300 Christmas Presents, is it too much?

Scottie_uk · December 2015

Its it greed or is it fair game. One lady is facing criticism after posting an Instagram photo of her pile of 300 presents has gone viral.
http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/846033/stream_img.jpg

And no she is complaining that she did not want the images splashed all over the internet. If that's the case why do a vain Instagram brag about how many presents one brought their family. I don't know, something about that woman screens attention seeking bunny boiler.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35070762

GReW · December 2015

From listening to the interview, the amount of presents isn't quite as insane as some of the comments make it sound (it includes presents for her, her partner and her mother as well as her kids). Although its still a pretty large amount to spend on Christmas presents, its not that unusal, based on talking to the kids I've worked with. I suppose utlimately its her money and her kids, so she can spoil/screw them up if she wants to.

But she's either very naiive or doesn't understand how the internet works, to be surprised and upset that some potentially controversial pictures she posted on an instagram account with 250 followers has been reposted thousands of times and received some disparaging comments.

Oops, just noticed she's from the Isle of Man, it makes more sense now ;)

Grunaki · December 2015

On the one hand, it's her money and her decision what to spend it on, end of. As long as it's not illegal or hurting anyone, people should mind their own.

On the other - she basically invited ever frigger's two cents by posting her hoard of gifts on social media.

I think point 1 is right - point 2 she brought on herself as everyone's got two cents to throw in, and she should have known that before she hit 'post'.

Grunaki · December 2015

Double post.. Erm.. So there! :P

def chris · December 2015

is it me or does she look like a doppelganger of kurt cobain's daughter

leespoons · December 2015

Yep agree with the above comments. It's not something I'd do as a parent, but who am I to judge? It's her money to splurge, and she's chosen to splurge it on her kids. Better that than fags/booze/drugs/lottery tickets I suppose.

def chris wrote: »

is it me or does she look like a doppelganger of kurt cobain's daughter

I take it you mean the one on the left, she looks nothing like a French Bulldog!

Rebelstar without a cause · December 2015

Is 300 enough? Doesn't seem a lot to be honest. I'd be very upset if I didn't receive at least 400 presents! Stingey cow!

XTM of TMG · December 2015

Did she buy (bought) them or actually bring (brought) them to all those different people, Scottie? :P

polomint · December 2015

Scottie_uk wrote: »

Its it greed or is it fair game. One lady is facing criticism after posting an Instagram photo of her pile of 300 presents has gone viral.
http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/846033/stream_img.jpg

And no she is complaining that she did not want the images splashed all over the internet. If that's the case why do a vain Instagram brag about how many presents one brought their family. I don't know, something about that woman screens attention seeking bunny boiler.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35070762

****, that looks like my ex.... I'm going into hiding right this minute... heh

zx1 · December 2015

I would.

Luny · December 2015

Yes, she is just a bit naive about the internet, that is her only crime here. Oh and making those types of faces in a photo (selfie).Oh and bragging about such spending on the internet, as it makes it harder for us less generous parents who try to keep the kids presents count down to a more sensible amount so they do not grow up expecting, thinking they deserve everything they want and desire and feel they shouldn't have to work for luxuries, which will turn them into terrible selfish teenagers who think that to go out and demonstrate, in order to reflect your feelings and beliefs, means you can loot other people's shops in order to take what you want from them or maybe join a bike gang in order to rob jewellery shops. But I'm sure that wont happen to her kids because she obviously loves then to want to buy them so much ;)

def chris · December 2015

leespoons wrote: »

I take it you mean the one on the left, she looks nothing like a French Bulldog!

there's probably a few puppy dogs wrapped up under that tree, "just for Xmas and not for life"

dm_boozefreek · December 2015

It's quite amazing how much Francis Bean actually looks like her mother in that pic...

But I assume she's not a crack whore :))

p13z · December 2015

Bragging about / publicising giving gifts just shows it is an act of vanity, not generosity.
Coupled with yet another picture of an average looking woman, with the generic drawn on eyebrows, pretend painted lips, and startled duck pose.
Bit harsh she got singled out for this magnitude of ridicule, but it is pretty hard to have sympathy.

dm_boozefreek · December 2015

Funny that even after all these years of people ridiculing women "Duck Smiling" on "Selfies" they still do it.

They must think all the people making fun of that particular practice aren't talking about them or something?

Oh yeah and she's a dozy cow for posting about her prezzie pile...

polomint · December 2015

p13z wrote: »

Bragging about / publicising giving gifts just shows it is an act of vanity, not generosity.
Coupled with yet another picture of an average looking woman, with the generic drawn on eyebrows, pretend painted lips, and startled duck pose.
Bit harsh she got singled out for this magnitude of ridicule, but it is pretty hard to have sympathy.

Stop dissin' my ex !!!! lol

Maroc's Other Projection · December 2015

Thing is, nobody would bat an eyelid if someone said they had spent £1,500 (even though it's quite a lot of money) on their family. It's more the stockpiling of presents that looks like excess. It's like getting 300 Secret Santa prezzies! Quantity over quality?

You tend to reap what you sow on social media :)

Luny · December 2015

For all we know she might have bought 300 presents in The Pound shop or The Works. :))

GReW · December 2015

Luny wrote: »

For all we know she might have bought 300 presents in The Pound shop or The Works. :))

She said she's spent £1500 on presents, if you spent a grand and half in either of those shops, you'd end up with a lot more than 300 presents. ;) Although, you never know, maybe her kids would be very happy to receive five hundred packs of sink plugs each.

dm_boozefreek · December 2015

Or this years selection boxes at 1975's prices :))

Vampyre · December 2015

Some people are just woefully ignorant of how social media works; she's entitled to spend as much or as little of her own money on her family as she wishes.

At the end of the day, if you're posting pictures to a public forum then you have no real complaints when people comment on them. Whether you like the comment or not, it's kinda the whole idea behind social media, particularly Instagram.

Scottie_uk · December 2015

Maroc's Other Projection wrote: »

Thing is, nobody would bat an eyelid if someone said they had spent £1,500 (even though it's quite a lot of money) on their family. It's more the stockpiling of presents that looks like excess. It's like getting 300 Secret Santa prezzies! Quantity over quality?

You tend to reap what you sow on social media :)

Probably, $1500 in pound land all made in China with careless abandon as far as the environment is concerned., so it's all just for the Bragability Factor, yep brought it on herself.

"But mummy I do not need another light up USB cable and selfie stick."

Scottie_uk · December 2015

GReW wrote: »

Luny wrote: »

For all we know she might have bought 300 presents in The Pound shop or The Works. :))

She said she's spent £1500 on presents, if you spent a grand and half in either of those shops, you'd end up with a lot more than 300 presents. ;) Although, you never know, maybe her kids would be very happy to receive five hundred packs of sink plugs each.

I see your point. If my wife were to spend than on Christmas presents it would include a King Sized Bed, so would not be so bad. For me it's the vulgarity of the "Look at me, I've brought 300 presents aren't I so opulent". To be honest, 1500 on one or four presents is better than 1500 on three hundred.

For me:

Sam-Coupe,
Adcom GFA-555 Amplifier,
Sinclair ZX 80,

dm_boozefreek · December 2015

For me...

A couple of games.
Kex.
Sox.
Chox.

...and put the rest in the bloody bank where it belongs.

Either that or 1556 bottles of beer, you could stretch that to anywhere between 4-7000 bottles if your willing to drink cheap nasty sh*t :))

GReW · December 2015

dm_boozefreek wrote: »

Either that or 1556 bottles of beer, you could stretch that to anywhere between 4-7000 bottles if your willing to drink cheap nasty sh*t :))

Or if you've no standards at all 9,375 cans of:

:)

zx1 · December 2015

That reminds me of this horrible French beer my dad used to get from someone at work, he would get a case of 24 in little bottles and they were rank.

dm_boozefreek · December 2015

zx1 wrote: »

That reminds me of this horrible French beer my dad used to get from someone at work, he would get a case of 24 in little bottles and they were rank.

Was it the dreaded E.....S......P...? ;)

....Sorry I tried googling for an image, but the cheapo super strength beers, and the hipster beers have rustled the name E.S.P. for themselves apparently.

....and I can't be bothered to spend a long time looking for a pic :P

zx1 · December 2015

I honestly can't remember, it was over 25 years ago!

Scottie_uk · December 2015

zx1 wrote: »

That reminds me of this horrible French beer my dad used to get from someone at work, he would get a case of 24 in little bottles and they were rank.

Biere De Blonde!! or La Brasserie I remember them little stubby bottles well when I used to have summer BBQs at my parents home tight sod would bring a six pack of them, usually the same person every time, then they would drink all the good beers. They would then sit in the shed from Summer to Winter until they would be used as a day beer by my dad.

Grunaki · December 2015

Scottie_uk wrote: »

"But mummy I do not need another light up USB cable and selfie stick."

"Well then, how about a couple of gross of battery-powered hand-fans with a neon strip down the middle, about 50 cases of 'Golden Power' batteries and some dodgy Moroccan chocolate bars?"

Scottie_uk · December 2015

Golden Power Batteries lol. My mum used to buy them, then say everything she put them in was broken because it did not work, or at least not properly.

300 Christmas Presents, is it too much?

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