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LaraQ

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I imagine he realised that that’s who he is. His wife posted that she’s proud of him. Please don’t use his deadname, it’s disrespectful.
:rolleyes: Calm down Jameela.I'm sure she didn't realise using his "dead name" was soooo disrespectful.
 
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Author123

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Spencer Matthew’s low alcohol company office is located right by my house. In the first lockdown they had a party that must have had easily 40 people attending. As I write this they are currently having a Christmas party- there are at least 15 people indoors drinking and socialising. No social distancing. It infuriates me, and I have reported it to the police.

And don’t get me started on the work calls I overheard them have in the summer- they pay a company to buy their products and leave fake reviews. I even heard them say to include a couple of 2 or 3 star reviews to make it look more realistic. No eavesdropping required- they were having loud conference calls right outside.
 
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Norbs

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That’s why I told her, Karen.
Please don’t use the idiotic expression ‘Karen’. It’s very disrespectful - and intentionally so. Unless the person in question is a really called Karen, of course😉
 
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Falkor

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Any tea on Peter Jones from Dragons Den?
Not tea as such, but I do love the way the trust he set up for his children was put together. He wanted to encourage them into careers rather than sitting around and living off his money, so he set up a trust fund that, once they had a job, paid them the equivalent of their salary each month, effectively doubling it. However, if any of them wanted to go into something important but traditionally low-paid, such as nursing or teaching, the trust paid out double their salary each month, so they ended up with triple what their job actually paid them.
 
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Beverley Macker

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Vogue Williams, I find her incredibly fake and irritating... anyone got any tea on her? Social climber springs to mind
I hate the way she keeps telling us what a dick Brian McFadden is.
Yes, most of us figured that out when he dumped his wife and kids, moved across the world to be with his hot new young girlfriend and subsequently slagged off the mother of his children to anyone who would listen.
You also knew all of this, yet you went on to publicly defend and marry him and now suddenly want everyone to feel sorry for you.
My sympathy actually lies with Kerry Katona on that one, not you.
 
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BunnyLebowski

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Thanks for the support people and I absolutely meant no offence at all. As it happens my Daughter’s best friend is trans and I love them very much. ‘She’ prefers to go by ‘they’ but certainly isn’t so militant or rude to people who get it wrong.

And we don’t know that Elliot wants to erase their past and considers Ellen dead. They may be extremely proud of their career as Ellen, I know I would be. And frankly I do worry about any person undergoing surgery, I work in the NHS am very aware of the risks.

Finally, the Karen insult is vile. To the poster who used it, you may want to check your internalised misogyny and agism.
 
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Yes I wonder why she did it. I thought she was a happy, successful lesbian. I wonder if she’ll be having surgery. I hope her wife’s ok.

Ellen Page I mean!
I imagine he realised that that’s who he is. His wife posted that she’s proud of him. Please don’t use his deadname, it’s disrespectful.
 
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Gym&Tonic

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Elton can be a right nasty fucker can’t he? He‘s no oil painting himself, so it’s a bit rich when he attacks people’s looks.
 
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NikkiDeeW

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So Andrea Mclean is starting a MH support website for women charging £40 a month for membership as its her ‘vocation’. If she truly wants to help women she should not be charging. She earns enough money not to have to charge.
 
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Norbs

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I served Dawn when I was a waitress in the 90s. She was moody and rude and gave off a really unpleasant vide. She did scoff a big main and then a huge apple crumble with cream for desert which I remember thinking was a lot for a mid-week lunch.
She had also hired out a room in the restaurant to flog clothes for really fat birds and not one person showed up. Felt really bad for her then.
Well, much as you note her ‘unpleasant vibe’, you seem to be a little lacking in charm yourself in this post. Judging her for what she ate and when, referring to people as ‘really fat birds’ (in fact her fashion label was Sixteen47, aimed at the 47% of the female population that is size 16 and over).
 
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torontoon

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:rolleyes: Calm down Jameela.I'm sure she didn't realise using his "dead name" was soooo disrespectful.
That's so unnecessary. It's fairly widely known that deadnaming anybody is disrespectful, and even if it's not, @Rosalind96 said please. There's enough salacious gossip to talk about without messing with someone's preferred identity.
 
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lamaitresse

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Not celeb gossip:

I'm good friends with someone who has gender identity issues (came out as a crossdresser to her wife years ago and years later is now considering the gender identity route) and even I'VE never head of "deadname" - it must be quite a new term. She is well-liked and very sociable but you do get some TV and trans women I've met who are very militant, attention-seeking and almost spoiling for a fight who maybe don't do their cause any favours.

I have even met trans women (post-op) who think they are somehow "superior" to crossdressers - which just makes me sigh with dismay.

One more mature trans woman who ran a help group was on a mission to get everyone she met to consider the gender dysphoria route, (I'm going by what I've been told by my friend).

People who have met my friend have called her, Him, He, simply because they have no idea how to behave - other than that they are friendly and eager-to-please, generally.

Remember, not all of us have experience of gender or sexuality issues - a well-meaning comment isn't usually intended to hurt, go by the person's demeanour, not their words. It could just be ignorance and lack of interaction with certain social circles.

Most people we meet on nights out are amiable and accepting. We have also had experience of gay people being horrible, in a gay pub where you'd expect to feel safe! So, you can't make assumptions about ANYbody.

TL;DR: People are complicated, say the wrong things and come with baggage, but most mean well.

I hate the term Karen too, I've already mentioned why on older threads.
 
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Gym&Tonic

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That’s why I told her, Karen.
The poster made a mistake, stop looking for offence where there was none intended. Though if I was going to very pedantic, you can argue that calling someone a ‘Karen’ is also offensive..
 
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AlanBanan

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Hello my lovely friends. I’m glad to be back. I’m going through a breakup at the moment so that is why I haven’t been online the past month or two. I hope you’re all doing well!
 
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Miss Demeanour

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I can’t remember the original series she was on whilst pregnant and then when he was born. Was it maybe Child Of Our Time?
It doesn’t seem that long ago either so was quite shocked at his age when he passed away.

(Sorry to hear about your own struggles too)
Yes, that was it. As I say, I always admired her and her attitude to life.

Ah, thank you so much. I think 2019 was the worst year of my life. I had ten bereavements (including my mum) and attended five funerals.

At the end of November I started cracking up. I didn't even realise it was happening. It proper crept up on me and bit me on the arse, I'd never felt so out of control. I couldn't, eat, couldn't sleep, crying all the time, stopped taking care of myself, couldn't face people in person, or via messages and sometimes couldn't even leave the house.

Then just after Christmas, one of my best mates took his own life. I was hoping to see him at a gig the night it happened but was struggling and said I couldn't face the crowd and that I'd catch up with him just the two of us the next week.

When he died, it tipped me completely over the edge. Really dark times. I wouldn't wish a breakdown, or depression on anyone. Especially as there's so little help out there.

My counsellor through work was fantastic and I'm better now. Although I've been feeling wobbly recently, time of year etc.
 
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