Notsosmugnow #3 Her life is too hard, her kids are too needy, Cat’s only happy when she’s getting a freebie.

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Life is so inflexible blah blah but Daz is flexible as you can adjust the amount you put in a wash eurgh.
That’s another product to avoid!
 

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Private chef, it's so relatable even you poor minions can afford it. Next slide, a £60 discount! So how much does it bleeping cost in the 1st place?!
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And it's a bloody ad so she didn't pay for it anyway!
 

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What stellar parenting there. Do nothing for your kids in the morning and scroll through your phone 🤨

Mornings are chaotic with my 4 little ones yes, but there is no screaming and crying. I don't ignore them. We work together 🤷‍♀️ it's part of your job as a mother surely?

I do get 'the mental load'. I really do. But I think some women attach it to literally every single thing they have to do as a mother and that's not quite how it works!
 
MissTeddy said:
The constant moaning narrative … what exactly do women think is going to happen when we have babies? Imagine Cat doing this in era she was born with no dishwasher, no food delivery, no internet, no tumble dryer … stop facking moaning, they didn’t ask to be born.
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I know it’s ridiculous.

I have a friend who has swallowed all the mental load stuff and it’s all she ever goes on about. Two things she kept moaning about last night were the need to book a dentist appointment for the kids - oh, the mental load! And having to go on the school app to book a parents evening appointment - oh, the mental load, woe is me! It’s all on me, no one understands my mental load and what it takes to do all these things all the time!

Meanwhile, I just quickly make a phone call to book a dentist appointment, and click a time the suits me on the school app. Write them in my diary and forget about them until the days come. A non event in my life that took seconds to do, and I managed to do them without the need to think about divorcing my husband because he was too busy at work at the time to share those terrible mental loads with me.

My Grandmother had 5 young children during world war 2, with my grandfather off fighting while she also held down a job in a factory and had to run the house single handedly. Sometimes, I wish She was still alive so I could see her reaction to people like Cat!
 
She resents doing any of the normal parenting things. I think she had kids as it was the next thing on the ‘to do’ list. Yeah I moan sometimes about tidying, the general drudge of family life but that’s normal! She seems to continually try to escape and find ways of not doing anything with her kids.
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hattie20 said:
I know it’s ridiculous.

I have a friend who has swallowed all the mental load stuff and it’s all she ever goes on about. Two things she kept moaning about last night were the need to book a dentist appointment for the kids - oh, the mental load! And having to go on the school app to book a parents evening appointment - oh, the mental load, woe is me! It’s all on me, no one understands my mental load and what it takes to do all these things all the time!

Meanwhile, I just quickly make a phone call to book a dentist appointment, and click a time the suits me on the school app. Write them in my diary and forget about them until the days come. A non event in my life that took seconds to do, and I managed to do them without the need to think about divorcing my husband because he was too busy at work at the time to share those terrible mental loads with me.

My Grandmother had 5 young children during world war 2, with my grandfather off fighting while she also held down a job in a factory and had to run the house single handedly. Sometimes, I wish She was still alive so I could see her reaction to people like Cat!
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Exactly! How lucky we are to access dental treatment and have the internet, let alone a phone on which to book an parents eve slot!
 
I do understand the mental load and feel it too. Yes my husband provides financial support but I do the bulk of everything else and I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel resentment. We fell into this pattern as he got more and more of a workaholic. I do think why do so many women accept it without expecting more equality with housework, chores etc?

Cat on the other hand is just selfish.
 
Headphones on at home again! Dipping out on her terms, as per! Family life is noisy, demanding and a lot, but it doesn't mean you should switch off and block it out! You have young children who need you to be present regardless! But conveniently doesn't feel the need to wear them at a freebie event though eh!
 
Booklover said:
Headphones on at home again! Dipping out on her terms, as per! Family life is noisy, demanding and a lot, but it doesn't mean you should switch off and block it out! You have young children who need you to be present regardless! But conveniently doesn't feel the need to wear them at a freebie event though eh!
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She acts like my 15 year old daughter with her headphones on not listening to us, just like I did with my Sony Walkman when I was 15, not 40+!
 
monkey12345 said:
After today … while she had to look after her own poorly daughter.. she will need some “Me weekend away” to recover.. not just like every normal mum who wants to make sure her child is healthy
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Isn’t she off to that bodycamp place soon for another freebie break from her kids. Yet another company to strike off the list of places/things I won’t buy due to too many freebies to instawankers.
 
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