Mandy Allwood's Life Fucking SUCKS

[Lizard]

Mandy & Paul

UK - Mandy Allwood, 42, has confessed she is downing up to three bottles of wine a day to cope with the loss of her octuplets, her daughters, and her cheating lover.

Mandy says she starts drinking at 7am. She needs alcohol to help her sleep, but she often wakes up at 3am and drinks more.

Mandy grabbed headlines in 1996 when she became pregnant with eight babies after taking fertility drugs. She went into labor at 22 weeks. The six boys and two girls were all born alive but were so underdeveloped they died within an hour.

She made a hefty sum of money selling her story but spent it all. Twelve years later, she is lonely and almost penniless. She's jobless and lives on state handouts.

The money goes not on food but booze. "I can go a week without eating. Drink is the problem. I'll drink any wine as long as it's at least 13 per cent alcohol.

Mandy split in 2006 from long-term partner Paul Hudson, who fathered the octuplets, after he confessed to an affair and a string of one-night stands. The relationship ended when she called him one evening and heard another woman in the background say, "Three f***ing years, Paul!"

She confronted him the next day, and he "admitted having an affair with the woman for three years. And he said he'd slept with 40 others. That b****** even had a smile on his face as he told me. I wish I'd never met him."

The break-up sent Mandy into a spiral of depression; she took solace in drink. "Some days it was two bottles," she said. "Then two and a half. Then three."

At the time, the couple's three daughters were living with Mandy. That came to an end last November. "I had to pop round the corner to get a bottle of wine and decided to take the kids with me. It was about 5pm and the police were waiting for me at the top of the road.'"

After social services took the children away they went to live with their dad. Now Mandy only speaks to them twice a week.

She's attempted suicide twice. In the first attempt last May, she made a noose, hung it over a garage beam and agonized for hours about ending it. Weeks later, in June, she swallowed 80 painkillers washed down with wine in a public toilet. A woman found her and called the ambulance.

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/2704..._allwood.shtml

Well, if she keeps it up, she'll be dead anyway. Doesn't she have any family? And she "had" to pop 'round to the store to buy more booze with her daughters in the car?

[Dr. Salvador]

a tragic case of "once you go black......................."

[Pete Bondurant]

I have no pity for this woman.

[Rotten Apple]

Eh...penises are a dime a dozen. No use trying to drink yourself to death over one.

[Unamused Cat]

I remember this case. While she was pregnant, and should've been resting in bed, her lover/hubby/whatever was peddling her ass on talk shows for cash. Bah.... No sympathy here.

[GoldenChild20k]

Am I remembering correctly? Is she the one who illegally acquired the fertility drugs that caused her to become pregnant with so many babies? If so, imo that is criminally negligent given that it was the extreme multiple conception that caused all of those babies to be born premature and die.

[Nell]

You are. And she also screamed about how she would NEVAH reduce the number of fetuses cause it was wrong morally, and then whored herself out to all the tv talk shows. What happened to her was inevitable. Humans cannott carry 8 children, and if you are put on bed rest stay there! And yes, I am on bed rest right now and had to take a leave from my job, so I know about which I speak.;)

[nurseronda]

Just maybe, she is going after the, "I tried a thousand times to kill myself" title so that she can whore herself out to all the TV talk shows again. :D

[Nell]

That is probably the honest truth behind all this. Publicity whore.

[Blues88]

Ok, I am pissed off about this article.. please allow me to have a little vent...

That is probably the honest truth behind all this. Publicity whore.

The real truth is that she is an aggressive, psychotic, alcoholic bully who is playing for a sympathy vote and for some money to piss up the wall. Most of the the article is utter bulls**t. She has 4 living (not living with her) children who she has put through utter hell with her behavior - I am sure they will love hearing about this in the playground!

I remember this case. While she was pregnant, and should've been resting in bed, her lover/hubby/whatever was peddling her ass on talk shows for cash. Bah.... No sympathy here.

It's a good job that despite his womanising ways, her lover turned out to be a very loving and commited father who would walk on hot coals for his kids.

Don't believe everything you read in the papers!

Vent over..Thanks ;)

[impqueen]

Welcome, Blues88. Any other details you care to share with us?

I still dunno about cheating guy. 40? How do you have time to be a loving, devoted father while you're fucking 40 other women? Seriously? I mean, I'm just curious.

Beyond that though, I do think Mandy Allwood's a waste of space.

[skeptical]

Beyond that though, I do think Mandy Allwood's a waste of space.

That's a great quote Imp. I once told my ex-husband that he was a waste of space and that the air he breathed was wasted on him. That he didn't deserve either.:D

[Blues88]

Welcome, Blues88. Any other details you care to share with us?

I still dunno about cheating guy. 40? How do you have time to be a loving, devoted father while you're fucking 40 other women? Seriously? I mean, I'm just curious.

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Your correct, it would be hard to fit it all in, however the statement has been completely taken out of context. How can you cheat on someone who isn't your partner? It's not a crime to sleep around when you are single.. loads of people do it.. Also, maybe he ment that he had slept with 40 woman over a long period of time? How do you know this is not the case? Maybe Allwood has slept with loads of guys too ?

Maybe Allwood has a vendetta against the father of her daughters and wishes to cause him maximum grief by making him out to be some evil bastard.

Maybe, the reality is that (aside from serious, relentless harassment from Allwood and extreme worry about his daughters wellbeing) he has spent the past few years happily settled with one woman and has spent a massive amount of time and effort trying to earn money to pay for his kids education and future.

Maybe Allwood hates the fact that he has finally grown-up and settled down with someone and is extremely jelous of this? Maybe she has tried everything in her power to split them up including threats to use the media and worse?

Maybe Allwood threatend suicide everytime that he told her that he didn't want be with her. Maybe her suicide attempts (which she claims is because of the 8 babies) happened on the same days that she made these threats. Maybe he was the one that called the ambulance/police because she had been harassing him on the phone at the time?

Maybe the "tell-tale words" whispered.. "three fucking years".. were uttered because certain people had to endure Alwood's relentless harrassement, threats and hundreds of calls/texts 24/7 and were unable to cut her off because of worry for the childrens safety.

Maybe he has done everying he can to try and protect his kids from a terrible and extremely dangerous situation with very little help from social services?

Maybe, despite all the grief, he continually tried to get Allwood to stay in rehab, and payed for many consellors, Doctors etc to help her because she is the mother of his daughters?

Maybe Ms Allwood was hiding a drink problem long before she even met him?


This is all speculation but do you see my point?


Fact: Alwood took fertility treatment behind his back despite knowing that he didn't want children with her.

Fact: Allwood narrowly escaped a prison sentance for fraud with the judge saying "The offences were serious onces and involved quite an elaborate deception".

Fact: Allwood has lost custordy of all of her children, including her son, to the fathers (fathers for justice will tell you how hard it is for a father to get custordy of his kids).


If you sift through all the media bullshit.. you will see that he has always said the same thing...

To quote what he says in the Mirror 2003!

"He says: "I always say to people I've no problems with the children, the children are easy going. It's the mothers that I have problems with.

"The kids bring me joy, the mothers bring me blasted grief.

"I'm there for Mandy and I'm there for Marie. I do my own thing and I'll continue to do my own thing. So we get together for the children."

A source at Yorkshire Television, which made the documentary, reveals: "They are living completely separate lives at the moment."



and to re-iterate.. from the Mirror 2006...


"The girls have the same father as Mandy's octuplets but he has asked not to be mentioned by name.

He and Mandy don't live together although he is still on the scene.

"He's there for the children", is the most she'll say on the matter. "I couldn't live with a man 24/7. Living apart keeps the relationship alive."

She doesn't sound convinced. Mandy puts on a show of bravado but there's an air of loneliness about her. She sees a psychotherapist, battles depression and often lapses into self-help lingo."


Seriously, he does not deserve all the grief he gets because of this woman.

[What Would Satan Do]

Your correct, it would be hard to fit it all in, however the statement has been completely taken out of context. How can you cheat on someone who isn't your partner? It's not a crime to sleep around when you are single.. loads of people do it.. .
maybe he ment that he had slept with 40 woman over a long period of time? How do you know this is not the case?
Maybe Allwood has slept with loads of guys too ?
Maybe Allwood has a vendetta against the father of her daughters and wishes to cause him maximum grief by making him out to be some evil bastard.
Maybe, the reality is that (aside from serious, relentless harassment from Allwood and extreme worry about his daughters wellbeing) he has spent the past few years happily settled with one woman and has spent a massive amount of time and effort trying to earn money to pay for his kids education and future.
Maybe Allwood hates the fact that he has finally grown-up and settled down with someone and is extremely jelous of this? Maybe she has tried everything in her power to split them up including threats to use the media and worse?
Maybe Allwood threatend suicide everytime that he told her that he didn't want be with her. Maybe her suicide attempts (which she claims is because of the 8 babies) happened on the same days that she made these threats. Maybe he was the one that called the ambulance/police because she had been harassing him on the phone at the time?
Maybe the "tell-tale words" whispered.. "three fucking years".. were uttered because certain people had to endure Alwood's relentless harrassement, threats and hundreds of calls/texts 24/7 and were unable to cut her off because of worry for the childrens safety.
Maybe he has done everying he can to try and protect his kids from a terrible and extremely dangerous situation with very little help from social services?
Maybe, despite all the grief, he continually tried to get Allwood to stay in rehab, and payed for many consellors, Doctors etc to help her because she is the mother of his daughters?
Maybe Ms Allwood was hiding a drink problem long before she even met him?


This is all speculation but do you see my point?......

That's a whole lot of maybes.

[Rotten Apple]

Your correct, it would be hard to fit it all in, however the statement has been completely taken out of context. How can you cheat on someone who isn't your partner? It's not a crime to sleep around when you are single.. loads of people do it.. Also, maybe he ment that he had slept with 40 woman over a long period of time? How do you know this is not the case? Maybe Allwood has slept with loads of guys too ?

Maybe Allwood has a vendetta against the father of her daughters and wishes to cause him maximum grief by making him out to be some evil bastard.

Maybe, the reality is that (aside from serious, relentless harassment from Allwood and extreme worry about his daughters wellbeing) he has spent the past few years happily settled with one woman and has spent a massive amount of time and effort trying to earn money to pay for his kids education and future.

Maybe Allwood hates the fact that he has finally grown-up and settled down with someone and is extremely jelous of this? Maybe she has tried everything in her power to split them up including threats to use the media and worse?

MAYBE...you are the new woman in his life?

Just speculating, but you seem to be really emotionally invested in this.

[Nell]

I still have absolutely no idea why you quoted me. I agreed with you that she was a selfish publicity whore who put herself before those children. Maybe you care to explain that?

[Lizard]

A few short weeks later, and Mandy claims she NO LONGER has a drinking problem.

And since her children have been removed, she has relied on twice-weekly phone calls and a weekly visit with her daughters, although negotiations over custody are ongoing, and she is confident that the girls will return home.

"They will be back where they belong," she says.

"I feel terrible about what happened - that is my guilt that I have to live with. But it was a terrible, terrible blip, and I don't deserve what has happened to me since."

The problem, though, is that things seem to keep on "happening" to Mandy. It is hard not to shake off the sense that she is, in some ways, rather addicted to drama; or at least attracted to it.

Far from relishing her relative anonymity, Mandy is nurturing plans for a return to the limelight. She is in discussions to write her autobiography, as well as cooperating with plans for a television series based on her life, penned by the respected dramatist Lynda La Plante.

She says repeatedly that she would like her own problem page or radio show, arguing that after all her experiences she knows how to "reach out to people."

A more realistic view may be that she needs the money. While she made £224,000 from media interviews at the time of her octuplet pregnancy, the money has long since gone - spent, Mandy says, by Paul.

"I hardly saw a penny of it, to be honest," she says.

Today, she lives largely on benefits, although talk of her finances makes her defensive.

"That's my business," she snaps, asked how she makes ends meet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1879

[Unamused Cat]

Ok, I am pissed off about this article.. please allow me to have a little vent...



The real truth is that she is an aggressive, psychotic, alcoholic bully who is playing for a sympathy vote and for some money to piss up the wall. Most of the the article is utter bulls**t. She has 4 living (not living with her) children who she has put through utter hell with her behavior - I am sure they will love hearing about this in the playground!



It's a good job that despite his womanising ways, her lover turned out to be a very loving and commited father who would walk on hot coals for his kids.

Don't believe everything you read in the papers!

Vent over..Thanks ;)

I don't believe everything I read in papers. However, I saw this couple on tv. It was a fucking circus and the daddy was the head clown. :clown:

[Lizard]

You think she got those shoes and slacks at the Salvation Army?

[Unamused Cat]

no telling.

[Blues88]

I still have absolutely no idea why you quoted me. I agreed with you that she was a selfish publicity whore who put herself before those children. Maybe you care to explain that?

I quoted you because I wanted to respond to your comment on her "cheating lover" and put another side to all the negative publicity he has received rather than the comments about her.

Like I said, I needed to vent, it wasn't anything personal.

I can tell you it isn't nice reading about all this stuff in the mainstream media when you know it is a pack of lies - especially when it is so damning!

Can you imagine how it feels when someone who has been harassing you for years, using threats like "what can we do to get you arrested" or "I am gonna turn you over in the newspapers and make your life hell", actually gets this crap printed in the mainstream papers ?

Plus, it's very hard to retaliate or defend because we are reluctant to go to the media as it will potentially cause a lot more upset to the children. The real story is far more disturbing and put it this way, the children have suffered enough for now and we would like to protect them from further stress. Despite what she has said in the Daily Mail, she hasn't once bothered to try and see her kids in over 6 months! I really feel for them :(.

She has tried relentlessly to have him portrayed as a wife-beating/evil cheating whatever however this is simply not the case (funny that she is the one with a restraining order and not him!) - and I have spent more time with this man over the past 5 years than anyone else.

She says she was in a relationship with him until a couple years ago and that’s why she started drinking. Um no... popping around for a couple hours after school to check that the children are ok because their mother is an alcoholic and social services are extremely unhelpful.. does not a relationship make. It does however make him a responsible father.

No one knew the true extent of her alcoholism, which by the way goes back before the 8 babies. She managed to convince social services that she had stopped drinking (for a couple weeks) and got her daughters back, within days we had recieved tons of disturbing, drunken harassment - we knew she drink driving with the kids all the time but nobody would believe us until her rehab center eventually caught her and called the police.

Yes, I know he can come across as a clown; he can really put his foot in it as he tends to speak more openly than most of us would dare. However, he once told me that they cut most of his comments (comments defending himself because the media have loved portraying him as a bad guy) out of the documentary that was on TV. He also admits he's made mistakes and he is dearly paying the price for those.

The person I know is a genuinely caring guy who, like I said, has spent the years since I have known him trying very hard to provide a good future for his kids; he was the one who originally provided Allwoods house as home for his children to live in, plus he’s spent a fortune on private school fees and stuff for the kids, other than that we live really simply. In the meantime Alwood has been fraudulently claiming the kids child benefit to help pay for her booze – that says it all really.

Also, do I think he has been a cheating rat to me over the years? No, he has spent so much time either working, looking after his kids or with me, I'm not sure he could fit it in.. plus, I believe the man has been quietly besotted with me ever since he met me.. it's just a gut feeling ;).

[Nell]

Honey, I feel for you, I really do. It sounds like he is a good man to you and his kids and what he may have done in the past is the past. I don't believe I ever said he cheated but if I did I'm sorry. I am the last person to throw stones for any kind of sexcapades between consenting adults. I have quite the varied stories and experiences myself. I honestly remember her mainly from when she was pregnant with the octuplets and I never did think she was on the up and up. That said, let it go here. I don't think anyone is sticking up for her nasty butt, and her children will figure it out someday if they haven't already. Good luck!

[ImmortalOne]

With 6 months of bedrest with a single baby, I cannot fathom why this woman even considered getting out of her bed when she was pregnant with those babies. To me it was pure selfishness, and while the loss of life is great, I am glad that she didn't have those babies for her to raise because she showed to care for them while she was pregnant.

Even when you look at couples of other large litters of children (Jon and Kate + 8, or that couple who had 7 babies)... the mothers took their bedrest seriously. With one baby I took it seriously, to the point that I did not leave my bed because of the dangers to my much wanted and loved baby girl. It sucked, I was bored, I gained more weight than I should've, but today I have a healthy and happy and smart 8 month old... who's chances of even being born alive were less than 20%.

[Blues88]

Honey, I feel for you, I really do. It sounds like he is a good man to you and his kids and what he may have done in the past is the past. I don't believe I ever said he cheated but if I did I'm sorry. I am the last person to throw stones for any kind of sexcapades between consenting adults. I have quite the varied stories and experiences myself. I honestly remember her mainly from when she was pregnant with the octuplets and I never did think she was on the up and up. That said, let it go here. I don't think anyone is sticking up for her nasty butt, and her children will figure it out someday if they haven't already. Good luck!

Thanks for the nice comments, little things like that have been like rays of sunshine for us through this whole farce.

You would be amazed at the grief people have given us because of this woman. It was a major uphill battle for us to get the children out the situation as she had a major catalogue of lies going and no-one would believe us about anything. How many people would happily put their kids in a car with a drink driver?

She was doing it all the time but social services wouldn't believe us; you would have thought 40+ police incidences would set alarm bells ringing somewhere?

Fortunately, the court officers were more experienced and decided she should only see her kids under supervised conditions unless she got better. They also gave social services a slap on the wrists :D

Anyway, My little vent did help and I am over it now - she can go sell her silly stories to whoever for all I care.

The most important thing to us knowing the kids are safe and settled, that is worth its weight in gold. I can put up with the harassment as long as I know the kids are ok.

I am kinda hoping we don't get a book or TV drama but as she can't seem to help breaking the conditions of her bail, I reckon it is just as likely that her next story will be "My Life Behind Bars" 8 Baby Mandy tells all ;)!

[Blues88]

UPDATE!

The courts have just banned Mandy Allwood from doing any further newspaper articles as they consider the ones she has done to be harassment. Result! :D

[Dakota Valkyrie]

UPDATE!

The courts have just banned Mandy Allwood from doing any further newspaper articles as they consider the ones she has done to be harassment. Result! :D

YEAH!!!!!

"as well as cooperating with plans for a television series based on her life"

She is a major league drama queen - not a movie but a whole fucking series based on her life.
Who would want to watch that pathetic story?... maybe it's a sitcom.

[zickig]

Blues88--I'm glad you got the courts to help you this time, baby steps help.