Quite a few people that I know in real life read my blog. My sisters, my cousins, a friend in CO(Hi Rose) and not to mention my dad. (Although I think he has now stopped). But these people who read me, I never see them. They live too far away. I dont have to see them after I do an embarrassing blog post like posting pictures of my outfits and talking about my “girls”
Now I find out people that I am going to see on a daily basis, read this blog. I am/was mortified. I dont know what to do about it. What do they now think about me? Posting pictures of my outfits..Posting weightloss progression pictures, not to mention the fact I curse at NK so much. Should I care? Should I password protect posts certain posts? I have not decided yet. but you yes you , can you at least leave a comment so that I’ll know how many of you are here..
A question for the other bloggers, do you guys let everyone you know irl that you have a blog? I post pictures, use real names(which I shouldn’t but Dooce does so why shouldnt I?) but yet dont really tell people I blog.And the rest of readers, ignore this post if it makes no sense.
PS:The new header is a hike we did this afternoon. This dog adopted us and played fetch for 45 mins with the kids. She is a german shorthair pointer. Samar loved her.
Uh Oh! I can understand your emotions. As long as you are comfortable nothing matters, if not, do what makes you happy, its your blog after all right? I read this blog, and am leaving my comments!
Knowing who all reads my blog does make me conscious of what I write. I think that limits the very purpose of blogging or writing down things like you do.. But then I would ideally want not to care about it. coz thats what I am and how I am. Which is not as easy as said.. I would say I love reading you for you are brave and dont hesitate to be yourself in this space..
Me: yeah I dont want to put restrictions on what I can or will write about. I have ground rules, I dont write about other people unless it affects me directly in a huge way. Even then, names arent used.
If it really does bother you, then you could password protect some of your posts.
My previous blog was like an open book. I used to jot down a LOT of personal things in it. But then a LOT of people i knew in real life were reading the blog. Some people I dont even keep in touch with started reading my blog and it made me a little uncomfortable. Not the fact that they were reading my blog, but the fact that everyone was reading all the personal stuff I wrote in my blog. Now except for a handful of friends, no one knows about this new blog of mine.
But then thats me. A lot of people write about their personal life..it depends on how you see it and how it affects you.
the last thing i’d ever want is for my immediate family members to read my blog. it’s not like i talk about them… but when i know that ur family members are reading me, it sort of disturbs me. i used to have my blog link in my fb page.. n then removed it cos i was adding some friends n family whom i didnt want reading my blog. n i use my own name n pics too! just last nite i was thinking that i should have come up with some fancy blog name n post mysterious pics of me, n not the ones that shows clearly that its me with my idiotic lame smile! but too late now, n i dont care anymore.. i just make sure i dont mention about my blog to some ppl n they wouldnt suspect a thing
Me:But if they googled your name, they could find you right? The top search query on my blog is my username
I didnt use a pseudonym and should have used one.Its too late now, me thinks
hey how is Samar doing?
Me: Reema, he is doing so much better. His wounds have cleared up and he is sleeping through the night. I didnt even have to give him his antihistamine in the morning. Just at night.Thanks for asking.
.About the blog I dont give my url to anyone. Only two people from my real world know my blog and read it. I dont use any real names if I talk about real life people.
read what parul had to say to chandni when it came to blogging…real life et al..she made an interesting contribution to writing diaries, nosy sisters outing secrets…made a lot of sense.
Me: Which post was it? Link?
We love you and your daily insanity. I can’t blog because everyone would see the Dark Crazy and then people would be afraid. They would see how much I fake it on a daily basis.
FYI, readers, this post is my fault. I own it and can’t apologize enough.
Me: rofl its okay J. PLus I sorta shouted out loud and made it much much worse. Dumbe me! I knew J and J were reading but yesterday’s declaration took me by surprise. And I think I never told u that keep it a secret when I gave you the link. I am going to update the post with this morning’s convo with NK.
I think its perfectly ok to blog about what you feel and in ur case put pics curse NK and whatever. You are honest and seems at least real to me. If the people around you know you well enough I think for them your blog will be just like an extension of your personality.
Me: Its so healthy I feel. I swear this has been the secret of surviving with 4 kids, and no help during summer holidays. Oh good question, I will pose this question next time I meet them, whether the “real me” reflects the “blog me”. (I think it does.)
PS: My husband calls me the PR agent of my blog…yes I advertise about it to everyone I meet. Come one we write so that people read and comment. I would stop blogging if no one takes the trouble to read and comment.
U keep blogging
Me: thats true as well. if no one commented, it would totally suck
Hey yeah forgot to ask- how’s samar doing?
I hope he is doing much better!
no pssword….
oh ya i write under my real name, its feeds get published in FB so the whole world knows…
but u know i did it intentionally cause whether u write under ur name or otherwise the virtual world is a small place and it takes just half an hour to figure out everything so writing under ur names keeps a tab the things that have to be hidden remain hidden
Me:
WHat hidden secrets. Come one your secret’s safe with me!
Hi! Back atcha! love your blog, love your candor, I wish more people were as honest as you are. But
i also understand why you would be uncomfortable.
Yup, but I rarely talk about them anyway in my blog. Plus i post my blogs to facebook so everyone knows it’s me anyway. But Sakshi I think hit the nail on the head. Keep blogging.