Mommamia Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I need to set my question up for you :) Last year, on a curriculum message board I met a local woman. She shared about her homeschool group-and then I joined. She also shared her blog with me.....I've enjoyed reading it ever since. I also recently started my own blog. Ok....so on this ladies blog, she lists other blogs(including mine). I started casually reading a couple of the blogs(off and on). I realized that one of the blog writers also belongs to the homeschool group that I joined. Last night, I went to a homeschool meeting(for the moms). I met a woman and realized that I read her blog. So, I told her..." I feel like I know you, I read your blog." I told her that I found it off of so and so's blog. All she said was "oh". I tried chatting with her and then gave up. My question is....Should I NOT have told her that I read her blog??? I'm also wondering if, maybe, she reads my blog and just did not say anything. I can tell from my stat counter that local people are reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 My question is....Should I NOT have told her that I read her blog??? I don't see anything wrong with telling her - if she doesn't want her blog read by people, then she should make it private. ;) Maybe she was just having an off night - know what I mean? She might have had other things on her mind.... or, she might be shy - I'm like that...chatty as a coffee drinking parrot when I'm emailing, blogging, rattling around message boards, etc...not so much in person cuz I'm shy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Sounds like she was having an off night or is maybe not comfortable chatting with new people. A public blog is.....public. I don't blog, but I think I would be happy to know that someone was reading my public blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 (edited) I've had people come up to me and ask if I'm Trivium Academy at homeschooling events. It is a little unnerving that a stranger in front of me saying they know me. Especially if they tell me that I've been an inspiration or driving force in their homeschool... :blush: It's hard to talk to someone who says they know you when it is evident they don't b/c I'm not just my blog or WTM board member. I wouldn't mention anyone's blog unless you have a direct question about it, something to actually talk about. I only mention my blog to others if I have a resource listed or linked that would be of help to them, I don't mention it in casual, get to know you conversation. It's a very strange thing, my blog is out there for everyone to see yet it's my own private place. I feel so insignificant in the vastness of the blog world, that and I guess I get a little embarrassed saying I have a blog unless there is a purpose for it. p.s. My family (parents and such) don't even know I have a blog, I asked my mom if she'd like to be able to access pictures of the kids online and she said no so I figured there wasn't a reason to share. I am the same in life as I am online, albeit a little bit more opinionated online. :lol: That's just my take, Edited February 11, 2009 by Trivium Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmomof2boys Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I don't see anything wrong with telling her - if she doesn't want her blog read by people, then she should make it private. ;) Maybe she was just having an off night - know what I mean? She might have had other things on her mind.... or, she might be shy - I'm like that...chatty as a coffee drinking parrot when I'm emailing, blogging, rattling around message boards, etc...not so much in person cuz I'm shy. :) I agree, it was okay to tell her that you read her blog. I always thought that blogs were meant to be read by other people! I agree also, that she was probably shy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 My question is....Should I NOT have told her that I read her blog??? Some people use the internet for communication, but are not so great in person. I recall a most eloquent poster on a cooking group. He wrote about chocolate and coffee in a most passionate and sensual way. I happened to be going to Canada and offered to pick up some non-instant, full fat milk powder for him. We met, my ex and I, him in a coffee shop in a very public place. He couldn't make eye contact and mumbled a few words, handed me exact monies, took the bag and fled. He was also extremely tall, extremely thin, extremely pale, and had a very, very thick Scots accent. I learned a lot from him and the internet. I have since come to know that there is research into shyness and face-to-face content because of how some people have simply blossomed on line. Me, I sound exactly the same verbally as I do in print (or so I've been told), but there are many people who wear a different persona on-line. Don't take her lukewarmness personally. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommamia Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thanks for sharing your views all! I'm shy too--I totally stepped out of my comfort zone by telling her. My thought was that I would have felt so weird knowing so many things about her(because of what she has shared on her blog) but then pretending that I did not know her. Should I send her some sort of email explaining that I feel silly having mentioned her blog? Or, would that be just making things worse?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I've had people do that with me, but I'm fairly comfortable talking to anyone (even no one, not that I get to be alone that much:lol:) I sounds like she is just a bit shy with strangers IRL or having an off-night or whatever. I wouldn't sweat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommamia Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Just leave it and act like it was nothing. Yes! An IRL friend just said the same thing. Live and learn, right :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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