Per this thread, she followed through on the rule (ie returning the presents because her child looked at them in advance) once, the year she introduced it.
. Having read her 'rules', as a parent I will say they sound crappy, are rules to suit the parent only and don't have the child's interests in mind. And taking back a very small child's presents because they peeked at them, frankly makes you a hole of a parent, seriously.
Doesn’t itSmells a bit fishy on this thread btw
It isn't nice is it? Taking presents back because you can't outwit a 4 year old and hide them adequately.I popped over her just to see what Kach had done to piss her off
Smells a bit fishy on this thread btw
Yeah it's rotten, unnecessarily domineering and quite heartless, imo.
but I wish she would stop letting the things from the past define her.I thought that too and normally I need things pointed out to me. But as u said last time, once you see you can’t unsee!Doesn’t it
I am sure Bex is having a simply marvellous time with her son this morning and will, in no way, be entertaining us mithering bullies and haters with her presence. Or not.
Have a great day, tattlers!
For an old school friend, you certainly have a positively encyclopaedic knowledge of her recipes, along with an uncanny knack of writing like her, dropping comments about food being “styled” for a book. And sooooo supportive - what with playing “devils advocate” etc etc.
Ditto on all counts. I've been vaguely aware of this idiot being a small fish adjacent to the Moray eel that is Jack Monroe. She sounds like a selfish, lazy, entitled bast whose child does not come first. An absolute dysfunctional horror. The child deserves better. Anyone else also hate the constant use of 'kiddo'?I popped over her just to see what Kach had done to piss her off
Smells a bit fishy on this thread btw
I guess seeing presents early ruins Santa?Really what on earth is wrong with kids seeing their presents early?!? Either accidentally or deliberately sneaking a peek?? I feel like that was a big thing when I was a kid, trying to figure out where presents were kept and getting a glimpse at them… worse comes to worst it just means the kid knows what their presents are going to be in advance of the big day and spoils it for them a bit? What the duck?
I would have found that so stressful as a kid and tbh it may be a bit of a reach but (esp if I was neurodiverse/autistic) I feel like I’d be stressed out by being filmed while opening presents, expected to gasp with wonder at everything, etc. it’s hard enough trying to pretend you like the weird smelling shower gel set your gran got you or whatever. what if she gets kiddo something they don’t actually like or want, are they expected to make a big show for the camera
I actually don’t disagree with a lot of Bex’s parenting takes but this just seems like weird arbitrary stress to put on Xmas when you’re so laissez faire about everything else e.g. expecting your kid to get up and make their own breakfast and play Xbox while you lie in every day. Maybe this is a bit personally triggering cos my mum really struggled with her mental health when I was growing up and I spent a lot of lonely mornings wondering if she was going to get out of bed, having to eat what I could find in the kitchen etc. it does sound like bex and her kiddo have good communication tho, at least from what she puts on twitter …
Yeh I can see that, and ofc every family has different traditions… just the punitive aspect/returning presents to the shop as punishment seems weird to me, especially if a kid is tiny like 4 years old, seems a bit OTT! Couldn’t you just say Santa gave mummy the presents early to look after or something lol idk. But my family never really did Santa or made a huge deal of Xmas, I know some ppl like to which is fair… I guess I just don’t really think her thread was the parenting flex she seems to think it is, but the same could be said of a lot of what she tweets tbfI guess seeing presents early ruins Santa?
One of my friends had that "can't open presents until later" and they'd go around in a circle and open one at a time. Bit mad imo but if that's what you're used to
Tbh I don't mind her too much, she should just have a separate personal account to her business account (I think she set one up and hasn't done anything yet?) and give regular updates on the book. Seeing some of the stuff she tweets makes me glad I got over my twitter addiction a few years ago. I used to tweet almost every thought I had lmao (on private at least)
Has she got the day wrong?
