Selfish Mother

[byefeliciax]

It all seems a bit crass doesn’t it? At the centre of this divorce are three young kids navigating parental separation and lots of change and upset, do they really need to be walking past the cover of the Times at their local newsagent seeing how mummy is monetising their private heartache? Selfish Mother by name, selfish mother by nature.

Not to mention how jarring it must be to see your mum photoshopped to that extreme, waistline cinched and complexion ironed. What a confusing time for them!

 

[FancyBumcheeks]

I can’t fucking bear SM. “oooh look we donate 5p of our hideously overpriced tees to the poor and consumptive” ah fuck off.

When I became a mum for the first time one of my terrifically “woke” chums gave me a “maman” tee and I couldn’t stand it.

to me they are the threads of choice for the worst kind of smug twat who sees motherhood (mainly NEW motherhood) as an exciting lifestyle segue.

 

[LittleMissMuffet]

If she were taking them off on a proper trek around really interesting places and doing something truly unique and educational, I could probably see the point but their time in Bali doesn’t seem that far away from the kind of holiday they might have in Tenerife or Majorca. Doesn’t seem that educational to me, more like a nice excuse for a cheap beach holiday because she can’t afford to take them out in peak times.

Yeah but she’s wearing a bead and feather neck piece which is totes educational and not at all giving cringe middle class finding myself affectation

 

[maytoseptember]

Her latest bit of self-indulgent clickbait drivel for The Times is being mocked by Al Murray of all people

 

[maytoseptember]

That is one of the most vapid articles I’ve ever read!

This is photoshopped to all hell. Doesn’t look like her at all!

And then it just goes on and on and ON about the private members club

 

[skronkywildcat]

Oh you know what? I reckon she’s gearing up to sell courses.

 

[snarksnark]

I live in the heart of SE London instamum-ville and I haven't seen a Selfish Mother jumper/ t-shirt in ages. I think they have truly had their day.

 

[Mochalatte]

must be reading on here as she’s just posted this!

 

[Sweettutu]

Great points here. I also think these products appeal to first time mums who are figuring it all out, maybe feeling a little insecure and under enormous pressure.

But once out of that baby and toddler stage it does get easier for many. I definitely don’t feel like I have to prove myself to anyone except my child

Maybe many of these brands lose their original core base as they/we/me grow out of it

But agree with the comments that there will also be new mums to fill the gaps.

Feeling insecure and under pressure thanks in no small part to the instamamas flogging an unrealistic vision. Fuck ‘em all. My kids and I all wear Tu and live generally small lives as they’re little. I have no ambition to show off the flashier side to life in order to get validation for “living better” than the next person.

Struggling to explain my issue with the physical stuff brands vs the grifter privacy sellers. I don’t have any problems with someone making shit to sell for cash, that’s capitalism baby. But then it’s all muddied with the instafam peace sign mama ad gifted press discount child privacy violation rubbish and they morph from being simply a business flogging wares to something that can be quite dark.

 

[Antonina]

It’s a disgrace - posts about Ibiza, more posts about Ibiza, performative posts about the war and finally trying to flog her “make love no war” T-shirts - SHE SHOULD NOT BE PROFITING FROM A WAR

 

[LittleMissMuffet]

So I’m assuming the winner has been notified about getting her selfish mother account? They’d have been emailed on New Year’s Day apparently. Im sure it’s all in line with the gambling commission etc.

 

[maytoseptember]

I cannot believe the SM brand has branched out to gin (and the rambling, slightly guilty sounding email extolling the virtues of drinking responsibly was hilarious). Just... why? I thought the scented candles were pointless and self indulgent, but gin is next level hubris.

The gin market is saturated! Why would you buy Selfish Mother gin when there’s a dozen brands on every supermarket shelf?

 

[Dawnofftobed]

Anyone see the latest reel about her having 6 revenue streams.
Someone’s commented she needs to do do an online workshop on how to set up your own business and she’s commented she’s working on it

Why is it always the people who have failed in their business ventures that position themselves as the ones to advise others?!
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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.

All of the above. I think your armchair diagnosis is geniously spot on

 

[pancakemaker]

Yes she pleads poverty for months but is actually off to Bali for a whole school term in the new year.
Also pretends she has to get permission as though her kids are in state school when actually they go to a £6000 a term private school X3 children.

 

[Notaninstamumeither]

I think she’s just flakey and not used to having to work. Plenty of people I know with actual ADHD manage to hold down jobs because they work and try. Molly does neither.

 

[Bea123456]

Her latest post
Losing her child at a festival who was 8 at the time… left alone to collect glasses in a field with friends while she swam in the lake…is she for real? If she wasn’t so annoyingly confidently bossy middle class she would be called out for child neglect but her wittering followers are all “we’ve all been there” (we haven’t)

 

[CyberNannies]

I thought the article about her husband was cringey and mean. If my husband openly wrote about how I’ve changed in the last 15 years from the angle that I used to be hot and now I’m not, I would be upset and angry.

40 year olds don’t want hot 20 year olds. They want decent partners who they love and respect.

 

[Fan-dang-gu]

Drama much? I have a couple of the sweatshirts. However I was more than confused to get an email telling me to drink responsibly and that they were launching gin. Is it on brand? No. Is it lurching from one thing to another? Yes.
Seems a dangerous tactic to alienate most of your audience who have been reading tattle after being signposted to it via other insta mums...

A difference of opinion does not a troll make-eth...

 

[Bea123456]

So much second hand embarrassment for her! Literally cringing
She defines the word Entitled!

 

[Notaninstamumeither]

I love the way she mentions the possibility of getting a job rather than ‘the hustle’. So like the rest of the world you spoilt lazy mare.