aprilpumpkin
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This is my first post here and I haven't caught up on everything yet but I'm so glad there's a thread on here for the Ferguson's.
I started following them when they first appeared. I liked them at first and my husband even went along to a couple of their meetups that they arrange every summer. But then a couple of things changed.
Firstly, we both felt lied to when it emerged that he had another child, before Ted. We were first time parents when we found them so we felt like we had something in common with them. To find out that he'd obviously bent the truth to appeal to everyone was such a slap in the face...and it really showed his true colours as well. He should be a proud dad of 2, not hide one away.
Then it was the creepy comments about Jen. It actually makes my skin crawl, the way he talks about her. Of course he should find her attractive, they're married but some of the stuff he puts online is disgusting. I can imagine him being the kind of man who touches women on the waist when he's trying to get past
My husband also alerted me to something that was posted in their private group. One of the members said that they took pictures of their partner when she was asleep and he'd even gone so far as to "relieve himself" over her when she was sleeping. I was disgusted that this didn't seem to be addressed by Al or any of the admins. I emailed Al and explained all of this and his response was "it's just private banter, you wouldn't hear any different in locker rooms". He seemed more concerned that my husband had broken "group rules" more than the fact that a woman could be being raped by her partner.
I also know that they don't pay the people who write for them. A friend of mine applied when they were looking for writers and they said that they wouldn't pay. Even though they make money from ADs etc and get their gifted holidays, they wanted to up their engagement by taking other people's work but not paying them for their time.
After reading some of the stuff in this thread, it all makes sense. He reminds me of my dad; a serial cheat, never seeing us and constantly making out that their the victim. I see you Al and you're a lowlife
I started following them when they first appeared. I liked them at first and my husband even went along to a couple of their meetups that they arrange every summer. But then a couple of things changed.
Firstly, we both felt lied to when it emerged that he had another child, before Ted. We were first time parents when we found them so we felt like we had something in common with them. To find out that he'd obviously bent the truth to appeal to everyone was such a slap in the face...and it really showed his true colours as well. He should be a proud dad of 2, not hide one away.
Then it was the creepy comments about Jen. It actually makes my skin crawl, the way he talks about her. Of course he should find her attractive, they're married but some of the stuff he puts online is disgusting. I can imagine him being the kind of man who touches women on the waist when he's trying to get past
My husband also alerted me to something that was posted in their private group. One of the members said that they took pictures of their partner when she was asleep and he'd even gone so far as to "relieve himself" over her when she was sleeping. I was disgusted that this didn't seem to be addressed by Al or any of the admins. I emailed Al and explained all of this and his response was "it's just private banter, you wouldn't hear any different in locker rooms". He seemed more concerned that my husband had broken "group rules" more than the fact that a woman could be being raped by her partner.
I also know that they don't pay the people who write for them. A friend of mine applied when they were looking for writers and they said that they wouldn't pay. Even though they make money from ADs etc and get their gifted holidays, they wanted to up their engagement by taking other people's work but not paying them for their time.
After reading some of the stuff in this thread, it all makes sense. He reminds me of my dad; a serial cheat, never seeing us and constantly making out that their the victim. I see you Al and you're a lowlife
Oh by the way Al, you cheat, you inspired me in my final child arrangement order hearing this week, I made sure that my ex is never able to exploit his court order by making sure it states ‘collection from the end of the publish term time’ you’re a lowlife for what you did at Christmas to I’s mum. I even used you as an example and my barrister said that was a clear exploit of the order and should be addressed.
absolute idiots
