

Of course I am not saying her life is terrible. And I am not skint. But I'd still rather be Deborah Meaden or Michelle Mone ( before she went rogue) than Tamara. I don't know why this is so hard to believe.

I don’t know anything about her except that she and her family are very wealthy. I don’t envy her because the sort of lives lead by the rich and famous hold no appeal for me.
I like a quiet life and spending time on my own. I like being lazy. I don’t like spending time and money on clothes and make up.
I don’t like crowds or nightclubs. I wouldn’t want to be recognised or looked at when I’m out and about. I like doing things like walking in the countryside in a kagoul with my dog, and I don’t need to be wealthy to do that.

I don't think anyone is saying her life is terrible.

Me neither. To a large extent, I think people are saying they wouldn't want to be her.

If I can be me, but with her money, then that would be much better I think

It all comes down to what your definition of a good life is. For me it would be sad just to take and not give anything back - I hope I can look at my life and be proud of the career I have had helping others, my postgraduate degree I paid for by doing 2 jobs, the house that I have furnished and paid for, the fact that my son is going to Cambridge through hard graft. All gives me satisfaction and most mornings I wake up with a smile on my face.

I can't imagine her life but I don't envy it at all - having to have painful operations when surgeons cut into your body to appear acceptable to men - trussing External validation is not happiness.

If you feel unhappy with your life perhaps start to familiarise yourself with some books on women's agency and feminism might open your eyes a bit. Unfortunately society has brainwashed a lot of women into thinking this is an ideal. Think about it for a minute - society could never be full of people like her - it is only going to ever be a few. Is it not better to have a more equal society where people are all engaged in meaningful work and happy with their life, rather than serfs and overlords? Instead of being envious get angry about inequality and into politics is my recommendation.

It's funny how people try to convince themselves that being rich must be awful 😂

No, we just want to be a different kind of rich. One that doesn't involve filler. As we are dreaming!

I do wonder why she posts on instagram so much though, surely, it's not like she needs the instagram advertising revenue.

To attract simpering fan girls maybe?

Of course she is lucky and has a lovely life - as do a lot of people who have lots of money, don't need to work and spend their time on holiday and pursuing leisure.

But Im suspicious of anyone who posts excessively on social media about their lovely lives. My old gran would have said she's showing off and pride comes before a fall...

But what does she actually do? Wiki says ‘glamour model, socialite, reality tv’, which isn’t what I’d want to have contributed to the world. With such opportunities and enormous wealth, is this the best someone can come up with?

Oh god some of these posts are so cringey, everyone desperate to convince themselves theyd hate to be rich, it must be so lonely/demeaning not earning it yourself, it must be awful to go on so many holidays, her husband and every man she knows is dodgy etc etc

Its ok to be jealous folks, doesn't make you a bad person

And i know none of you ARE jealous...blah blah blah

I really enjoyed her reality show years ago and watched every episode. Back then she did seem extremely lucky as she had endless money, a beautiful child, lovely looks, close relationship with her sister and a husband who adored her (at least on camera). She had an enormous house in London with 40 full time staff who were just walking around doing their jobs as if she lived in a hotel. On one of the episodes she turned an unused room into a pink soft play room that cost hundreds of thousands and was the size of a soft play at the local shopping centre. I didn't see anything in the show that suggested PND or I wouldn't have watched it.

I am also very jealous of Sarah Gilbert. I don't expect anyone to believe me because on MN the only people you can be envious of are rich, hot, young people. Though I don't think I can handle triplets, but if I was her, I could.

Exactly! I won't lie...'d absolutely love to have multiple luxurious holidays with my kids every year. Sounds utterly blissful....and no money worries. But yeah, you all keep convincing yourselves that working two jobs and spending your weekends cleaning your house and having one holiday a year if you're lucky is much more fun.

Despise the woman. But lucky for her to have three Guinea pigs for her experiments in one go.

Obviously the OP… hence why they wrote the post?!

When I look at my life I think I am at least as lucky as her. I may not have her money but I have sufficient and slightly more. My family is healthy and I am happy.

@Comedycook But I don't work two jobs and I do have more than one holiday a year, and I don't spend my weekend cleaning my house.

There are, absolutely, people whose lives I would love, but they tend to be people who have been successful with meaningful work in the arts, and who are rarities in being able to live well and not worry about money because of their work, rather than hustling for grants and residencies. Someone whose most significant ‘work’ involved posing for Playboy and starring in a reality tv show called ‘Billion $$$ Girl’ wouldn’t make me think ‘That is the life I want’.

See that baffles me, why in God's name would anyone envy someone who had 40 staff and a huge house? I hand on heart would absolutely hate every second of that lifestyle. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like a couple of million to pay off my mortgage and help my kids buy a house. It doesn't have to be either or surely?

I find it a bit tragic that the OP would look at someone like her and hold her up as some sort of ideal ..

I'm not sure it's either or.

I would not like to have multiple luxurious holidays a year with my kids because one or two a year would be more than enough. Especially with kids

I WOULD like to have the money to buy huge amounts of land that I could use to walk in peace and private. I WOULD like to have the money not to work and to have someone else clean up after me - kinda. I did used to have a work contract that provided that and it was actually a bit of a pita at times. But overall it was better than cleaning my own toilet.

The OP's question was 'is she the luckiest woman alive?' not 'is she luckier than someone working two jobs'.

Yes to the latter. No to the former.

What a strange way to live.
If I look at her life as she portrays it I have to say I see it as a bit sad.
You seem very triggered by people who are happy in their own lives.

Sometimes I think about what I would do if I had a lot of money. It always involves making a difference. Something involving the environment. A massive rewinding project. .
Not going to Disney on a private plane and making my kids do endless photoshoots. Wealth like this seems sad and a bit pathetic.

I would love to be rich.

I wouldn't want her life.

The two things are not the same.

Charmed life? hmm....

From Wiki

In 2002, at age 17, Ecclestone dated Jonathan Ketterman (who later changed his name to Derek Rose). The relationship ended acrimoniously, and they had no contact for the next 10 years. In 2013, Ketterman was found guilty of attempting to blackmail her for $200,000 and sentenced to four years in prison.

Ecclestone married Jay Rutland in June 2013. They have two daughters, Sophia and Serena.

The family resides in a house in Kensington Palace Gardens in London that was purchased for £45 million in 2011. On 13 December 2019, Ecclestone's house was burgled and jewellery with a reported total value of £26 million stolen, despite 24-hour security patrols and extensive surveillance measures. In January 2020, a Romanian woman, Maria Mester, and her son were arrested in possession of some of the jewels at Heathrow Airport and subsequently charged with conspiracy to commit burglary, allegedly as part of a support team. The pair were subsequently cleared of all charges.

In 2021, three male Italian nationals were convicted and sentenced to jail terms, for committing the robbery.

Does anyone else think these fawning 'celeb' posts are usually just a PR exercise in increasing their client's social media accounts and profile? I wouldn't normally post on them but it's getting a bit too obvious and boring now (isn't so and so marvellous in their new West End play, don't we all envy this rich influencer!). It's pretty offensive really, trying to manipulate a load of 'mums' into caring.