I wrote this in a past thread but it sums up why I find Moana problematic:
Moana Hope in Sunday Age mag talking about breakup. Can't get past the pay wall but the heading says 'We'd been unhappy for a while'. What's a while? As isn't their youngest only 1? So they brought a 2nd kid into the world while being so unhappy? It still makes me sad thinking of the 2 little siblings growing up apart.
Also another good reminder to take social media with a grain of salt, as they always looked like such a close, happy family.
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Just read the DM's summary of Moana’s article and she says she loves Bella, but wasn't in love with her anymore. That they tried lots of things but Moana just didn't feel the same way.
Ouch. She sounds like a jerk. They've got a toddler and a baby, no wonder you don't feel the same, your lives have changed. If a Dad said this he'd be dragged over the coals, but she doesn't seem to be worried or self-aware enough about how that comes across.
ETA: This bit from the article hasn't aged well! And I find it so gross that in the same article that she's talking about her marriage break up and how she's struggled being a parent, she says she wants another baby next year!
Hope already has plans to have another baby, just as soon as Ahi turns two. “I’ve always wanted three kids, so as a single woman, I will have a third,” she says.
As for love, Hope is definitely open to meeting someone, but only after she has done more work on her mental health. She says she was last truly happy 18 months ago, but thanks to her work and everything else happening in her life, she’s on the road back. “I need to use this time to learn how to love me again, before I can love someone else,” she says. “And that’s what I’m going to do.”