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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is her life anyone's business?

Why does she feel the need to publish this book, to explain herself?

If I were her I'd just move away somewhere. I'd get a restraining order against the world.

She had little money because her dad used her as his personal bank. She made millions off of this book. She went through hell, I’m fine with her having a payday that daddy can’t steal for himself

That's not true. She was nearly bankrupt when she went into the conservatorship; she is now back on her feet financially (or she was, at the time the conservatorship ended). His finances were overseen by a judge and if you believe he stole all her money, then she can certainly sue him for that -- but I don't think that was the case. He took his legal cut as her conservator. People think because he's her dad, he stole from her when in reality, her non-family financial advisor is the one who stole from her (or mismanaged her money).

I haven’t read the book but I’ve been following the legal filings. Since her court appointed lawyer never objected to her father’s accountings, the judge never actually reviewed them. Also, most conservators don’t take a salary, especially not one more than the allowance they give to the conservatee. She should be far more wealthy than she currently is given how much she’s worked. I definitely think her dad is a big part of why.

I really liked this book and we see a different side of her. She explains her awkwardness well, especially given the way the media treated her at her height and prior to the conservatorship and widely cited incidents that helped lead to it. Agree that she either is hiding diagnoses or does not accept them given the situation. That being said given the volume of work they put her through while she was supposedly so mentally fragile she couldn't direct any aspect of her life is very wrong. Hoping she can make peace with what has all happened to her and recognize that she still has a lot of power to positively influence people's lives.

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Anonymous wrote:That summary is sad but also she’s in her 40s and sounds like she took or is taking zero accountability. I have a few family members like this- they are obviously not rich but had their children taken away, tried to blame their exDH for their drug use, life situation, etc. But it’s been 20 years and exDH has moved on while family member is just angry, has no money, living in a dumpy apartment blaming everyone else for their circumstances.

Did you read the book or the summary? I don't think you should comment if you haven't read it. She was horribly taken advantage of by her father.

THIS> THIS> THIS>

My husband said to me, “I didn’t know you had a cousin named Britney.” When I described the book to him. If you haven’t grown up that way you will never understand fully and reading the book will help a little. She supported her family for years/decades and is in no way taking zero accountability. She was not given the human right to make a decision about her food, activities or work for a long time. I complete understand as I lived in a household where engine parts would be dismantled if my dad didn’t want us to go somewhere. (As one example of control)

Seriously, read the book before you judge her.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is her life anyone's business?

Why does she feel the need to publish this book, to explain herself?

If I were her I'd just move away somewhere. I'd get a restraining order against the world.

She had little money because her dad used her as his personal bank. She made millions off of this book. She went through hell, I’m fine with her having a payday that daddy can’t steal for himself

That's not true. She was nearly bankrupt when she went into the conservatorship; she is now back on her feet financially (or she was, at the time the conservatorship ended). His finances were overseen by a judge and if you believe he stole all her money, then she can certainly sue him for that -- but I don't think that was the case. He took his legal cut as her conservator. People think because he's her dad, he stole from her when in reality, her non-family financial advisor is the one who stole from her (or mismanaged her money).

I do not trust the dad, at all. NP here. Just finished her book. There are conservators/executors/etc. that take FAR more in "fees" than any court would legally entitle them to, and they know it would cost more to fight it, than anything.

Such a sad upbringing, she was basically the piggybank for the family, yet they were so ungrateful for all she did for them. She just wanted them to love her, and she did everything to make it happen in her young mind. They remain ungrateful, even the sister. They practically mock her.

At different levels, I do not think this kind of situation is unusual.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is her life anyone's business?

Why does she feel the need to publish this book, to explain herself?

If I were her I'd just move away somewhere. I'd get a restraining order against the world.

She had little money because her dad used her as his personal bank. She made millions off of this book. She went through hell, I’m fine with her having a payday that daddy can’t steal for himself

That's not true. She was nearly bankrupt when she went into the conservatorship; she is now back on her feet financially (or she was, at the time the conservatorship ended). His finances were overseen by a judge and if you believe he stole all her money, then she can certainly sue him for that -- but I don't think that was the case. He took his legal cut as her conservator. People think because he's her dad, he stole from her when in reality, her non-family financial advisor is the one who stole from her (or mismanaged her money).

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Anonymous wrote:She is a revolting human. She lost custody of her sons. All she knows is dancing in few clothes and being provocative. But she is in her 40s so it really doesn't have the impact it had.

What does she do for any other human, beside herself?

Absolutely nothing.

She is a waste of space. I am just waiting for her OD.

Your anger is poisoning you.

Let it.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing the summary - that is sad. And sad she seems to believe the "I can't breathe without you" stuff, does it mean a lot to her to have someone say something like that to her.

I don't understand why she would pose like that on the front of her book. All the free Britney people, all the seriousness that went into fighting against the person's they made her be, and then she chooses to pose not only topless but somewhat seductively, ie it's not just a here I am baring it all! photo.

I’m reading it now and think it would have been nice for her to do a current pic, but maybe that’s when she felt most alive. Who knows. Why did Prince Harry use a close up? We don’t know.

Anonymous wrote:She is a revolting human. She lost custody of her sons. All she knows is dancing in few clothes and being provocative. But she is in her 40s so it really doesn't have the impact it had.

What does she do for any other human, beside herself?

Absolutely nothing.

She is a waste of space. I am just waiting for her OD.

Your anger is poisoning you.

Anonymous wrote:That summary is sad but also she’s in her 40s and sounds like she took or is taking zero accountability. I have a few family members like this- they are obviously not rich but had their children taken away, tried to blame their exDH for their drug use, life situation, etc. But it’s been 20 years and exDH has moved on while family member is just angry, has no money, living in a dumpy apartment blaming everyone else for their circumstances.

Did you read the book or the summary? I don't think you should comment if you haven't read it. She was horribly taken advantage of by her father.

That summary is sad but also she’s in her 40s and sounds like she took or is taking zero accountability. I have a few family members like this- they are obviously not rich but had their children taken away, tried to blame their exDH for their drug use, life situation, etc. But it’s been 20 years and exDH has moved on while family member is just angry, has no money, living in a dumpy apartment blaming everyone else for their circumstances.

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Anonymous wrote:Does she take any accountability for her romantic track record? Specifically I’m thinking getting involved with married men, men with pregnant girlfriends, penniless men etc. From the excerpts I’ve seen she seems to play victim and blame everyone else.

At least one man who was married she did not know when she started seeing him. I don’t remember anything else being said. I am a NP

I just finished her book 📖 and the guy you are talking about is the paparazzo guy she dated.

The book has made me understand her more & I am more empathetic to her situation.

Her childhood sounds like hell - her parents were very dysfunctional + from personal experience I know that having crappy parents/a bad childhood can certainly affect the trajectory of one’s adulthood in a very bad way.

Persona not person's