Part 1.
Hello! I was told about this thread a while back but until today didn’t want to see what horrible things have been written.
I just wanted to clear a few things up because although I welcome freedom of speech and accept that everyone has an opinion and doesn’t have to like somebody, it’s not fair to spread lies about people.
- Yes I wrote some stupid tweets in the past, the only one I still consider to be shocking was the Adele one but it’s a shame nobody noticed the speech marks around it as quote marks from a Jimmy Carr quote. Everyone used to put stupid stuff on twitter, that was 7 years ago. And I think the things that most people write on this forum are far, far worse than some old tweets.
- Everyone overthinks instagram. At the end of the day it’s a photo sharing app where I use it to share parts of my life and things that I love. I don’t ever pretend to be changing the world or want to be a political figurehead. Yes it’s all flowers and ‘pretty things’ or photos from our travels, the trivial things but that’s what I enjoy using the platform for. It’s a bit of escapism and a creativity outlet, not meant to be representative of my everyday life or the gritty parts of life. Is it really that offensive to people sharing photos of my garden or the small things in life that I want to capture?
- I’ve never been deceitful with declaring ads. I was featured on the ASA list over a year ago for 2 reasons, one was that I put a front story page saying ‘this contains affiliate links’ when it should have been labelled on each story. And the second was for writing ‘I’m proud to work with Not on the High Street’ on my blog instead and stating ‘this is a sponsored post’. Not because I was trying to pretend it wasn’t an ad. But this is such a new industry that even the ASA are trying to keep up with the changes and everyone is learning as we go. I welcome their guidance as the rules are often updating. TBC
Part 2
- Not that it’s anybody’s business but the story of how me and my husband met may have been unconventional but if we, our families and friends are all happy then that’s all that matters. Everyone is so fast to judge when they don’t know the whole story or us as people, yet we’ve been together for over 10 years and married for 5 this year.
- Surely you should all learn by now not to believe things you read on tattle as very clearly demonstrated by the fake ‘maths teacher’ and ‘yellow nightie’ stories that people have later admitted to be false and a mistake by posters yet everyone jumps on the bandwagon.
- Everybody seems to think that my husband and I are so privileged and never work. If you read that article about the school trip, you’ll see that we both went to state schools yet that doesn’t fit with your false narratives so nobody bothers to comment on this. I’m not for one minute saying that I’ve had a difficult life but it’s far from the ‘trust fund and silver spoon existence’ that some people like to believe.
- You might not like my baby posts or posts talking about conception but I’ve never had as many messages from people thanking me for being honest and that it’s helped them. Likewise, you moan about my travel photos but I get far far more people saying that they love my travel blog guides. And again, why would you bother to look or even comment on here about it if it’s all so boring or offends you?
- Whilst yes we are incredibly lucky and appreciative for the great lives we live, my husband has built that up from scratch after buying his first house whilst at uni with no financial help. {again, if you actually read my blog you’d see his career story}.
TBC
Part 3.
I’m not going to apologise or change how I live my life to please people on a forum. I really don’t know why if you hate what you see so much that you still follow me? And you really should remember that instagram is a highlights reel. We get only get one life so I’ll live mine how I want to live it, perhaps you should too.
I’d suggest that anybody posting on here is clearly deeply unhappy and dissatisfied with their own lives if they’re spending time writing on a forum {particularly at a weekend?} speculating about others instagram stories or posts. It’s mad. Fair enough talk about me if you think I’m not declaring ads but why be bullies when you could be doing something productive to make yourself happier?
Comparison is the thief of joy. So I’d suggest you don’t look at somebody else’s happiness and life on instagram if it annoys you or makes you feel bad in anyway.
I don’t doubt that some of you will take this the wrong way, as you seem to with most of my posts, but I hope for the more reasonable minded people on here that it would open your eyes or perhaps change your ways. I’m blocking this forum from my phone and laptop as it’s not healthy for anybody, I’d suggest if my instagram or blog makes you feel like that then it would be best to do the same.