Chixe

I wouldn't mind that much if they wrote about me (I'd want to read it, haha).

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Living it is better than speculation :)

You seem to be acting like you are covering up, a lot. Just kiddin'

Anyway, I wouldn't really care. The one thing I will definetly break up (or not even go out with), is if the chick sells herself on myspace. You know, those people that live on Myspace and put emo bathroom shots up...ughh.

I know someone who does blog occasionally about her budding relationship with her now live-in boyfriend. He knows she has a blog and has asked to see it but she won't let him. Some things must remain sacred I guess. :)

Well, um, he'd know I have blog and I might talk about him in a podcast or something. It takes experience to know the balance on what is okay to talk about and what should be left behind closed doors. Especially since people are getting fired/not getting hired for what other people say about them.

I am honest about it all to my husband - but I also don't really blog about our relationship. Considering he uses his g5 as a giant ipod charger and is taking his time about discovering online still - we're up to 8 years plus on the 'discovering computers' time.... gardeners don't see computers as essential it seems ;) - I'm slowly introducing him to blogging and actually trying to get him to do one with me this autumn on a different subject that I blog on now.

Lol, well my fiancée knows about my blogs, probably because they're integrated into my day-to-day activities and profession. She reads all my stuff and goes to Technorati to find out what other people are writing about me too lol.

I think it is always, but especially in this situation, incumbent upon the blogger to use extreme discretion with what they post. As a personal blogger, (as opposed to following a special interest topic) my content is stories from my life. But I realize i need to be especially careful when talking about relationships--friendships and romantic.

It was awfully cute (and I felt, flattering) when one time I mentioned my blog in passing, during a conversation entirely about something else. By the next day, my date had googled my name, sifted through thousands of results and found my blog, and read/skimmed 2 years' worth of archives. !! Talk about full disclosure right from the beginning...

Haha Christian, this is cute. I get a little weirded out if I read about myself elsewhere, I tend to keep personal relationships out of my blogging life.

My boyfriend knows I have a blog, and if he had a computer, I'm sure he'd be all over it.

I do use his name, because I figure if people know me, they'll know him (I mean real life people), but I don't talk about his son, or give out his last name, or name anyone in relation to him.

I suppose I could say I'm not afraid to bare it all, but I'll still protect the identitys of those around me. No one gets named on my blog but him and my sister (and she commented with her name first).

I've never gone as far to google my own name.

My ex knew I blogged and knew the URL, and I knew she blogged, because I designed and hosted it for her. We kind of had (and still have, I guess) an unspoken agreement that we didn't write about each other in a romantic sense - she got kinda edgy about it. I think she's just wary about what people might read about her.

I am married and I blog about my hubby.
But I always make sure it's something he's ok with me blogging about.
And because my hubby is in the military I make sure and not post much about that aspect of our life.
My husband reads my blog and 99% of time when he's reading it, he's laughing at what I write. So that's a good thing.

I say let the other person know you're writing about them. There should be that trust there anyway.

=D

Since more or less everything I blog comes from my life, the people around me know to expect to be mentioned on the blog - I do check with them before hand (one person said he didn't want to be talked about, so I didn't talk about him) and everyone gets a 'blog-name' if they want.

I always try and be a little circumspect however - with the last b/f once we were actually dating he was normally only mentioned in passing. Some things have to remain private! He knew I was blogging long before we got together and he even started a blog of his own.

The dilemma comes when you split up - what's the etiquette? It was a serious relationship but the ending was (more or less) cordial on both sides. Do I stop reading his blog, do I remove all pictures of him from my photostream, do I publicly denounce him on MY blog? It's MY blog right and what's the point in blogging if you can't vent your emotions?

After much thinking I didn't do any of those things because I was trying to be the grown-up. I stupidly enough kept his rss feed, the pictures are still there, and I've tried to remain pleasant.

Thing is, now we're both moving on to other people and... I'm not sure I want to read about his life any more! Is he still reading mine? I must admit there is still a part of me that thinks "am I making him jealous?"

So to answer the question - yes I'd talk about the other person on my blog and yes I'd date someone with a blog, but they'd have to be up front about it and tell me they HAD a blog.

My problem is what do you do when your father and brother start to read (and comment!) on your blog! I'm sorry, but there are things about my life that I do NOT want my big brother and dad to read about!

"My problem is what do you do when your father and brother start to read (and comment!) on your blog! I'm sorry, but there are things about my life that I do NOT want my big brother and dad to read about!"

LOL I agree. I made the stupid mistake of telling my sister about it, who then told my Mom, who told my OTHER sister, who mentioned it to.... well, you get the idea now. Pretty much everyone in my family knows. So when I want to share something personal I don't want them to read, that's when I make an entry private but sometimes I just think, "Screw it!" It's my blog. They'll just have to deal with it! lol

I didn't spill intentionally - Dad just asked how I was spending my spare time. Who'd have known he'd remember the damn URL and read, let alone be proud (!) and tell my brother?!

Here's me just being grateful my Mum can still barely only turn the computer on. Her reading the blog would lead to a whole host of conversations I really don't want to have round the Christmas dinner table!

Kind of depends how serious the couple is. It is a bit weird for someone whom you just started dating to blog about you. It's not weird to do, but it's weird to know about.