It’s hard when in-laws Posh the boundaries
Gossip about the Beckham pair is really intriguing
Rumours of a possible fallout between Victoria Beckham and her actress daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz really intrigue me.
The gossipmongers are piecing together all of the “evidence” of an apparent rift between the two – and I’m engrossed.
The thing is, we read so much about super-rich and famous celebrities and their perfect lives.
We are fed the line they are beautiful people, with amazing homes, clothes and cars, who enjoy the best foods, have the best friends and live the very best lives.
But, as my mum always says: “Don’t be fooled. They all go to the loo like you and me!” Mind you, their loos are probably made of gold and they’re bound to use that very thick, quilted paper.
I don’t wish them any harm. But every now and then, when things don’t go according to plan for the likes of brand Beckham, it makes them much more relatable.
We know there are times when everything doesn’t go our way. And things are out of our control.
But that is not something powerful people like the Beckhams are used to. They have total control over their public images.
So when a richer, more powerful third party comes along and rocks their boat, that must hurt and be quite unnerving.
According to the gossip, Posh and Becks were not invited to sit at the head table at their son Brooklyn’s wedding.
His new wife Nicola has made it public she did not wear a Victoria Beckham-designed wedding dress because it could not be made on time.
And, in a cryptic social media message, she posted an image of herself looking teary and wrote: “We all have days where people make you feel bad and it’s OK to be hurt by it.”
Apparently, that was one of her posts that Victoria did not “like”.
To be honest, what Posh is going through is something I have often thought about.
What if my kids’ partners don’t like me – and vice versa? And what if they split up my family?
Whatever you think about the Beckhams, you cannot deny that family means the world to them.
But now an outsider has entered who has her own ideas about how things are done. Take, for example, the Tatler magazine with Nicola on the cover under the heading, “The New Mrs Beckham.”
I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall when Posh saw that!
But what do you do when your child’s partner does not seem to share your values? Or if your child becomes distant from you and closer to another family?
It’s a common dilemma and all the experts say the same: “Let go, don’t control, don’t shun...”
Of course they are right, but it’s easier said than done. I have no idea what I’d do in this situation if it were my son.
He’s only 14, so I don’t need to get my knickers in a twist about it quite yet.
But I’ll just have to hope his partner will love my loud, opinionated, fierce, competitive personality.
I mean, what’s not to love?