When I followed Mrs Meldrum.. (before lee quite is job and she was still somewhat relatable) I used to get quite disheartened that her life was so perfect. Her kids always looks immaculate and behaved, her husband seemed to be forever bending over backwards for her (still is), she always looked well turned out and like life was just an absolute breeze for her. But it’s the case with all insta-mums. I often wondered where I was going wrong and how come I have to go to bed with wet hair straight out the shower if I want to have clean hair the next day!
Now Iv learned that actually most of them are lying toe-rags who barely parent their kids and actually everything she show online has been carefully staged for likes and clickbait. There’s a lot of mums and dads that won’t get that and they’ll buy whatever crap the influencer is selling!
Pretty damaging actually! I used to like TIPP, Rebecca lamb and MaisyMeow because I felt they were quite relatable but now I have just unfollowed them all. Hopefully threads like this will either make other followers realise influencers aren’t remotely true-life or it will show influencers that they need to be more transparent and relateable going forward.
Oh actually I lie, I do still follow diary of a hull mum. I do like her!
Just seen on my Instagram search page a photo of mama Reid wearing a hair band.. it’s spreading like a disease, hairbanditis.