So yeah, I was talking to my mom last night about blogging. I write here and at my other blog. I freaking love to blog. There's something about getting my thoughts to lay out on the page in a linear fashion, and as my mom pointed out it's rather meditative. I know I'm not the first one to find comfort in blogging, but man I've had a rough go of it.
Last year when I very first started writing on my blogger blog (that sounds kinda funny when you say it out loud), I wrote about some sensitive family issues, and guess what? They ended up reading the post and were mad. I felt really torn. On the one hand, it's my blog and I can write what I want on it. It wasn't as if I had given out the person's name and address, but I had made them easily identifiable. In the end I decided that I would write all the feelings that I wanted to, but leave the specifics of who I was talking about out. And I edited my posts accordingly. Afterall, if someone else is having trouble with someone in their life they will be able to relate no matter what the specific relationship is.
Well, again, the turmoil is brewing. I don't actually think that the issue is what I've written on my blog, but rather that the other person is angry with me and is trying to lash out in any way possible. I won't leave you guessing about which post is the offender, it's this one.
I don't know what's so offensive about it. Every single word was and is true. So tell me, have I crossed some line into the horribly offensive?
I've often wondered how I would manage the emotions of others as a blogger. I joke that I have years of good material to share, but would fear the wrath of those around me if they identified themselves in my writings. Tough call, I guess.
I empathize with your family vacation struggles. We just got back from vacation with some of our family and it was a rollercoaster of fun, stress, over-the-top must do activities everyday togetherness, i'm too busy to watch your child, with an overtone of passive aggressive behavior and fortunately, lots of 3:00 margharitas. Sometimes family can suck all the relaxation right out of vacation. But without them, vacation would be boring with just mommy, daddy and baby, right? Quite a conundrum.