Pandakitten
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Thread title suggestion: Laura Adlington #7 Misery’s expecting company
hereorthere
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Ok can we please not pretend that 10.5 stone is massively overweight, maybe it is for you but really that’s a pretty average weight. Laura is closer to 20 stone. There’s a lot of “oh my God, I wouldn’t/couldn’t live my life as massive whale” judgement on this thread. Heavily pregnant is very different to heavily overweight.
RestingBunchFace
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Can we all PLEASE take a minute to think of poor Laura, who has had the most STRESSFUL week and CRIED so much because she and her husband started installing a pond and a shed in the garden without the new build company's permission.
I do a lot of eye rolling at her mopey attitude, but honestly, her latest story has tipped me over the edge. Everywhere you look there are stories of real hardship - fighting in Ukraine and Gaza, devastating apartment fires in China and Spain, knife crimes, transphobic violence, families on the poverty line from the cost of living crisis - and she's losing her shit over a shed in her million pound house that she affords by uploading videos of herself trying on clothes and flogging a book promoting values that she doesn't really believe in. Fuck me. What an absolute spoilt, entitled, deluded and miserable cow. Get a fucking grip.
I don't know what world that woman lives in but it's not reality...
I do a lot of eye rolling at her mopey attitude, but honestly, her latest story has tipped me over the edge. Everywhere you look there are stories of real hardship - fighting in Ukraine and Gaza, devastating apartment fires in China and Spain, knife crimes, transphobic violence, families on the poverty line from the cost of living crisis - and she's losing her shit over a shed in her million pound house that she affords by uploading videos of herself trying on clothes and flogging a book promoting values that she doesn't really believe in. Fuck me. What an absolute spoilt, entitled, deluded and miserable cow. Get a fucking grip.
I don't know what world that woman lives in but it's not reality...
TaurusWithLove
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it’s worth noting people who are child-free by choice can be equally happy with their lives!Life with a child is something words cannot explain
Listerfiend
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So only slim bodies are attractive? Yeah you don’t get to decide what others do or don’t find attractive. And you don’t want to stand there in your undies, great you don’t have to.
honey&lemon
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As if she basically said she was disappointed with the gender. After years of infertility, and the audience she has because of it, she has actually said “part of me had hoped for a girl”…I’m actually shocked she’s written that. Surely all she should have been hoping for was a healthy baby? I never understand gender reveals if you have a preference. Your child will read that one day.
mushroomprincess22
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I’ve just had a thought! Poor Laura in the run up to their live show. All Lottie did in the weeks leading up to SDDBL was complain about how unwell she was… where as I bet Laura felt so incredibly poorly too. I’m due in Sept and I’m 18 weeks pregnant, she’s due in Oct so I’m guessing she’s about 4ish weeks behind me. She would have had to have done the live show during the 1st trimester which is never fun for the majority of people, unless you’re very lucky - yet because she hadn’t told anyone, she had to put on a brave face online and couldn’t share if she was really struggling, both in the lead up to the show and while on stage. I now have a lot more respect and admiration for Laura. That, mixed with how caring she was when breaking the news of her pregnancy. As stated in previous posts by me, I have my issues with Laura, but I really feel praise and credit is due here. X
From Great British Bake Off to Great British Beg Off
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TravellingPants
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I’m really pleased for them.
(And also hopefully now we can stop the whole ‘if she wanted to have a baby, she would lose weight’ fatphobic vibe of the thread…)
(And also hopefully now we can stop the whole ‘if she wanted to have a baby, she would lose weight’ fatphobic vibe of the thread…)
StrawberryLemonade
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She's feeling down and negative on the release of her 'be positive' book. You couldn't write it!
(And neither did she by the sounds of it)
(And neither did she by the sounds of it)
RestingBunchFace
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I listened to this week's podcast and she talked about looking at "a website" (clearly Tattle) and not being able to get out of bed for 3 days afterwards. I do feel sympathy for her because nobody deserves to be fat-shamed, and reading comments about her personal choices (e.g. not trying to lose weight for IVF) must be difficult.
My issues with her have nothing to do with what she looks like or how she chooses to live her life, but with the way she is when she talks about her real feelings versus how she talks when she's trying to make money.
Don't write a body positive book when you're not truly body positive. Don't say you shop sustainably and then collaborate with a fast fashion brand. Don't rave about a brand's plus size clothing and then post a reel where you've got 3 toes hanging out the side of the sandal.
It's so half-arsed and un-genuine and it makes me feel like she thinks her followers are idiots and will just swallow everything she says so she can make herself a few more quid for her new house.
My issues with her have nothing to do with what she looks like or how she chooses to live her life, but with the way she is when she talks about her real feelings versus how she talks when she's trying to make money.
Don't write a body positive book when you're not truly body positive. Don't say you shop sustainably and then collaborate with a fast fashion brand. Don't rave about a brand's plus size clothing and then post a reel where you've got 3 toes hanging out the side of the sandal.
It's so half-arsed and un-genuine and it makes me feel like she thinks her followers are idiots and will just swallow everything she says so she can make herself a few more quid for her new house.
Theyallneedarealitycheck
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Missed this because I was on holiday, on a beach in my size 24 bikini. Does this count too seeing is it’s essentially high waisted knickers and a crop top? Did anyone call green peace out for me? No! Did anyone recoil in horror that I was wearing it? Not that I was aware of although I am sure people like you were discussing that someone like me ought to be wearing a stripy Edwardian bathing costume or staying at home so my figure does not offend any other beach users… Did I give one flying fuck about the views and opinions of people like you? Absolutely not - I was having far too much fun bodyboarding and jumping waves with my kids. They’ll remember having fun with their mum not being sat at home all summer because their mum was too ashamed of herself to go anywhere for fear of judgment.
Listerfiend
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I’m sorry but unless you’re her Dr, then no, you don’t get to be judge and jury about whether her ‘infertility journey’ meets your definition of one because you know nothing about her medical history and have no idea why she couldn’t fall pregnant or stay pregnant etc
There is a fair chance she may have PCOS, which could be why she struggled to lose weight (how do you know that she hasn’t tried at any point to lose weight?), she could not be ovulating, he could have a low sperm count or sperm with mobility issues, it could be any number of issues.
I’m not Laura’s biggest fan, she irritates the fuck out of me, I think she’s a huge whinger and lazy, so I’m not one to defend her BUT the reality is that you have NO idea what her infertility journey consisted of or the ins and outs of it, so stop trying to police and gate keep the words infertility journey.
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Snazzycat
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Same reason thin people wear them, because they're comfortable and practical.Serious questionwhy do fat people often wear baggy oversized dresses, blouses hoodies etc they really are very unflattering and looks silly
Either that or a jacket that nowhere nearly meets they seem to struggle with styling
Turquoise66
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She's leaving snarky messages on other accounts!
Love how they replied back saying "I don't know her"
Love how they replied back saying "I don't know her"
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TravellingPants
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To be fair, as a person in a bigger body myself I thought she put those points across well and it’s a shame that she’s not got the level of media training and confidence to come up with that response in the moment when it mattered. The fat shaming on this thread gets pretty full on for me a lot of the time, and I think that the point that people deserve dignity and respect regardless of size is important. Nobody owes someone else information about their health, and health does not equal morality. Plenty of people are ‘not healthy’ in lots of different ways, both self inflicted and not, and don’t get beaten with it as some sort of personal failure.
I still think she’s ungrateful and shady AF, before anyone accuses me of trying to make this a rave thread
I still think she’s ungrateful and shady AF, before anyone accuses me of trying to make this a rave thread
turnaround, every now and then I am 8 years in the fertility trenches, multiple ivf cycles, multiple ops, multiple transfers, thousands and thousands of £ down, still no pregnancy or baby
Yeah you overthink many things but I couldn’t care less what sex it is!! I would be ecstatic to be pregnant
I also don’t believe this 9 year fertility struggle to be honest - she tried to get pregnant, couldn’t, went for some tests was told to lose weight, didn’t want to so gave up for years before she had 18 months of IVF, I feel like that’s very different to a 9 year battle of living Infertility and actual treatment, it taking over your life and giving it your everything to bring home a baby
hereorthere
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Real “pick me” vibe off this! I’m sooooooo tiny, even when massively pregnant.Because 10.5 stone is HUGE isn’t it
hereorthere
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Maybe you should let us know what the size limit is for bodies to be allowed exist in the world? Im all for calling Laura out on the endless floaty dresses but your comment is ridiculous and mean.