Ok, so I was telling my husband about this whole blogging thing. We have had some, shall we say, interesting incidents at the b.glam offices and they have involved the site and blogging. He didn't really get why people are so into telling everyone around the world about their lives and their daily "goings on." Personally, I agree too. Who really cares what I am doing on a day to day basis, but I guess someone does.
So, why is this blogging thing so big? And more importantly, why do people who haven't even met you think that they are your "besties" (this is a college term that I have lovingly kept around because it reminds me of one of my "besties" KT)
When you "meet" someone it is face to face as far as I am concerned. If I have talked to you on the phone or emailed you, I haven't "met" you - I have only emailed or talked to you!
So, it is hard for me to understand why people who haven't even "met" (on my terms face to face) feel that they need to know personal things about you.
I have kept many different groups of friends over the years.
1.There are my friends who I grew up with, which I call "family friends",
2.there are my high school friends, who I actually still see as best as I can - there are about 10 of them and that is a big % seeing that I graduated from a CO-ED Private School with 34 graduates,
3. there are my college friends who are divided into separate groups also -
4. my DG friends,
5. my field hockey friends,
6. and then the random others
7. Then, I go to after I graduate and have my teaching friends, Seeing that I was at a couple different schools teaching, I have about 3 sets of teaching friends. (along with my post-graduate/Masters friends)
8. I have my Mom friends
9. My co-workers presently
10. And finally, another group of "club" friends!
BOY OH BOY!!! That is really exhausting!
However, out of all those friends, they probably would care less about what I am blogging about.
So, I am posing the question to all you "bloggers" out there....
What is so interesting about following other peoples lives, via the Internet, that you haven't even "met?"
Labels: blogging, friends