Is Eva Wiseman sending a coded message of support

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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/23/mumsnet-forums-are-a-guilty-pleasure-but-there-are-truths-too

Lass Nasty post unless you are on the lawyer team of lurch.

Divorce cases always involve the marital home. As a lawyer, you should know this. Plus you previously described Deborah as Mrs Self. How nasty!

I think she's making a mistake washing her dirty laundry in public. I'm also amazed at the number of people on that Twitter thread gleefully stating how much they've always hated Will Self. She was with him for 20+ years - how awful for her to realise that he was so widely disliked. She must have seen something in him once.

Divorce cases always involve the marital home. As a lawyer, you should know this. Plus you previously described Deborah as Mrs Self. How nasty!

They do- so why is she objecting to dealing with it?

If she had moved out and he was making a song and dance about having to sell to give her a half share you (general) you would be falling over yourselves to support her.

Yes I accept calling her Mrs Self was nasty. It was deliberate.If anyone is coming across as spoilt and selfish it is her.

I admit the dirty linen in public can backfire. I don't like the side of me that enjoys it. But then I am Ena Sharples.

removes clothespegs from mouth, takes lengthy pull from glass of milk stout

Lass Where has she objected to dealing with the selling of the marital home? Plus they have children who live in that home. He's moved out to a council estate flat? HOW? He's a multi millionaire.

Plus I hate divorces that happen just after someone has had to deal with cancer and the recovery. I understand her anger.

pachyderm: I think Ena Sharples should be our mascot.

I adore Ena Sharples. She'd have eaten Eva Wiseman for breakfast and washed her down with a bottle of stout.

the younger cooler me used to love will self. but i remember a female character who he described as letting her menstrual blood flow freely. i remember thinking "yeah. you're not really fully aware how much blood there can be, are you?"

She refers to herself as a "sneering individual" so no, not code. Outright criticism I think.

The quotes were from a Daily Mail article- plus her own Twitter comments full of righteous indignation at the idea of his coming round to the house he still owns and where he still has things belonging to him.

Oh I agree the moving into a Council flat is over- egging the pudding.

I adore Ena Sharples. She'd have eaten Eva Wiseman for breakfast and washed her down with a bottle of stout

Agreed. Is there a point to Eva Wiseman? It was a dreadful and not very bright article. I might say something dim on here but nobody knows who I am - whereas Eva helpfully provides a name and a (out of date) photo.

Ive no doubt you’ll be rubbing your hands with glee and waiting to see how those who post on Mumsnet will respond to your piece, Eva Wiseman. I just want to know why you felt the need to patronise members, as if we’re some ‘guilty secret’? Was it too difficult for you to write a piece about how supportive women are on Mumsnet, when others want to share their experiences of childbirth? You’re a bit old to be worrying about looking ‘cool’ and above the other posters. Here’s a wee bit of information, the very fact that you and other reporters read these threads, MAKES YOU A MUMSNETTER. Don’t be so bloody patronising.

So far as children according to a Guardian article from 2000 their younger son Ivan was 2 years old then.

Lass The quotes were from a Daily Mail article- plus her own Twitter comments full of righteous indignation at the idea of his coming round to the house he still owns and where he still has things belonging to him.

In which on the twitter feed he wanted her not to be in the house so he could put on red dots on the possessions within the marital home. AND then he wanted her to pack them up and send them to him.

In what planet is that acceptable?

Sorry, but I don't like Ena Sharples.

I did like the actress who played her though.

I am old enough to have spent enough time sympathetically listening to friends and they go through the trauma of divorce. There are different stages, some sad, some boring, as the friend progresses through various stages of shock and grief, and the nightmare practicalities of divorce. Through most of them you listen and you support. Sometimes you might proffer one or two constructive suggestions. But it is really best not to judge. Not least because the distressed friend is often at a lowest ebb, and not the person they really are.

No need to be sorry placemats I'm sure Ena Sharples wouldn't have given a monkeys what either of us thought of her. It's partly why I like her.

I did see Violet Carson in real life once and she was very glamorous.