maytoseptember
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I think “unschooling” is yet another parenting approach that is applauded when you’re middle class, but feral and neglectful when you’re working class.
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maytoseptember
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I used to like Molly and the brand, and (I’m embarrassed to say) I bought a couple of sweatshirts, albeit in sales. But as time went on she seemed less and less relatable to me - she’s obviously quite posh, wealthy, massively privileged, former career as a newspaper journalist, etc. She tries to make out she’s a bit of a hippy, but it’s a very monied, white middle class kind of bohemian hippy... yawn.
I have to say, the declaration that all mothers really should be able to bugger off to Ibiza on their own is the last straw for me. I’m lucky if I can bugger off to my local Costa on my own.
Isn’t the Selfish Mother brand a bit... flaky, too? What happened to the blog? And then the blog was re-launched on Insta as a “zine”, and that seemed to fizzle out really quickly too. The shop recently closed and the online shop is constantly throwing out discount codes and sales. I wouldn’t wish the closure of a business on anyone, but I do feel like Selfish Mother rode the first wave of Instamum success and now the market is saturated with slogan tees and jumpers.
I have to say, the declaration that all mothers really should be able to bugger off to Ibiza on their own is the last straw for me. I’m lucky if I can bugger off to my local Costa on my own.
Isn’t the Selfish Mother brand a bit... flaky, too? What happened to the blog? And then the blog was re-launched on Insta as a “zine”, and that seemed to fizzle out really quickly too. The shop recently closed and the online shop is constantly throwing out discount codes and sales. I wouldn’t wish the closure of a business on anyone, but I do feel like Selfish Mother rode the first wave of Instamum success and now the market is saturated with slogan tees and jumpers.
Tothemoonandback
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Cannot see a thread for Molly Gunn aka Selfish Mother? So sorry if there is one, I’ve done quite a few word searches
Molly’s suggestion today that us mum’s should have “a night or few away” on our own (she’s in Ibiza) has left me no choice today but to start a thread.
She’s tried to make the suggestion relatable by saying the few nights away could “even” just be in the UK! Ha. The idea that I could just have a few nights away in a posh hotel in Ibiza or “even” just the Uk is depressingly not in any way a possibility. Thanks for the tip though Molly!
Molly’s suggestion today that us mum’s should have “a night or few away” on our own (she’s in Ibiza) has left me no choice today but to start a thread.
She’s tried to make the suggestion relatable by saying the few nights away could “even” just be in the UK! Ha. The idea that I could just have a few nights away in a posh hotel in Ibiza or “even” just the Uk is depressingly not in any way a possibility. Thanks for the tip though Molly!
byefeliciax
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I can’t keep up! She’s loaded, she’s skint, it’s charitable jumpers, it’s poo bags, it’s noodles, it’s workshops, the kids are in private school, the kids are being unschooled, the kids are in a state school that doesn’t allow shorts, she’s here, she’s there, she’s coming, she’s going, she’s all over the place…
Her life seems so needlessly chaotic!
Not to be an armchair psychologist, but I can’t help but wonder whether she’s maybe got undiagnosed ADHD, or if she’s just so entitled and narcissistic that she thinks every brain fart she has must be the next best thing and that a 9-5 is beneath her.
Her life seems so needlessly chaotic!
Not to be an armchair psychologist, but I can’t help but wonder whether she’s maybe got undiagnosed ADHD, or if she’s just so entitled and narcissistic that she thinks every brain fart she has must be the next best thing and that a 9-5 is beneath her.
Fuck knows. Maybe they know she’s a complete twat. They are probably all
just like her though and think it’s a marvellous carry on.
I think she’s either crazy, or she’s spinning a line to sound oh so cool and has plenty of cash to keep her going.
There are a lot of people like her though. From moneyed backgrounds who just go about doing shit like this without a care in the world.
A mum from a council estate pulling her kids out of school and renting a caravan in Skeggy and acting a bit unhinged (saying shes low on cash, begging for freebies) would cause out rage and concern.
Middle class Molly, fucking off across the world and begging for freebies by flexing the “I was a journalist” angle is cool and inspirational (to other idiots).
snarksnark
Chatty Member
She really is the Selfish Mother, isn’t she? Dressing up what is essentially a trip to provide content for her journalism as a ‘life experience’ for her kids.
Mochalatte
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I see it as totally virtue signalling- imagine lying on a beach with a cocktail in hand posting about Palestine
xLJ03x
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Well tattle tea drinkers……my friend lives in the same town as her. The rumours were that one of them had been unfaithful but were giving it another go. She now has heard, via the jungle drums, a bit more to the story. Shall we say lets change the name to Selfish Wife!!!!!!!! Or maybe Selfish Wife who was caught in the act by Dopey Husband with Dopey Husband’s not so best friend!!!!!!!
*disclaimer, this is all allegedly and have no actual proof but apparently it’s quite well known in the streets.
*disclaimer, this is all allegedly and have no actual proof but apparently it’s quite well known in the streets.
meetmeinthemiddle
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I've never found her content particularly interesting, and she often used others content to bolster her own - she was a magpie content creator, if you like. I remember when Selfish Mother began, you had to pay to post your content there, that disappeared shortly after.
She is also ex London and I do think many of these people high tail it out saying they'll never be back and then try to recreate a London life wherever they are and that just doesn't happen, because, erm, it's not London.
Oh and you'd never see me in a sweater saying MOTHER on it ..my harassed face tells you that ...
She is also ex London and I do think many of these people high tail it out saying they'll never be back and then try to recreate a London life wherever they are and that just doesn't happen, because, erm, it's not London.
Oh and you'd never see me in a sweater saying MOTHER on it ..my harassed face tells you that ...
Her whole healthy separation is giving me MuthaPukka vibes, they are all carbon copies of each other - so uninspiring!! When you think about it all the mumfluencers got lucky jumping on a a new trend - but they actually weren’t really that interesting or creative! Just right place, right time and in most cases well connected with PR!!
Ralphiegirl
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I literally just read her post and couldn’t believe it - surely your PR people would be like ‘now is not the time to shit on your remaining ‘insta’ fans’ and scream out for attention... omg - I need to go into crisis management for these ladies 
Children of divorce are ALWAYS harmed. Of course there are many situations where children are better off in separate households but it’s too complex for them to process at that point they just see mum & dad splitting up. So to be talking about access to babington house when her children’s mental health should be paramount (and is probably in tatters) is beyond crass. It’s egotistical, SELFISH and just bloody rotten. I just cannot understand who does she think relates to this? It paints marriage and divorce as trivial and funny. What a fucking bellend.
“For reasons outlined on my Tattle Thread I am pulling the mama merch clothing. The meeting space/how to be an influencer lessons have both tanked which leaves me with turnkey beauty, complete with cheap shitty labelling and now small batch gin, distilled, not locally, but by a small distillery in East London, a place we should have, frankly, never left. Could be worse I could be MOD. Call me for a copy of the how to-influence-zine, hun. I’ll gift it to you”
These mama brands don’t last cos the founders run out of steam/move on. It’s like hurrah for gin - one trick pony. Toddlers are mental. Parenting young children is exhausting. Then the kids grow up and it’s all irrelevant. Cue new shiny bunch of young mums with young mum brands. Parent apparel and SM lost it by focussing one one “set” of instamums when they should really be looking to the future. Spot the next influencers who have recently had a baby. When you have a newborn, a 2 year old might as well be a teenager. Get networking molly. You need a new market and they’re 5 years younger.
Mochalatte
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And she was sneaky enough to delete the post about no summer holiday- she’s a sly bitch. Also £30 a day budget- eh I don’t live on £30 a day here?
also she wrote an article about how to have a happy marriage? She’s nearly divorced him god knows how many times?
JulieScoobyDoo
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Trained journalists would give their souls for a byline in the Times and that kind of exposure and yet there she is filling up column inches talking about who gets the Babington House membership post divorce. She could have used that space to do some good, sign post to useful resources, talk about how the children have been affected, or what they have done to mitigate their upset. However she has made it all about her own selfish needs. Never was a company name so prophetic.
She isn’t stopping for any other reason than she’s not relevant anymore