Mollie Campsie

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I just watched her first newborn vlog, and found her so insufferably smug. I usually just follow her for fashion but after her challenges to get pregnant I started taking a bit of interest in her life, ive never watched her YouTube before and probs won’t again….

I’ve nothing against her hiring nanny help etc, if you can afford it and feel like you need some support, why not? But what has irritated me is her repeatedly mentioning being self employed and getting no mat leave and not being able to take a year off…. Oh I have to return to work because I’m self employed and that’s why I justify a live in nanny…. It’s SO out of touch.

She needs to look up what mat leave entitlement is and consider what most viewers salaries will be too. Mat pay is like £190 a week for the majority of the time, you’re lucky if you get more than 6 weeks of decent pay off work, and the back end of everyone’s leave is unpaid! So it’s not like everyone can afford to take a year off or even a long period of time, every family that take that maternity leave off make huge financial sacrifices to do so. I just can’t stand this woe is me attitude. Like for some women they’d love to return to work but it’s not cost effective to do so when they compare their wages against the cost of childcare.

on her level of wealth and husbands salary etc she could easily take a year off if she so wished to, especially if she cut her cloth accordingly, she’d still live a more lavish lifestyle than 90% of her viewers. She can earn most people's annual salary from a couple of simple brand deals.
If she has been earning what she has supposedly been earning the last few years from social media, she should be able to afford to not work until the kid goes to school! Surely the cost of hiring a nanny (multiple nannies) counteracts part of what she is earning anyway. And not like you can call it a real job either, she can literally film content whenever she likes. She's such a gob.
 
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If she has been earning what she has supposedly been earning the last few years from social media, she should be able to afford to not work until the kid goes to school! Surely the cost of hiring a nanny (multiple nannies) counteracts part of what she is earning anyway. And not like you can call it a real job either, she can literally film content whenever she likes. She's such a gob.
Yeah you’re totally right. It’s just so irritating that she was almost trying to relate to her audience (at least the self employed ones) to make out she couldn’t afford not to work. As if! She’s not fooling anyone. Really, you wanted a nanny so you could get some help and sleep, fair play if you can afford it and also don’t feel like guilt of leaving a newborn with a stranger, but don’t make out it’s for financial/work reasons to try and justify a privileged choice you’ve made.
 
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I just watched her first newborn vlog, and found her so insufferably smug. I usually just follow her for fashion but after her challenges to get pregnant I started taking a bit of interest in her life, ive never watched her YouTube before and probs won’t again….

I’ve nothing against her hiring nanny help etc, if you can afford it and feel like you need some support, why not? But what has irritated me is her repeatedly mentioning being self employed and getting no mat leave and not being able to take a year off…. Oh I have to return to work because I’m self employed and that’s why I justify a live in nanny…. It’s SO out of touch.

She needs to look up what mat leave entitlement is and consider what most viewers salaries will be too. Mat pay is like £190 a week for the majority of the time, you’re lucky if you get more than 6 weeks of decent pay off work, and the back end of everyone’s leave is unpaid! So it’s not like everyone can afford to take a year off or even a long period of time, every family that take that maternity leave off make huge financial sacrifices to do so. I just can’t stand this woe is me attitude. Like for some women they’d love to return to work but it’s not cost effective to do so when they compare their wages against the cost of childcare.

on her level of wealth and husbands salary etc she could easily take a year off if she so wished to, especially if she cut her cloth accordingly, she’d still live a more lavish lifestyle than 90% of her viewers. She can earn most people's annual salary from a couple of simple brand deals.
Not to mention the cost of the private hospital! That could’ve been your mat leave - surely!
 
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She’s gone back to “work” because she wants to, that’s fine but don’t pretend you have financial hardship and you HAVE to. You don’t. She’s so bloody stupid and annoying! I don’t know why I didn’t see it before, but mum life has exposed her even more for some reason!
 
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