Ten things not to say to a mummy blogger at the Christmas party…
Now that the silly season is in full swing, here’s ten things you should not say to your local mummy blogger at the neighborhood Christmas bash…
1. “I didn’t know you were into archeology.”
2. “What do you do in your spare time?”
3. “Why don’t you just keep a journal?”
4. “Aren’t you busy enough with the children?”
5. “I wanted to be a journalist too!”
6. “My nephew works at Tesco, I’ll see if he can get you a contact there.”
7. “Here’s a tissue darling, Jane said you had a booger.”
8. “My GP is great, I’m sure she’d give you a Prozac prescription if you asked…”
9. “The local college offers some good extended education courses…”
10. “Have you tried quilting?”
OK, ladies, what else would get under your collar?
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TooManyHats | 16th Dec 08
Well, I’m in the U.S. and everyone has a blog here – I mean everyone – from grandmas to 5 year olds. I just started a few months ago and before that never really got it. I would be the one asking why and starring blankly at people. I thought where do they find the time, why would they want to put their thoughts out there on the world wide web, I was clueless.
What I found out after starting my blog is that it is not just about what I blog – I LOVE visiting other people’s blogs. Some are so witty and funny, others are really serious and intellectual, and some are just like me, but I get something from each. If my blog ceased to exist, I would still visit my bloggy friends.
So, those that don’t get it now may get it later.
Audrey | 16th Dec 08
It’s funny I don’t mention it either. I’m very careful to not write anything too offensive about anyone JUST IN CASE I get outed one day.
Just A Plane Ride Away | 16th Dec 08
Number 2. Definitely Number 2 (in general, even without the blog!) 🙂
feener | 15th Dec 08
who wants to hear all that whining on line
Jo Beaufoix | 15th Dec 08
I tend to get the, ‘hmmmm’, and ‘why?’ response, but a few people have gone on to look and given me lovely feedback. I tend to tell people who I feel might be interested. Most people don’t seem to know what a blog is and I find it hard to explain without sounding a bit mad. 😀
21st Century Mummy | 15th Dec 08
LOL – I dreaded the mothers at school finding out that I blog and it was my dark secret for a while. Then one day, I was brave enough to show the Headteacher The Rubbish Diet blog and I’ve been gradually coming out ever since.
I featured one of our neighbours’ chicken courses on The Rubbish Diet, last week with a You Tube video. It’s now spread around the whole school, as I discovered at the school fair on Friday when fingers were pointing. At least they were all smiling…in a good way, I hope 😀
Millennium Housewife | 15th Dec 08
Yup, it’s the why (and shrugged shoulders)response that gets me most MH
Treemama | 15th Dec 08
As my Dad said last night, “What is a blog?”
I tell him.
Looks at me blankly, “Why?”
Some people just don’t get it.
Bee | 15th Dec 08
I wish that I could think of something funny to say . . . but honestly, I rarely “share” that I have a blog unless I think that the person I am speaking to would be into that sort of thing.
The only time I included it in cocktail party conversation was on the occasion of a party for the alumni of my husband’s very fancy business school. (When you are surrounded by high-fliers, it is particularly difficult to respond to that inevitable question: What do you do?) The man I ended up talking to was completely fascinated: He thought blogging was the coolest!