liarliarliar

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There is also nothing ‘mighty’ about Oakley. Wonder what cringey thing she will say about Olive.
‘Little did I realise I had a craving’ 😂😂😂
Hahahaha!! “Little did I know there was a little seed growing into a full blown cheese board with Italian meats, crackers and the sassiest Olive’s you ever did see” 😂😂
 
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Slimming world going well again with the donuts! My suggestion:

Life with Oaks and Olive #3: Boss bae Ainsley Gray, more couch than 5 K, Maccies all the way!
 
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Islander

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Oh my. I almost wanted to download insta again to see this... but effort levels. Can someone copy and paste?

Oh... believe me.. I understand it’s emotional. But these insta mums are sooo cliche!

It goes a little something like... Reflective essay for birthday, reflective essay for starting school, reflective essay for the end of a holiday, reflective essay for ‘smashing potty training’... amongst a load of photos in fields, trampling wildlife and wild flowers in order to get the perfect #candid, picking up a bloody pumpkin on a damn pumpkin patch with some sodding pumpkin spiced latte whilst rolling around in autumn leaves because #fall... #favseason (fave season for your ‘grid’ you mean!) and don’t even get me started on the Christmas crap which begins in November. Ahhhh... The calendars, a toy a day to keep the Mum guilt away because I exploit you for likes and I’m always on the gram, the elf on the damn shelf, the Christmas Eve boxes, the stockings stuffed with pointless crud and enough sugar to rocket them off to Pluto before 9am, the sales shopping that they whack affiliate links to ... Because god forbid we try and recover from spending a small fortune before Christmas! Oh please .... Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas... just not the staged photo cliches! Oh and then after Christmas it doesn’t stop then... it will be the brigade of the reflective and elusive essays about how it’s been the best year ever and the next year will contain some mysterious exciting plans (like opening up a stall, or partnering with Lidl for an ad... disclaimer.. I love Lidl.... or popping out another baby) before bursting into January covered in a whole lot of active wear - usually the cost of a whole wardrobe for the average lowly follower... with juicing and fad diets.. a blender add.... hash tags like #smashedit... before we soar right into Easter where the kids are bundled off with their flipping Easter baskets loaded up with enough chocolate to feed a small family of oompa lumpas.... dressed in #gifted ears with Pom Pom tails which will ultimately end up in a land fill before summer because #springclean #zoflora #mariekondo

Next we’ll drift into the summer holidays where we’ll see the usual pushing of the extortionate day trips and holidays away, that are completely out of reach to many.

And I’ll stop there.

No. I don’t need to redownload insta because I have a feeling I can predict t all anyway.
 
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Noname123

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She’s making out like she discovered Cornwall like Christopher Columbus. Lots of people have been visiting for years and years babe. Just because we don’t harp on about it for weeks, do a daily countdown and film every second of our trip doesn’t mean you discovered the county yourself. “Forever influencing people to visit Cornwall” 😂😭😭😂😭😭😭😭😭😭 this definitely goes straight into the top ten annoying things she’s ever said.
 
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Instagrime

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I saw her at the local farm and my god, her kids are so unruly. My nephew was playing with the corn and Oakley shoved him out the way whilst grunting something. All with her phone in her hand. Bet that didn’t fucking make insta stories.
Isn’t it scary that you could be like “Oakley, no” and he would have no clue in the world who you were, but you know pretty much everything about him... I don’t understand with these Mummy bloggers how they don’t see how unsafe it could be. Imagine she had her head in her phone and someone comes along and are like “aww hey Olive girl. Your mum asked me to bring you to this amazing shop to get you some chocolates and they have octopus teddies like the one in your bedroom”. I mean, surely your kids are more likely to go with a stranger if they know every fucking thing about your life?! It’s so dangerous!
 
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Islander

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I deleted insta as it was all driving me nuts! I just come on tattle occasionally for lols.

When I think about how many hours of my life I have wasted watching instamums like Ainsley, who have no real purpose on insta other than to make themselves look cool for the gram, so they feel like they are part of the cool mama gang, I feel a bit sad!

For so long I wanted to be like them after my first baby. Wanted to keep up with them. Wanted to take the insta cliche photos. Wanted all the #gifted crap.

But the blinkers eventually came off, particularly after I found tattle and realised that actually these women piss everyone else off as much as they were subconsciously pissing me off.

Then I started to see it all for what it really was: exploitation of children. It sounds hysterically dramatic, but it’s true. These women have sacrificed their childrens’ rights to privacy in order to gain engagement. It’s actually disgusting.

I now pity these women. And I feel sorry for their children even more so. Imagine having to keep up with it all. T must be exhausting. Having to make sure your house looks insta worthy, to the point where you start buying crap based on how good it will look wktja Valencia filter. To the point where you desperately try and keep up with the latest trends even though they may not actually suit you. When you have to do your hair and make up daily, just so you can make some stories. And what about these stories - how long do they actually take to make? We only see the ones that make the cut! Talk about time consuming.

I’m so happy I deleted the app and have seen it all for what it really is!
 
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Pumpkinandrose

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I think we've taken the weight comments too fair, as a plus sized woman myself I am sad to read some of the comments on here lately. The issue I, and many others had was her photoshopping and lying about her weight. So I don't think guessing her size and calling her names is very mature. Please don't attack me and say I'm an ainsley defender because I've been apart of this thread for a while but as much as I dislike ainsley and the way she behaves. I can see how she gets into the photoshopping loop when people are so quick to make jokes about you when you're plus sized.
I wish she would just be true to herself and own her weight or do something about it. Not go to the gym one day and have a McDonalds the next. She needs to start being consistent and honest if she wants to build a career being an "influencer" (hate that word) and ainsley if you do read this thread, which we all know you must do, please stop putting your phone in your families faces every second. You dont need to update everyone on what you're doing, just be there in the moment!! And please give your husband a break because I've never seen anyone smile less than him. For someone who's obsessed with insta worthy photos, I worry that the ones of him posted up, must be him looking his happiest so I dread what the others look like!
Please try to live your life truly, and stop acting so fake. A lot more people would have respect if you were honest!
 
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Greendream

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I’m at a loss with her. She blows money like she has it. Her husband is a self employed joiner. They rent their home. She stays at home all day ‘working’ on a silly little market that happens a few times a year. Sends both kids to childcare may I add whilst at home? Lives life for the gram constantly purchasing the in things and going to instagramable places holidays etc. I wonder if she is going to regret all this when she’s 60 with no home of her own, no pension, no provisions but a load of overly edited pictures.

Fuck. I’m glad I don’t live my life for likes, the real world Is calling and my mortgage gets paid, I save and my kids don’t get fast food every day.

Enjoy the gram ains, instead of setting up pictures how about setting up a life.

Oh and when they have the brass neck to say we’re trolls sitting behind a screen😂



1. It’s an opinion not trolling
2. You sit behind a screen all day and try and sell shit to us & you talk to strangers online as though they are friends and give them every detail of your life. Who’s the idiot.
3. We have actual lives going on behind our screens, mortgages, jobs, children. We don’t get an easy ride or easy money but it’s better that way!!!
4. We don’t sell our souls or children for likes on an app.
 
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This woman is something else and is so damn ignorant that she cannot see what a massive fucking hypocrite she is.

Well Ainsley boss babe, I feel so lucky that my children know a world where their every moment isn’t documented on social media. If a mum can so freely abuse their children’s right to a private life on social media for their own financial gain, what are they going to think is normal!?
 

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Noname123

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Love how she says in her caption “just a gentle reminder to always trust your mama instincts” oh thanks for the reminder hun. If my lifeless child flopped into my bedroom I’d carry on getting dressed and nip downstairs for a cuppa if you hadn’t have gently reminded me xxx
 
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Mum123

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Exactly, all these story’s so someone will send her some for free....next thing it’ll be ‘ooh look what I was sent ...swipe up to buy’ 🙄🤦‍♀️

Code ‘iamadick’ gets you 20% off 😏
 
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Asyouwere

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Hey hey hey now...say what you like about Ainsley but leave the castle alone.
I'm from Derby. We do refer to it as "the castle" and I can walk to it from Alvaston in about 15 minutes. Not that I think she walks it.

As you were 😂
 
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Pumpkinandrose

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She is coming across and such a middle class wanker. First shes been gifted clothes and food for the kids. But now shes had a holiday and a festival ticket!! What about the families out there who are working all the hours they can to provide for their children. I know far too many lovely people who just get by even tho they work full time. I dont understand how people like ainsley, the meldrums, mod, brummy mummy etc are the ones who get all the free stuff when they can afford it themselves! Some people would do anything for a free hello fresh box to take the pressure off and have a little bit of extra money that week, never mind a free holiday or day out!
Honestly makes me sick. I dont know how these influencers can say that's fair.
The class divide is even worse now a days.
 
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Babe123xx

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Ainsley lets be honest hun. Your 4 year old who can’t string a sentence together at the best of times, did not say that to you.
 
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sickofthis

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She asked me to make something to go into the goodie bags for her last one. I run a small insta shop and thought it would be a good opportunity to advertise us. So we made up the required amount it cost us money. You know what we didnt get a mention they werent in the goodie bags we didnt even get offered the postage cost how stupid of me to send her them. But you know what above all this what was more upsetting she did not even message to say thank you! Or I've received them nothing! So so rude!! So no she does not support small businesses in the slightest.
 
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Pumpkinandrose

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I was wondering if anyone reading/on this thread were like me, someone who really thought ainsley was a down to earth insta mum and one of the normal ones but after reading all of this has lost complete and utter respect for her. I really believed she was such a nice person and so body positive but after seeing how fake she is I cannot stand her!! I cant believe shes editing her photos to make her look thinner, what sort of a message is that for her daughter.
So thank you everyone for opening my eyes to what type of person she is!
 
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Well obviously it's becusssssss she doesn't want to waste time parenting her children properly when she could be spending it on the 'gram, posting pics of pretty fings!
Yes, or moving her plant pot in and out of the house 🙄

New thread suggestion: You move the plant pot in, you move the plant pot out, in, out, in, out, the ‘gram is what it’s all about...
 
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