To think Jools has the perfect life

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Jools Oliver

Lots of kids, with partner since very young, lots of money, beautiful home.
I realise no one's life is perfect, but it seems ideal. Found love early, no rubbish men or heartbreak or loneliness of being alone and struggling. loads of kids and a loving, large family there as you get older, no money worries or having to work unless you want to, amazing countryside home

Am envious!

You have to remember that these people show us a perfect life, because that's what they want us to see. There will be plenty of struggles in her life, like there are in everyone's.

Yes the clothes were really nice

Crazy to envy someone else's, ife when you have no idea what on earth could be going on there

Wise words from your mum 😁 might as well be miserable rich than miserable poor (not that Jools is of course, I don’t know her).

There are so many versions of happy!
I was a looked-after child and have craved love, stability and multiple children, my whole life. Only to marry an abusive man that nearly killed me, have the one child (and unlikely to be able to conceive again) and am now divorced but post-seperation abuse is terrible and I am unable to find love again for a long while (lots of healing to do first, want to give my son as much time as possible as this has been hard on him too etc).

In my case Jools has the perfect life and everything I ever dreamed of. I would do anything to have a good man and lots of kids.

I am have a wonderful life (minus the abuse and its continuing mental fallout). Friends, I travel, my own home, a career. But kids and love is what I always craved and I would take having a lot less material items if it meant peace and love with the right man

lol 😂

Isn’t it! Crotch goblins is such an odd (and quite ridiculous) expression. If it means children then that poster and everyone else are/were.

Chefs do work long hours tbf so she knew it would fall on her. I wonder if he's autistic too bearing in mind all 5 are autistic

I thinks its impossible to know what Jools life is really like and judging by what we are shown may not give the whole picture. She had 5 miscarriages and one was nearly fatal so shes definitely not had an easy time. I hope she does have a lovely life though.

That's a life that would have made me miserable. I can't think of much worse than having children. Countless dialliances with unsuitable men was a huge amount of fun which I would hate to have missed. Likewise the freedom to dance till dawn for decades. Her life sounds unpleasant and dull to me. We all want different things from life.

No way would I want that many kids even if money were no object. What I hadn’t fully appreciated with kids is they you always worry for them and hope they are ok. When they are little you have some control but that goes. It’s bad enough worrying two are ok going out into the world any more would blow my mind. No thanks.

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Seems like she made having babies her whole personality. Was still trying to get pregnant in her late 40s despite having 5 existing children of all ages.

I don’t envy feeling like you have no purpose other than being a mother and needing to produce the next child to keep justifying that.

Nope, seems boring. Rich but boring.

Being married to Jamie Oliver sounds like a nightmare to me!

I agree. You never stop worrying about them. Mine are in their 40s now and they are okay, but whenever they suffer a setback, I feel it like a pain.

Remember that you don't see any of the downsides when you see famous people on TV. They only show you what they want to reveal. How often are we shocked when an apparently perfect couple split up, or their offspring turn out not to be so perfect after all?

Met her once at an event I was coordinating, seemed very nice, met him too and he was really down to earth. Their kids seem to be relatively level headed, ones a nurse, one works in marketing or pr or something, others are at school. In fact there seems to be a trend among the celebrity chefs to encourage their dc into proper jobs, one of Gordon Ramsay’s is a police officer and one is in the marines, not an easy option! It’s hard work to be a chef even once you get a tv slot

I thought you meant Jools Holland and was really excited to hear more. I bet he has a great life

I did this for a long time too, but it gets a bit old in the end and you start to know there's more important things in life

One things I've learnt is that what things look like on the outside isn't always what they are like on the inside. Also, I enjoy having my own career and expertise.

I’ve never once seen anything in the press or online about him having any affairs, so I’m interested to know where you get that “knowledge” from.

I have a close friend who knows him really well. By all accounts he is really decent, very personable, no ego, and adores Jools

So does he have affairs or is it Bs?

That was Ainsley Harriot 😂