Anonymous wrote:I have followed on and off. And yes, talked about a lot on GOMI.

Honestly, I loved their Richmond house. Being in northern Virginia with kids, their house seemed like the perfect house for a family. And there was room for a pool. Obviously they wanted this particular area in Florida but it was a strange move.

Me too!! I really thought they were going to buy a house in the FAN and fix it up and sell it or turn it into a long term rental. It seemed like they had a lot of fun doing their Cape Charles houses and I liked following along with those, even though I disagreed with some of their quirkier design choices. It was fun to read along with though. This new house - their decisions are just cringe-worthy.

(As was their April Fools "joke". Ouch!!!)

Anonymous wrote:I would not like having the master bedroom on the upper level while the kids are both downstairs.

Which is why they should have put the kids bedrooms upstairs and moved their bedroom to where their daughters' room is.

I used to read their blog listened to the podcast and follow their instagram stories.
I love this thread b/c I had no idea how many people hate watch their lives. I have to admit Sherry's voice was irritating on the podcast. I found myself annoyed at her confidence when I felt her taste level was not great and she'd speak with so much authority.
Anyway, I love their stories/updates and I love this mean-girl thread. It's like two sides of a coin.

Anonymous wrote:They don’t even post that much. How can you diagnose Sherri as “manic.” You need a life girlfriend.

Instagram stories.

They don’t even post that much. How can you diagnose Sherri as “manic.” You need a life girlfriend.

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Anonymous wrote:WOW y'all are absolutely insane and need to focus more on your own lives than people you follow on instagram. People don't owe you anything and are allowed to create whatever boundaries they want, whenever they want to even if sharing their "lives" online is their "job"...If you don't like them, unfollow and move on with your miserable life. The only kids I feel sorry for are all of yours since clearly they don't have proper role models in their lives.

When you share your life on Instagram, you are going to get people who hate-follow as well as people who genuinely admire and support you. You can decide what you put out there, you can try to set "boundaries", but unless you privatize your page, but you can't control the response you get.

Worry about your own kids, since you clearly don't have the capacity to understand the risks of putting yourself and your entire family in the public eye.

I think they are well aware of that and its besides the point. Of course they are opening themselves up to criticism by putting themselves out there but just because we all CAN doesn't mean we all SHOULD. I was so disgusted when I accidentally stumbled upon this thread and how invested so many people are in ridiculous things that are one of their business or concern.

What about the risk of having a mom who is so great that she spends her spare time on a mommy blog speculating, gossiping conjuring up conspiracy theories and belittling people they don't even know...

What about a mommy who spends her spare time reading mommy gossip boards and actually posts messages to the other participants belittling them?

And FTR, I'm a new poster and haven't read any of this thread except the few posts above mine. I do that sometimes for threads I don't initially click on, if I keep seeing it over and over and it gets really big I'll click on the last page just to get a sense of what's being discussed.

Well perhaps you should dive a little deeper into the awful things that have been said before jumping in and defending them then. I was taught to call out bad behavior when I see it and stand up against bullying and teach my children to do the same. Not to jump on the bandwagon just regardless if something is "public" or someone is a celebrity/influencer.

Ok. You've called it out. As you can see, the thread just keeps on rolling. As you said, just because someone CAN take your words into account... doesn't mean they will. Or even that they SHOULD.

Really, reconsider your emotional investment in total strangers. I haven't really participated in this thread and have never followed this Instagram account so I'm not even sure who this Sherry person is. Just saying, don't put your family out on the internet to make money and expect total positivity.

lol OK thanks for the pep talk - I didn't expect my post to stop this thread obviously....But yes let’s just never point out something we feel is wrong because not 100% of the world will listen. HARD ROLL.

Also I think your last statement is pretty irrelevant since I really could care less about how they handle criticism or and that’s not my problem. It was the obsessive investment DCmoms seem to have in the mental state, life choices and afterschool schedules of total strangers that was so baffling to me….People who are happy and fulfilled in their own lives don't tend to hate follow when they can't stand someones voice or what they have to say....they UNfollow so byeeeee

Their April Fools subscription box was pretty funny. For a brief second I thought she truly lost her mind and immediately thought of this thread.

Anonymous wrote:I agree. The layout is awful. The kitchen is way too small and dark. The largest room in the house seems to be their bedroom. The kid’s bedrooms are super small. I don’t understand why they don’t have their bedroom upstairs because that seems so much smaller. It’s very awkward space up there. I hope when they build the guest house off the pool that they move their office in there, so they have move room upstairs. I was also thinking that since they are no longer adding the bathroom on the patio that maybe they could extend the kitchen into that space? I also thought maybe they could add the kitchen and dining area upstairs since their outdoor deck is enormous. They could maybe extend and add steps leading to the pool. Then they could have a nice sitting area on the first floor a f maybe an actual closet!!!!

There is no way it’s worth putting that much money into this weird house.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not like having the master bedroom on the upper level while the kids are both downstairs.

Agreed.

The house could still be salvaged if they made the upstairs the kids rooms and a “lounge area.” Then they could turn their current master into a living room AND the kids current bedrooms could be a master bedroom and tiny office.

Why? Just Why are they sticking to this bizarre layout?

You don’t think it would be dangerous for kids to be alone upstairs with access to a deck? Seems way more dangerous than their current setup.

So drywall over the doors to the deck, like they drywalled over the set of doors in their (current) master. Or block access another way until the kids are older. I agree with PPs that layout would make much more sense.

There are no stairs to the upper deck.

Their office and bedroom needs to be up there

They started freelancing in 2014 when they stepped back from blogging everyday. Freelancing is not new.

I agree. The layout is awful. The kitchen is way too small and dark. The largest room in the house seems to be their bedroom. The kid’s bedrooms are super small. I don’t understand why they don’t have their bedroom upstairs because that seems so much smaller. It’s very awkward space up there. I hope when they build the guest house off the pool that they move their office in there, so they have move room upstairs. I was also thinking that since they are no longer adding the bathroom on the patio that maybe they could extend the kitchen into that space? I also thought maybe they could add the kitchen and dining area upstairs since their outdoor deck is enormous. They could maybe extend and add steps leading to the pool. Then they could have a nice sitting area on the first floor a f maybe an actual closet!!!!

She has been extremely defensive about the house and move lately. They must be getting a lot of messages questioning why they did this.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sherry has been manic as F for the past year.
I am still of the camp that something happened or she wanted something to happen with the contractor Sean or whatever his name was. First it was all about that John model look alike and then she latched on to that contractor and paraded around Cape Charles in her swimsuit all summer. She even called him to look at properties before she called her own husband and told him about some.
She is always wanting hte next thing and seems exhausting to live with . She latches on to something and it is her new ride or die. First the color pink. Then curly hair. Then opposums. Then shrimp. Then cheese. Now trees and FL. [/quote]

I agree. She is exhausting.

Her voice makes me crazy - it's a combination of manic adult and thirteen year old Valley Girl.[/quote] or astrology. She’s now obsessed with astrology, plants and crystals. She seemed to let go of the white animals.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not like having the master bedroom on the upper level while the kids are both downstairs.

Agreed.

The house could still be salvaged if they made the upstairs the kids rooms and a “lounge area.” Then they could turn their current master into a living room AND the kids current bedrooms could be a master bedroom and tiny office.

Why? Just Why are they sticking to this bizarre layout?

You don’t think it would be dangerous for kids to be alone upstairs with access to a deck? Seems way more dangerous than their current setup.

So drywall over the doors to the deck, like they drywalled over the set of doors in their (current) master. Or block access another way until the kids are older. I agree with PPs that layout would make much more sense.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not like having the master bedroom on the upper level while the kids are both downstairs.

Agreed.

The house could still be salvaged if they made the upstairs the kids rooms and a “lounge area.” Then they could turn their current master into a living room AND the kids current bedrooms could be a master bedroom and tiny office.

Why? Just Why are they sticking to this bizarre layout?

You don’t think it would be dangerous for kids to be alone upstairs with access to a deck? Seems way more dangerous than their current setup.