Her immaturity for a start is why. She needs to grow up, a lot, before she even considers going anywhere alone. Even if she did she’d need the hind of a rhino to cope with the kind of comments she would get given her behaviour online and that of her stepfather, not to mention being able to control her sisters.
Sarah and Chris have kept her 100% dependent and immature deliberately. Won’t be long until that blows up in their faces.
Boreabelle has only just recently got her own front door key, debit card and taken a solo taxi trip
I very much doubt she would make it to the airport on her own
Literally the only reason she is inept at simple tasks for a person her age is that her parents have brainwashed her into believing she is, and have actively denied her of all opportunities that would prove otherwise. They communicate to her that she’s incapable on a daily basis.
It really freaked me out the other day when she took her Shein haul to Sarah to ‘look over’ like a child maybe Isla’s age. And Sarah gave it lip service saying ‘you don’t need my opinion’ etc etc and then we watched in real time as she manipulated Isabelle into removing a top she personally didn’t like. Chris manipulates Sarah, Sarah manipulates all the kids. It’s actually frightening.
Isabelle would absolutely struggle but that’s the point. Her comfort zone is so minute that she needs to be chucked in the deep end, struggle and then learn she can get through it. She hasn’t been allowed to grow, but it doesn’t mean the capabilities aren’t dormant and the equivalent of any other person her age.
She could travel to Florida with her sisters absolutely. She could solo travel internationally for a while - it’s literally the family brand. All these years of
bleeping around Europe should have given her that as a skill. She could also move to study in the U.K. - there are plenty of unis or colleges that would take her on even with limited education. She could do a level 3 Art Foundation degree at one of many colleges that offer maths and English GCSEs alongside it for those who didn’t achieve the right grades. With that she could get into uni the following year.
She could move back and get an internship in whatever she wants … could probably blag a social media / comms / marketing internship with experience in the family business. Find cheap enough accommodation somewhere in Leeds or Sheffield. Or move back and live with Hi Steve or Katrina for a few months while looking for a job and learning to drive.
Genuinely. She’s capable of all of this and there are still options at her age. I know it’s just the culture of the thread to poke fun and laugh but it doesn’t change the fact that she is capable and I find it unfair to deny her that the way the family do.
My biggest fear is she lives under their wing until she has even fewer options than she does now, and some predator nastier than Chrish swipes her up and she thinks that’s her best option. I’m just begging if you’re reading this Isabelle - please believe you’re capable because you are.