I haven’t commented on this thread since way back in thread 8, I bowed out from commenting but have always kept up to date and agreed with quite a lot.
Anyway, yesterday, I was discussing PTWM with a hun that kisses her arse and defends her to the hilt.
She said this to me:
“Well I’ve had loads of chats with Rach and it’s just like she says, the haters must have something really wrong to be consumed by so much hate for a person they don’t know”
Usually, I’d be inclined to agree. Until I stopped to think about it and gave a well thought out response.
Along the lines of this:
We ‘dislike’ various influencers because of what we see, not always what we know, just what they show us and flaunt at us. It’s not hate, it’s dislike. That’s perfect fine if your morals and ethics don’t fit theirs.
But then there’s PTWM, the facts are, we DO know her. Even if we haven’t met her.
We know her children’s full names and birth dates, we know where they go to school. We know the stories behind their childhoods. We know where they go to school. We know who their friends and exes are because their texts are constant shown or accounts tagged. We know who does PTWM hair, nails and eyebrows. We know all of Josh’s family. We know PTWM background and where she used to work. We know Betsy's place of work. We know what the children’s favourite foods are and what they believe in. We know all of PTWM friends. We know her birth stories, we know her intimate personal details and how her Mum traumatised her as a child by leaving. We know about the neighbour with the light and where they live. We know where PTWM lives and what possessions she owns. We know where they holiday and their favourite places to eat. We know every intimate detail of her life because if it’s not in her book, it’s all over social media, we even know what her children feel about their fathers because she shared courts documents privately with followers. So yes, we do know her. We know her enough to actually despise her because her ethics, values and morals are so disjointed from ours. We know all about her but the one thing we don’t know, is where our PayPal money went, because she can tell us all to go buy a £165 cardigan but she cannot tell us all how our donations helped to get dozens of abused women get back on their feet. I’m pretty sure that had she shared that ONE detail rather than every other aspect of her life, we wouldn’t be here now.
So yes, we do dislike her. Because we know her.
I am now proud to say ladies, my friend has unfollowed and has been well and truly turned.