I deleted my account at the weekend as every time I posted I upset somebody and the general consensus seemed to be that my opinions were nasty and heartless and I was picking on a new mum. It made me feel shit and question whether I was a genuinely mean, unkind person. I’ve come to the conclusion that not being able to conceive myself is shit and it definitely skews my viewpoint and has made me “nitpick” Rachel’s behaviour since the birth of the baby.
However, I’ve continued watching her stories and posts and tried to be objective but there are still some things that flag up, even without “nitpicking”.
The way she disrespects Josh is really bad, particularly in front of the children.
Letting the kids hold Wilby incorrectly, which could genuinely harm him, and not picking them up on it is unfair on the poor baby.
Lying/exaggerating in her latest post. I doubt the doctor actually used the words “fingering” and “arsehole”. That would be inappropriate and unprofessional but she’s used speech marks to make it look real.
5,000 people did not message her the same thing.
No one can say anything “abusive” or even critical in the comments on her posts because they’re filtered and monitored and deleted. I was scrolling IG earlier today and came across a post from Gareth Gates who’s uploaded some shit video of himself singing to his ex after he was dumped and the comments are FULL of people ripping the shit out of him but, to be fair, he’s left them there. It clearly takes a self-obsessed person to comb through their comments and delete anything that makes them look even slightly bad.
So many people are commenting making out she’s a hero and it’s just insane. Are we really expected to believe that she is all things to all people? That someone who hyperventilated on her stories yesterday because she couldn’t locate her make up bag is selfless enough to consider the feelings of every other mum in the world? Bullshit. She’s crude, disrespectful, vain, materialistic and she spoils her kids. Those just aren’t the typical characteristics of a saint, sorry Rachel.
And actually yes, she is rubbing people’s noses in the fact that she’s able to breastfeed. That’s her choice, indubitably, but she can’t deny she’s not shut up about it and when it’s physically impossible to feed your baby it makes you feel like shit to see people making a big thing of it like they’re heroes for being able to do it (speaking from experience, even ten years on I feel the guilt of being unable to sustain my child).
Anyway, I’m back. I don’t know if that’s because my mental health is better or worse than a few days ago but it is what it is