I’m in a dilemma.
I’m supposed to teach my best friend how to blog about her handmade jewelry today but how do I teach her without showing her my blogs? Especially since I will be helping to promote her stuff later.
She knows I blog but she doesn’t know the address and I’m not very keen for her to read what I write here. I’m perfectly fine opening up to strangers, but having people I know read my thoughts is another thing. Actually she knows a lot more about me than what I share here but it’s just that I’m not comfortable with her reading what I write. Yeah, I’m just being quirky.
All my blogs are interlinked. She will find her way here once I point her to one. And I’m not about to remove those links either.
So what should I do? She will ask for sure.
I am the same as you. My personal friends don’t have my blog urls. I don’t think you need to worry. You can always teach her without showing your blogs. Just point her to some other blogs for example. And tell her very nicely that you prefer to keep your blog anonymous.
Comment by mumsgather — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 @ 9:36 am
ehhhh. if you don’t remove any links, then there’re no 2 ways about it. you can say you prefer to keep your anonymity and privacy. then point her to other blogs to take a look.
BUT.
take it as you don’t tell her now. you know that if you promote her stuff on any of your blogs, and she does a search and finds her way there,she’ll know it’s you anyway.
back to square one.
the only way is to NOT mention about her jewelry at all and don’t tell her your blogs.
Comment by imp — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 @ 10:20 am
Make another blog with no links?
Comment by Irene — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 @ 10:34 am
Considering what everyone said above - that’s a tough one. However, if she’s your best friend, I’m sure what you say on here won’t affect your relationship. Sometimes words are just words & thoughts are just thoughts.
Comment by MK — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 @ 12:30 am
Maybe try being honest with her and tell her you feel awkward sharing your blog? I’m not sure how she’d take it but i’ve had to face situations like this before and usually telling the truth went well but there were a couple of situations where it wasn’t taken as well as I had expected. Dealing with stuff like this is so hard
Comment by Amy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 @ 12:52 am
I think i would be honest.. i’m sure she will understand.. and if she doesn’t.. so what.. eh..
Comment by Mama Bok — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 @ 3:09 am
Easy, make your blog protected…lol!
Even if you didn’t let her know about your blog, it’s not hard to search for you online.
Comment by ilovepearly — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 @ 6:24 am
Thanks everyone for your inputs!
I actually wanted to avoid telling or showing her altogether but I forgot that Viva Woman is set as the default homepage on my browser! So when I open up my IE, it was there for her to see. Haha…
But, that was the only blog she saw and we even discussed how I could promote her stuff there. She’s not IT savvy at all, so I’m thinking she may not find the links afterall.
Anyway, she even forgot to ask for the URL so I’m hoping she’ll not ask…heehee…
Comment by sesame — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 @ 9:02 am