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In general, my years of blogging have been good. People are generally nice. Lots of friends find me. Generally, it's all good, clean fun.
Occasionally someone will find my blog, or some article I wrote, and contact me in a slightly unsettling manner. They might be fantastic people. Probably are wonderful, law-abiding citizens. I just get a weird feeling from the interactions since we have little or no shared background, yet sometimes an individual will launch into a level of information that it may take months to achieve in a real-life relationship. I have a low threshold and tolerance for such interactions and seek to end them as quickly as possible. I won't go into details, but suffice it to say that 2 different men have creeped me out recently in response to my web presence.
So there are some things that I need to remind my kind and wonderful readers who are not also my real-life friends:- Don't assume that you know me. The blog is a persona, not the whole me, just a version of me.
- Be respectful. Don't overstep your boundaries. It isn't cool to start quoting things about me to me, it's weird and it puts me at a disadvantage in a conversation. I don't like it and it isn't a way to impress me.
- I don't ever to know about your sex life.
- You go be who you are. I'll do the same. Vive la difference!
- Any expression of my personal opinions, preferences, and beliefs on my blog is not a direct assault against you and your life. Again, I encourage you to be who you are.
I used to have comments enabled on my blog. A severely creepy incident a while back ruined that for me. In fact, that incident is probably why I am so sensitive to anyone even slightly overstepping now. I still haven't forgotten the one from my past, and I don't have blog comments as a result.
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