Mary, mother of God, how does it get any more smug and up its own arse than Cassandra Jardine interviewing 'super PR' Julia Frogspawn in Torygraph on the 'work life balance' (in other words, flogging a book full of glaringly obvious shit to numpties)

[moondog]

Enjoy in a sick sorta way

[Monkeytrousers]

Great thread title Moonsy!

[moondog]

Snigger do feel free to contribute any observations at all.

[snigger]

How have I only just found this thread?

I too deal with my finances heaply rather than bill by bill - they are swept, in heaps, from the desk to the bin.....

That bird's ON something.

[moondog]

Eh?
Portmeirion is one of my fave places in the world.Will not hear a word against it!
If yuo go fro lunch, you get in free.Also lots of cheapies in winter.
I've got a freebie voucher for 5 people on my pinboard. Will probably go next week.

[ilovelovemydog]

Port Merion - what a rip off!

[moondog]

Yes, that picture of her is taken in Portmeirion-not far from me.

I am surprised.Not much call for self indulgent London types here in North Wales.

[ipanemagirl]

interestingly she's hosting summat called wearenamesnotnumbers in portmeiron and on the website tis not a recent photo me thinks this is JH not RM

[MadameOvary]

You lot are being very unfair.
Maybe her DH is a nail fetishist and insists she keeps her nails immaculate.
Ergo, of course she's not allowed to load the dishwasher, or do housework. Or play with the DC's.
Clearly her Nails play a big part in her life and marriage for her to proudly mention them...

[ipanemagirl]

Oh I'm so glad I am not alone In my passionate Objection, Rejection and Resistance to the Terrible Millard of Doom!

My personal Manifesto Against La Millard:

1] I resist La Millard and her Terrible Cleavage at the Oscars whenever they were

2] I reject Satan and all his evil work and La Millard's convulsive flirtatiousness on telly and the radio and the snorty worty constant laugher denoting a sunny personality and easy charm.

3] I pledge to object to any Millardisation within my own life and promise not to buy books called 'Save Money with Rosie the ExBankrupt's way Forward'

4] I promise to never buy a flat in Paris as an investment and then moan about it in public or any other Islington Buy To Let Horrors

5] I renounce all public Harridans from North London who make money by spouting condescending nonsense to the rest of us

[NotBigJustBolshy]

ipanemagirl, I find reading the name "rosie millard" puts my blood pressure up, so I had to stop following the thread and go and lie in a darkened room for a while...

[moondog]

RM is vile.

[ssd]

skint even

[ssd]

Rosie Millard's a PITA, going on about being skiny when she's down to her last million orwhatevertheeffinstorywasatthetime

[WilfSell]

I think some of you London lot should go along to the event MN is offering tickets to and put your views to Julia direct .

[ipanemagirl]

Respect to your mate TheCrackFox, that is humbling for a moaner like me.

Also Happy New Year TheCrackFox hope your Boosh was Mighty!

I'm sad I haven't managed to smoke out any more people who find Rosie Millard to be a frightening harridan of this terrible maternal condescension in the press.

[LiffeyMummyPig]

Yes Crackfox, that is juggling on planet earth.

[LittleBella]

I did snigger at the idea of Eric Hobsbawm's grandson being called Wolfie.

[TheCrackFox]

One of my friends works in Tescos at night. She has the DCs all day, rushes out to work when her DH gets in, gets home about midnight. She never, ever seems to be frazzled.

Now that is what I call juggling, not getting the manucurist round to your gaff. What a stupid bint.

[wasabipeanut]

Sorry, my typing has gone to pot.

[wasabipeanut]

Very glad to see it's not just me who read the original piece in the Telewag and thought "oh fark off".

Any article along these lines is guaranteed to male me see red. I don't need lifestyle advice from someone who sees having their nails done as mission critical.

Big of her to have it done at home though.

I have a feeling this was scheduled for publication prior to the economy really goping tits up - ie about 6 months ago. It seems so dated already - now all anyone gives a shit about is hoding on to their job and paying rent/mortgage.

[Villette]

Where did she get her money from? I thought the PR company she ran folded?

[ipanemagirl]

smellyeli a compassionate view on your part, I salute your compassion and wish I could be more compassionate.

But all these women remind me of Rosie Millard and the bleating of those who seem to have little sense of their own good fortune. I just hate being condescended to by these uber career women.
Of course you miss out by having a successful career - that's obvious!
Of course you're making a choice of some kind!
Of course you and your children miss out hugely in some respects!
Of course you gain hugely in other respects!
Each to his own! I gave up work to be full time mother and we just about manage to scrape by on dh's salary but we don't live in a gorgeous house or have tons of money but I don't moan in the press about the consequences of my life choices. Make the choices and deal with them! All motherhood choices have great costs and benefits. Isn't that just obvious?!

[smellyeli]

Perhaps she did acknowledge her good fortune, but the interviewer didn't feel it would make good copy ('Working mother says how lucky she is to have lots of money and great husband' - not so catchy?) - just being charitable.......

[ipanemagirl]

I agree, this is what you expect from the Torygraph. But why does the daughter of such a famous leftwing figure and one of the people who helped to get Labour elected write with so little awareness of how relatively fortunate she is?

This is almost the dreaded ROSIE MILLARD country. I would have thought J Hobsbawm would be brighter than to fall into me me me and my family life bleating.

Of course you can suffer when you're loaded but it's really inelegant not to acknowledge good fortune imo.

[LiffeyMummyPig]

Yes Shirley conlan did this 30 yrs ago but with humour.

The real juggling is done by women with less money and only hobson's choices.

Her children's names are stylistically very mismatched imo.