I will try not to ramble but ..
I am not a hater / troll I do not know the Meldrums and am probably old enough to be Rebs mother . I am not jealous of her I have worked hard in a fulfilling career and have now taken very early retirement.
Whilst working I never looked at YouTube/Instagram but with time on my hands started to look at some accounts and they made me feel my life wasn’t good enough , I can see straight through it all now ,but for a time it made me depressed even though I could do any thing I wanted.
I started to think how glad I was this wasn’t around when I was a young mother ,if it had that effect on me now god knows how I would have felt then.
I first came across Mrs Meldrum over DLP so have never followed her or even heard of her before but I was really angry and I think who ever sponsored it Tesco/DLP have a lot to answer for. She should have made it clear it was an AD but it wasn’t even a trip anyone could book so it was false advertising on their behalf. I took my children to DLP along time ago and we had a lovely time, but we only met characters when we paid extra for the breakfast. So that’s what peed me off. Most of our time was spent endlessly queuing with squabbling children and not a character in sight. So to portray the trip as a Birthday treat,that many would copy and spend money they maybe couldn’t afford ,is just is not fair when they would not get the VIP treatment afforded to them.
The advertisers are at fault ,they prey on people’s insecurities . I am sure this whole influencer bubble will soon burst.Hopefully the younger generation who were brought up on this will be more savvy and realise exactly what is going on . The Meldrums are actually victims of their own success, so cannot afford to turn down any paid work without any other earned income. Why is nobody advising them ,they really are like kids in a sweet shop , If she was my daughter I would be very concerned for her.
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