TheLongMum #4 Charity shops, coffee hops, northern kn*bs, anything that makes the parenting stop

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madmare01 said:
She hasn’t mentioned before that her eldest is into horses has she?! Doesn’t quite fit her aesthetic?? I wonder if the step mum is horsey?
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No she hasn't mentioned it. I can't imagine Anna forking out for the lemieux top she's wearing so you could well be right with the step-up.
I feel for her eldest if she is into horses as Anna wouldn't want to pay for lessons or spend the time at a yard with her, sad really.
 
Ohdearyme said:
No she hasn't mentioned it. I can't imagine Anna forking out for the lemieux top she's wearing so you could well be right with the step-up.
I feel for her eldest if she is into horses as Anna wouldn't want to pay for lessons or spend the time at a yard with her, sad really.
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My 11yr old is into horses and goes riding (although not regularly but every now and again). Is the lemieux top the “in” thing? Was thinking of maybe getting her one for Christmas. She’s obsessed with that Esme YouTuber
 
madmare01 said:
She hasn’t mentioned before that her eldest is into horses has she?! Doesn’t quite fit her aesthetic?? I wonder if the step mum is horsey?
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It makes me sort of happy to imagine her step-mum has gotten her into something. Because like someone else said, Anna would probably rather die than indulge her daughters little hobbies if it meant spending money.
 
She can only afford one day during school hols for riding - my mind is blown! How about you don’t get your nails done and let her go every 2 weeks, teach her that if she goes up to the stables she can for free, muck out and help with the horses. This woman is a raging witch. Why did she have kids?
 
Mochalatte said:
She can only afford one day during school hols for riding - my mind is blown! How about you don’t get your nails done and let her go every 2 weeks, teach her that if she goes up to the stables she can for free, muck out and help with the horses. This woman is a raging witch. Why did she have kids?
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It is very expensive for horse riding lessons here - £70 a for a 30 mins lesson. I don’t begrudge her for not committing to them regularly as it’s ridiculously expensive, but on the other hand she seems to resent spending any of her “hard earned” money on her kids. Week in Tuscany for Anna? No problem! Christmas presents for the kids? duck off.
 
JellyDonut said:
It is very expensive for horse riding lessons here - £70 a for a 30 mins lesson. I don’t begrudge her for not committing to them regularly as it’s ridiculously expensive, but on the other hand she seems to resent spending any of her “hard earned” money on her kids. Week in Tuscany for Anna? No problem! Christmas presents for the kids? duck off.
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Yeah I'd have more sympathy if she didn't regularly spend hundreds of pounds on herself.
 
jaggedlittlebill said:
Yeah I'd have more sympathy if she didn't regularly spend hundreds of pounds on herself.
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JellyDonut said:
It is very expensive for horse riding lessons here - £70 a for a 30 mins lesson. I don’t begrudge her for not committing to them regularly as it’s ridiculously expensive, but on the other hand she seems to resent spending any of her “hard earned” money on her kids. Week in Tuscany for Anna? No problem! Christmas presents for the kids? duck off.
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I absolutely understand they are expensive but she gets her hairs done, her nails done, botox, pays for adhd meds, buys £50 worth of stuff a week from the chazza/coffee/croissants. I used to eat out a lot, paying for music lessons for my kid means that I forgoe that luxury for my kid. I’m not some sort of martyr but I want my kid to have the things I didn’t have and opportunities. With riding the stables do try to help as they understand how expensive it is. We don’t go out much at the weekend, I actually feel really guilty about this but I want to be able to afford things. My child’s birthday is coming up and I’ve said they can have a party/an experience or some presents- not both. Anna and her ex and her mum could offer violet a riding lesson for her birthday or book a week in the summer holidays but she gets slime 🤷🏼‍♀️. Anna moans about how little she had/has and I get that but that’s why I try everything to be able to provide things for my child, I don’t want them to grow up spoiled but I want them to have a lovely childhood. They’re not kids for long!
 
Her ‘popping’ into a charity shop, mooching, looking at second hand coats, and buying sooo many clothes has become an obsession. It’s really boring to watch her ‘rummage’ 20 times a week. It doesn’t help that her taste is so ‘Nan’

Also - even chazzas you need money. For cake you need money, where does she get it from?!
 
PopTarte said:
Her ‘popping’ into a charity shop, mooching, looking at second hand coats, and buying sooo many clothes has become an obsession. It’s really boring to watch her ‘rummage’ 20 times a week. It doesn’t help that her taste is so ‘Nan’

Also - even chazzas you need money. For cake you need money, where does she get it from?!
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It's like she thinks this is now her 'direction' and she's jumping in with both feet, of course forgetting that she's gonna be very quickly buried under a pile of second hand crap she can't resell. How much actual profit would you make on a disgusting skirt you bought for 25p? Oh yes that's right, she's actually shopping for HERSELF under the disguise of it being a new business idea.
 
jaggedlittlebill said:
It's like she thinks this is now her 'direction' and she's jumping in with both feet, of course forgetting that she's gonna be very quickly buried under a pile of second hand crap she can't resell. How much actual profit would you make on a disgusting skirt you bought for 25p? Oh yes that's right, she's actually shopping for HERSELF under the disguise of it being a new business idea.
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But then it will be all “lol my ADHD made me do this on impulse cos dopamine *fluffs hair and preens herself*”
 
I’m genuinely amazed that she didn’t keep the competition win a secret from V and give it all to her at Christmas making out like she had got it for her 😂

Also, the way she was going on in the car about “omg this is so amazing we never win anything” - Anna shut the duck up? You get (or used to get) freebies all the time! Winning a competition isn’t any different
 
JellyDonut said:
I’m genuinely amazed that she didn’t keep the competition win a secret from V and give it all to her at Christmas making out like she had got it for her 😂

Also, the way she was going on in the car about “omg this is so amazing we never win anything” - Anna shut the duck up? You get (or used to get) freebies all the time! Winning a competition isn’t any different
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I just loved the masterclass in trying to squeeze a tear out for the camera. She is literally dead behind the eyes.
 
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