I have so much goss on her entire family. I went to high school with Lydia. Large American family moved here and lived entirely off benefits, totally played the system. My mum used to moan about this all the time and they were the talk of the school gates. Lydia’s Mum is a photographer but never really seems to work, entire family except the older brother are now all queer/trans/“autistic”/“disabled”/want to work in the arts and SUPER religious. The Queer, Autism & disability thing only appeared in the last year or so because...arts funding, free ‘special’ schooling, benefits, free everything! They push the youngest (girl of about 8?) about in a wheelchair and there appears to be very little wrong with her. Word from the school (via my mum) is that social services have been called numerous occasions. Lydia’s hubbie is about 12 years older than her, (he looks younger than he is) and they’ve been together since she was barely legal. But they’re all religious and she was a virgin (lol) when they got married, so it’s all ok. Her parents got together when they were like 15, and Lydia used to talk about how they were trying to set her up with older guys at their church when we were still at school at that age. I remember being quite jealous at the time. Now, not so much. The disabling ‘pain’ Lydia has could easily be prevented if she lost some weight, but then her entire pro-fat business would end, as would her benefits and funding. She used to be a skinny, beautiful wee thing. I wonder what hubbie thinks now she’s not. Her oldest brother went back to America and he seems to be the less chaotic, more grounded one. Lydia’s two younger brothers - one is trans and the other is non-binary - the trans one lives with her now I think and goes by Lucy. Can’t imagine that transition going down well with her parents initially, although they’ll be seeing the financial perks from having a ‘different’ child and seem to be now embracing it. Lucy posts seriously sexualised content on Instagram (think ball gags and dildos) and I’ve seen snaps of Lucy taking drugs. Lucy is so young. My bro is the same age so really concerning. Definitely 100% rebelling against the Christian upbringing. Don’t know too much about her parents, other than they’re religious nuts and the mum also claims to be disabled and autistic. I think they recently split up and my mum said that the mum now posts a lot about having a sexual awakening and scouting for 18 year olds on tinder. Gross. The mum looks exactly like Lydia but in her 50s. Overall, Lydia was actually so nice at school, as were her brothers, (if a little weird) and her parents were always doing good things for others and again seemed like nice people - probably because of their religious background. But my eyes have opened as I’ve got older regarding their finances and the way they played the system. They live in a gorgeous bungalow in a really affluent suburb, all paid for by the govt. I remember Lydia making a weird comment about the fact that both my parents worked all day every day, and how she found that to be unusual. Her dad has always been a student and recently he crowdfunded Uni fees so he could stay at Uni rather than getting a job. They all seem a bit work-shy.
. She’s going on holiday and getting custom clothes made but wants people to pay for her . The more I read the more I’m shocked at the sheer entitlement . Has anyone else saw this ? Do people actually think running an Instagram is a public service people will pay for ?