On occasion I've heard this from real life people:
"You're texting someone you know through your blog? Do you even know them? I don't get it"
"You want to fly halfway across the country to meet people you met through
the internet? Are you insane? What if they're an old guy trying to kidnap you?"
"If you meet someone you know through the internet
you're gonna turn out like Natalie Holloway"
JEE! THANKS EVERYONE! Get a blog and maybe you'll understand this phenomoman!
I started my blog about a year ago on a whim. I was reading medical blogs for my job and was like hey, some of these comments are pretty cool...these people seem genuinely interested in this blog post. So, Young and Fabulous was born! For about a month, I blogged about pretty much nothing and had about 10 people that were interested in what I was saying. Then, I made a blog email and allowed comments to be sent there and BAM!
The first person that I could seriously say "wow I wish this chick lived closer so we could hang out" was
RISSY believe it or not! (believe it..haha I remember sitting in my little cube when I found her blog and I was like hmm..I think this girl is hilarious) Through Carissa's blog followers, I found more and more loves!
I never imagined blogging would turn out the way it did. I have met amazing people. I know so much about their lives via blogging and I just think that's fabulous. Blogging started out as a way to continue my love for writing, and turned into something more. Friendships. Daily texts/video chats. Daily emails. Facebook friends. I mean really, who wouldn't want to receive amazing pics like this on the daily ;-)
There is such negativity out there focusing on the internet and meeting people online. People take the horror stories and automatically assume every situation is like that. I'm sorry but, if I'm chatting daily with a blog friend and receiving pics/videos, I'd like to give them a medal if they're making it all up. That takes some SKILL!
So no, I do not think non-bloggers understand blogging. If they did, they'd understand the amazing friendships one can meet through this little website :-)
Seriously...can I meet all these girls RIGHT NOW?? We can go shoe
shopping because I forgot to add shoes to the fashionable triangle solid pattern dresses.
So what do you think? How do you explain to non-bloggers the kind of friendships you make through blogger, and it's not a creepy site?!
Happy Weekending!