Is there anything you wouldn’t blog about?
I pinched this one from babyrambles…
When I first started my blog it was very fact based however over the years it has become more personal, especially after I decided to blog about my miscarriages last year, however there are many things I still won’t blog about.
* I don’t blog about friends or family explicitly, ie I won’t slag anyone off or reveal their identities in any way. I may mention a family member but only if it’s really necessary to whatever I’m blogging about.
* I don’t post any photos of family (other than Erin, myself and husband) or friends.
* I won’t post anything that may cause Erin to be embarassed when she’s older.
* I don’t write anything I wouldn’t like a stranger reading.
* I don’t post about other kids I know, for fear that there mum might actually find my blog and kill me 
* If I’m writing about something personal I always get a second opinion from my husband. He was actually the one that encouraged me to write about the miscarriages last year and he was right so I trust his opinion.
* I won’t write anything that I wouldn’t like my Nan reading (she reads this from time to time), so erm, extra curricular activities are off the menu 
I'm a 27 year old mum to 4 year old Erin. We live just outside Edinburgh in a small rural village.
I've been blogging for four years and write about anything and everything that takes my fancy.
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I am like you on this front too. I can not bring myself to shatter any taboo’s!
Interesting stuff, that. Because I hide behind anonymity, I’m perhaps a little more able, and I have talked about personal stuff like losing a baby, etc. My kids don’t really read my blog (thank god), and I keep full-face photos off the blog completely xx
I’m very impressed your nan reads your blog – my mum can barely use a computer and always complains that the words are ‘moving up and down’ too fast!
I’m quite strict about what I will and won’t write about and I would never talk about my friends’ personal lives, even though there’s is HEAPS to write about. I also won’t run recent pictures of my offspring.
It’s funny how you find you have these self-imposed rules isn’t it? My list is quite similar to yours. And writing about sad, personal events helps you process them too. I always find it encouraging when other people then tell you about their similar experiences, that’s the joy of blogging. I also find it interesting that many anonymous bloggers also have their ‘rules’.
I don’t write much about my children and steer away in particular from discussing anything about how they are getting on at school. I may write the odd post now and then but I’m not always a fan of reading about children through the eyes of their doting parents, sounds ridiculous to some I’m sure, each to their own! I will do a personal blog post now and again but mostly I am blogging to share information I hope may be useful or entertaining.
I suppose I think ‘Would I tell my friends this in real life?’ and that’s it!
Yesterday I was going to post a story about my Grandma for the Writing Workshop. She had an abusive step mother and had a rought time growing up. After I wrote it it, I was about to publish & just thought ‘what the hell am I doing?’ These were her stories of an unhappy childhood which, I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t want strewn around the internet (if she knew what it was). I can’t believe I almost published it! Sometimes I think I get caught up in ideas, not thinking that anyone can read it.
So, whilst there isn’t much I wouldn’t post about – I talk about & post pictures of my family – I wouldn’t reveal anyone’s secret or discuss anyone else on my blog without their permission. I would never slate my company or even talk much about work (I may allude to it now & again) as I publicise my blog on Facebook & have a few work colleagues on there. It doesn’t look good if HR are having a go online!
I also tend not to swear too much even though I have a right potty mouth in real life – again I’m friends with my mum’s friends on Facebook & I couldn’t look at them in the face if I was all f***ing this & f***ing that!
Oh and I wouldn’t slag anyone I know off, that’s just mean.
Sorry about that essay! I’ve obviously not learnt my lesson after the blogger e-course mentioning commenting *blushes*
Very tricky subject – my children now often say they don’t want me blogging about them, and I have to steer clear of other bits of my life for legal reasons (!!). I’ll pretty soon be just blogging about the weather ….luckily there’s lots of it in the UK ….
It’s a very difficult subject this and like English Mum and Dulwich Divorcee I blog anonymously which can be dangerous…you think you can get away with more but there’s alway a risk involved…..I may well have to start writing about the weather soon too. Or delete the whole thing! Lx
I am absolutely like you Erica. I basically wouldn’t blog about anything that would upset someone if they came across it.
I do retain some level of anonymity (I don’t use my married name) but still, I wouldn’t like someone writing about me so I wouldn’t do it about them.
I do have a line, a very thick black line that I do not cross!
I wouldn’t do nudity (ha, because that’s so something people would want to see, not, not, not!)
I think I’d quite like to see Angels & Urchins naked…just for research purposes obviously *cough*
This is a hard one, because often it ends up that something you think isn’t offensive, ends up being taken the wrong way. I don’t write about sex.
I like your “rules”, mine are similar.
My parents read mine, so I think of their feelings. And I don’t talk about my work or employer. I don’t find my ‘rules’ curtail my blogging. But then again, maybe I’m really boring to read!