Comments on: My Recommended Training for Corporate Bloggers: Live with a Mommy Blogger

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:25:58 +0000

Amanda, thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog. At first, if Jane blogged about me in a negative light, I didn’t like it. Now I’m just happy if I factor into her posts from time to time. I understand that one person’s perspective doesn’t always represent reality. Fortunately, she usually is generous in the way she describes things.

By: Amanda @ Serenity Now

Amanda @ Serenity Now — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:41:36 +0000

Loved this! I stopped by from Jane’s blog. My husband says silly stuff all the time, and I tease him that I’ll be blogging about his words later. I don’t. Usually.

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By: maria05

maria05 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:54:48 +0000

this is the first time i heard about mommy blogger. this will be very helpful to all the mom's and soon to be mom's or to all women who want to express their thoughts and emotions. This will also be a good idea in having corporate trainings. Speaking of training, just want to share with a link that i recently found it's eleapsoftware , they also have online training. You might also be interested. Anyway, i had fun reading your blog.

By: Заврагин

Заврагин — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:49:56 +0000

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By: Tasha

Tasha — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:50:53 +0000

I just came to your blog through Mother in Israel’s blog. I haven’t read Jane’s yet. I just have to say that SHE is also lucky. I have been blogging for two years and my husband has never read my blog or expressed any interest in it, except to occasionally complain that I spend too much time on the computer. I think it would be really cool if he did, but then again, he would see all the ranting I’ve done about him and probably be hurt – not so big on the transparency thing. So, I guess I’ll count my blessings, and leave it at You’re pretty cool to give Jane props for her blog. Now I will go check out Jane’s blog.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:47:02 +0000

I guess I’m a mommy blogger, but I’m not a mommy! Thought provoking post, but there has to be a different term that can apply to childless women bloggers too! The concept behind my blog is the same though – a little slice of life.

By: M

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:58:24 +0000

The pseudonyms are a great idea to protect your real identities. I think I am going to employ it myself! In fact, I am employing it right away All credit for the idea to Jane, of course!

My husband is terrified of the big bad world of the Internet. He knows I blog, but I never sent him the blog address – fearing he might blow his top/not care one way or the other. Anyway, he stumbled upon it by accident one day while using my computer, and found it amusing that I blog He is still quite scared and has a strict ‘no pictures’ policy. So I can’t put up pictures on my blog – even though I’d love to post some pictures of my kids.
And I purposefully avoid talking about him in my blogs. So it is a sterile blog in many ways

I guess your freedom to write and put up pictures also depends on where you live, how secure you feel, etc. Where I live, there have been instances of Internet crime – people copying pictures and misusing them, causing a lot of trouble to the writers/posters – especially women. Imagine your own picture on another website – stuck on to someone else’s underclothed body seamlessly (hail photoshop!). So pseudo is the way to go I suppose

Having said that, I really admire your posts (yours and Jane’s) for the free-flowing honesty that I get to glimpse in them Keep ‘em coming!

By: Sharla

Sharla — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:10:16 +0000

I recently found Jane’s blog and I’m hooked. I can’t even wait until I get the post in my email to read it. It’s fun to get to hear your voice too. My husband doesn’t even read my blog I don’t think. So I guess what he doesn’t know can’t hurt him!

Sharlas last blog post..Book Giveaway winner!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:54:28 +0000

@ Ayesha, do I feel pressured to be on my best behavior? Not really. I act pretty normal. I can’t think of one thing I would do differently knowing that Jane is figuratively wearing an “I’m blogging this” shirt. However, it does cross my mind occasionally, particularly if I’m doing something dumb.

Re pseudonyms to protect real identities, yes, this was the original intent. We didn’t want to corner our girls into an online identity they didn’t themselves create.

@ Jane, did our communication increase ten-fold? As we discussed offline yesterday, you’re right, it’s an exaggeration. But come to think of it, we tend to talk a lot more about blogging than we ever used to. So it has given rise to an entirely new dimension to our conversations.

@ Sue I’m flattered that you follow both our blogs. Jane has been telling me about your blog for a while and I keep meaning to subscribe (I just now did). Thanks for commenting and following us.

@ Memarie, I think it will take time for your husband to get used to being a presence in your posts. Some people are more open to transparency than others. Also, thanks for the video clip — I enjoyed it.

@ Natasha, thanks for the comment. Considering your husband’s position as a crown-high prosecutor, I’m honored that we share a similar viewpoint.

@ Kirsty, it’s really interesting to hear you say, “I feel your blogs together are my life (except completely different …).” I hadn’t imagined that our blogs were complementary in that way, but I can see how they totally are.