Liv Purvis

[Mermaid456]

I’ve always really liked Liv and her content, I’ve followed her on Insta for what feels like years and years now. And I have to say, as genuinely sad as I was to see that her and Joe were over, I think the split has made her even more likeable. I don’t know why, but her content and just how she is coming across feels so much more real now, like she’s really being herself in a way. I think she will do fine without Joe, if anything, I think he might have been holding her back from doing so much stuff. Even just seeing how she is making their house all her own now is not only relatable, but I am genuinely happy for her. She is still so young with so much ahead of her! She is already a good example of how life can carry on after a very long-term relationship. I imagine being together from such a young age and then splitting up must have been really scary for her. It’s really lovely to see that she’s finally able to just do things her way, this is probably the first time in her adult life where she’s had to really think about what she wants. Whatever happened between them, I think she’s coming across better than ever!

I agree !! She also seems to have a genuinely lovely network of friends and family around her too, been loving her outfits especially lately

 

[Shutterbug99]

To me, she's not posting those stories because she wants to share all the details with her followers. She has really never shared all that much with her followers. Liv has always been pretty private (especially compared to some influencers I follow). I think those stories were just for him - to let him know he'd let Arlo down and the kid was upset over it. She called him out pretty publicly IMO (as we're all coming to the same conclusion here and most others will too). As a bonus she gets a ton of engagement from her followers. Whatever her reasons may be for doing this, I do feel for her. It can't be easy to see him with someone else. I'm a bit surprised she's still following him at this point - or at least she was last time I checked.

 

[Shutterbug99]

If all this talk of a separation is true, then I have to say I completely missed it. I just had a look through Liv's IG and still didn't pick up on it. I guess I don't follow Liv all that closely even though I have known of her/read her blog for years. If they have split, then I feel it might have been a sudden split rather than a more gradual thing. They went on holiday to the US a few months back where Liv seemed happy and spoke of their 'first family holiday' etc. There was certainly no sign that anything was amiss on that holiday, but then I noticed from looking through her IG just now that it was soon after that she stopped wearing her wedding ring. It seems strange to split up just after a (seemingly happy) family holiday.I wonder what went down? I expect we'll never know. Maybe I'm wrong and it was a gradual thing - it is difficult to tell just from IG.

 

[tatty400]

She has huge charisma and I mostly enjoy her content but like a few others on this thread I find the ‘I’m so relatable, I’m just like you defrosting my freezer or fixing my dishwasher’ crap quite grating. Clearly she is a successful influencer and leads an exciting, fun and often pretty lavish lifestyle as a result. She is also lucky to have childcare (whether that’s the money to pay for it or grandparents willing to do it) to allow her to go to Paris, Spain etc every weekend…

 

[getawaywithit]

She actually seemed to be doing really well in early summer, like not even fake IG happy but really having a nice time with friends and herself, but around late summer I noticed a change and even though she’s kept a cheerful tone I could tell she’s been feeling down or something.

I did notice that in her list of things she’s shared she couldn’t even say ‘got married’, not even before having her baby, sheesh.

 

[uola]

Has anyone signed up to her Substack? I was subscribed to her Sunday Duvet email from a couple of years ago so got the free ones these past week or so. I love her style but the clothes she linked to were all super expensive!

Not paying for that.. What does she has left to say? She leads such a sheltered life and divorce is most exciting thing that happened, from content point of view. Vintage shopping is alright, but size 0 shopping doesn't interest me.
She got on the nervy girl trend pretty early on, needs another angle now. I feel like she is too closed off online.

 

[majestic26]

As someone who has had kids, and all the stress and strains that puts on a marriage in the early days, I would’ve definitely sought counselling and “stayed together for the kids” a little longer than 18m if it was something work-through-able. Which is what makes me think it was something unforgivable/a failed bandaid baby.

I'd say the same - I know a couple who have been through something similar. Were together for years, then got married and had a baby in quick succession. Then it was lockdown for the best part of a year and they completely lived in each others pockets while dealing with a newborn.

It put some strain on their relationship but she said that she was hesitant to make a decision in the midst of such an unusual event. She had to see what their lives would be like when things went back to 'normal'. Things seem to be on the up for them again now.

Obviously we don't know the cause of this split, I guess it must have been something irreconcilable for them to make this decision, with A being so young. They both seem level-headed and not particularly rash people.

 

[Sickofinfluencers2020]

It’s obvious something has happened but I think she has been very classy about it i have to say. She has lots of friends and is close with her family so I’m sure she’s doing fine really. I’m sure she will address it when the time is right because you can’t go from mentioning him on a weekly basis to cutting him out completely it will look odd the longer she leaves it. Nobody’s life is perfect and she could have followers going through the same thing. Noone will think of it as a failure, she will get so much support if she does say something. Perhaps she has been advised not to say anything right now in case if affects her work / pr opportunities (sounds ridiculous in this day and age but high end brands she tends to work with are snobbish and want “wholesome perfect families” to represent their brands). Reading between the lines she sees her sister in laws often so makes me think perhaps he has played away or done something very silly. None of my business but this is tattle and i’m allowed to speculate..

 

[Fuzzyslippers22]

I'm so shocked, they did seem like such a stable and lovely couple. But as someone said earlier, you just never know what happens behind closed doors. Hope she's doing okay, she does seem like a lovely person. Much more grounded than most influencers.

 

[Walkthehemline]

He’s proper instagram official with the new girl. He’s freshly divorced with a toddler, he’s not a teenager. It’s just a bit cruel, a picture of her with hearts and everything. He seems a bit insensitive and just yucky.

It feels so immature to me. Who is this content really for? This plus deleting all trace of Liv from his grid feels unnecessary.

 

[CommentBelow]

Same @bellbells16, I saved it then promptly forgot. The cynic in me wondered about the timing, it sounded like she was trying to get ahead of something. And lo, here she is with a new puppy announcement.

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Thanks for sharing.
I feel like I shouldn’t judge.. but I’m disappointed Liv didn’t take her back when her parents couldn’t have her anymore. Arlo would have been older by then, he must spend a proportion of time with his dad and Liv has a very flexible job aka can be home for a dog.
Can’t believe she’s now she’s got another puppy..

 

[Bingbong1]

I have a toddler and I'd take getting the train over flight any day! Getting to the airport is such a faff as is flying with a toddler. Trains are easier and you can get up and move about. So she can't really play the for convenience with young child card. The train isn't even that much longer and she doesn't have a busy tight schedule really not a great role model because if she does influence some stays at that hotel they might also not consider the train either.

 

[Shutterbug99]

i notice hardly any mention of maggie anymore, i wonder if joe has her

Liv just posted some pics of Maggie.

 

[getawaywithit]

I’ve been thinking the same as what you’re all saying. Like on the one hand, I think it’s plausible that one of them (Joe) would fall out of love and that the feelings of disconnect or wanting ‘out’ would be exacerbated by a baby and lockdown.

However, the fact that they split so soon after having a baby is more unusual, as most people might try to make it work for a while longer or at least be more absorbed in taking care of the baby before thinking seriously about a real separation. Actually splitting up soon after having a baby (and taking that trip together) to me indicates that he met someone else tbh. The timing is too unusual otherwise.

That said, of course it’s possible that he was just like ‘yeah no I don’t want to spend another minute in this marriage because I just don’t want to’. And yes I think it’s Joe that either met someone else or wanted to separate, I don’t think Liv initiated in any way.

 

[TravellingPants]

I wonder if maybe there was some hope for a reconciliation but he’s met someone else or as a previous poster has said, things have got nasty as to who gets what financially. She definitely seems to be in the phase of putting her stamp on the house and making it her own space.

 

[slugella]

It does feel quick, she only announced the split in mid September on her insta. Obvs would have happened before then but still seems fast!

I don't think what he posted is that cringe though, I was expecting worse when I saw the posts anyway.

She still has old pics of Joe on her insta too, weird if he has deleted all trace of her especially as they have a child together. She's kept some cute family ones of the three of them on hers.

 

[Moonchild22]

Instead, we get influencers selling their free gifts for profit on vinted and hinting on stories for more free stuff. (Not aimed at Liv just influencers in general).

She’s one of the worst! She uses her dad’s eBay account to flog all the vast amount of freebies for some extra cash…

 

[ECH]

I still have a smidge of hope that her creativity will come back once she's had time to process the last year. I can get why becoming a single parent would knock you out of your groove, especially when your partner was your photographer.

 

[slugella]

Glad I'm not the only one flicking back and forth between these two threads I agree, Liv has handled it really well and HG... well, let's just see how it goes but it's all a bit manic and 'I'M FINE!!!!!!!1!' isn't it?

Honestly the picture of the nipple was the most unexpected thing from an influencer sorry will stop going OT and back to Liv now

I unfollowed Liv recently, she was one of the few influencers I still followed as I don't see why I should contribute to their success by following them lol but she seemed like one of the few remaining good ones, but recently it got a bit much seeing all the freebies and then finding out she's secretly selling all her free stuff under the radar is a bit ick.

I do still think compared to others she is more down to earth and still puts some effort into her content and I do think she is probably a nice person.

 

[Underpants]

Oh that's too bad for them. Guess we'll never know. I know a few couples that have been together since they were teenagers. If you're monogamous it's a lot! And there's a lot of weird dynamics that can build up on couples that got together very young, a lot of codependence. I guess we'll never know what happened. Feels like their wedding was just the other day, how long were they married?