I find surreal that she's so fixated on curating her 'ideal' lifestyle whilst simultaneously forgetting to actually live life. It's all so staged. I love bags and shoes, but I buy mine to be used. She barely goes anywhere, and not just during the pandemic. She often used to criticise having to go to meetings in London. Apart from the home cinema date, which was sponsored, and Lydia spent the entire time on insta fanging about her community guidelines, have they actually spent any quality time together during this pandemic?! Every night all they seem to do is watch one episode of Downton (always Lydia's choice of programme), before she forces them to go to bed at 9pm. Even before the pandemic, I used to find it off how they never went to festivals, gigs or trips, unless they were paid for, and even those were limited. Now restrictions are relaxing, we're planning trips and activities with our families and friends. Where as Lydia is...well...curating her flower beds and crockery for a cottage she's yet to purchase. Life is literally going to pass her by.
I used to be inspired and influenced by her, only a couple of years ago. Our lives were on a similar trajectory and, I could relate to her fashion and lifestyle choices. I purchased many items from her recommendations...Chloé Nile bag, Dior tote bag, LV Trail boots. I loved her wedding dress (I know others didn't) and I love Ibiza. This is likely our wedding venue. It's honestly a beautiful island, that holds special memories for us. (Side note - this was my point the other day, we all won't agree on everything).
It was only when Lydia was rude and blocked me after I DM'd her about showcasing another Dior handbag shortly after the pandemic hit, that I begun to question her ethics. We were all avid followers to begin with, but have gradually seen the demise in her attitude and demeanour, which has ultimately led to us joining these threads. We've not actively sought out to dislike her, because we've deep-rooted unhappiness. And I point out I don't actually dislike her, just her behaviours. I do think she, and anyone, can change, if they're willing. Doing the job I do, I believe in retribution, but also rehabilitation. When her sheep allude to us all being jealous, it's so far off the mark, as some of the aforementioned posts clearly evidence. I think we're all just fascinated by the psychology behind her as an influencer. I use humour in my posts, some occasionally which is exaggerated of course, but undoubtedly if she didn't continuously give me material, I wouldn't be able to roast her vlogs. Like if she started charity work, actively showed the process of her home and gardening renovations and displayed gratitude, I could hardly criticise her for this. And nor would I want to. It was only in her last vlog, she was dictating to her followers that they could wait as they've crashed her website. There was no 'thank you all for visiting my website, I'm so grateful, I hoped you liked it and to those who couldn't access it straight away, I hope it didn't deter you from coming back'. It was just passive aggressiveness. She has such a disdain for her followers and life in general. I think this is why Ali refuses to go on walks with her, not because he doesn't like walking (especially with Porter), but because he'd be forced to listen to her fanging. I mean you've really got to reflect on your marriage if your husband is refusing to spend time with you because he's busy...and drops in he's had to make dinner everyday also...so can't possibly afford to take any free time out to spend with you.