Hi I'm new here, I've been reading through these threads for a few months now and decided to actually join in now !! I apologise for how long this'll be!!! I remember when I was growing up my friends were OBSESSED with Zoe , I'd watched a few times before she was overly popular but then started watching her again when people I knew did so I could fit in and I remember being so in awe of her relationship with Alfie and wanting my life to be like hers, I remember her videos about anxiety which helped me understand what I struggled with (I'm 17 rn so I was pretty young when I found 'zoella' i was still in primary school)... but I thought her baking videos were cool and was jealous that she seemed to have a 'perfect' life, which I guess any person at the age of like 10+ would think looking at her and Alfie, but the more I've grown up and understood things I've realised her life is far from perfect, like it's all well and good working from home , being self employed etc is interesting in my opinion. but she has the chance because of her platform to do so much more now like she used to, instead it's repetitive ADs and strange outfits that don't suit the Zoe I thought i knew when I was younger if that makes sense? I still feel like Zoe and Alfie could have a happy future together but they both need more effort , Zoe needs to push herself more , which I know is difficult but she's almost 30 and she'll regret it, Alfie needs to calm down a little at times and I think they need to sit and talk about what they want from each other etc...