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Permalink Reply by Karen Hug-Nagy on January 16, 2011 at 1:51pm

I most definitely agree, when you mention that you have a blog to some people, they just look at you like what the heck is she talking about. My family thinks it's great and they read it everyday.

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Permalink Reply by Alaina Forbes on January 17, 2011 at 11:19pm

Waste of time.

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Permalink Reply by Hanan W. on January 20, 2011 at 2:53am

It is isn't it!!

Amy {Mom Spark & Mom Made That!} said:

Most of my family and friends don't understand it at all, especially when I try to explain what I do on Mom Made That! My grandma REALLY doesn't get it, but then again, she doesn't get the internet. :)

You're right, there is a disconnect, and because of that, most don't take it as serious as we do. My dad was surprised that people actually purchase ad space on my sites. I told him that I worked very hard to get to that point!

I suppose blogging is my secret life. Ha!

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Permalink Reply by Dawn Lopez on January 20, 2011 at 2:15pm

They seem interested, but not enough to actually really look into it. Its kind of sad ;(

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Permalink Reply by Sontia Lewis on January 23, 2011 at 10:56am

I get mixed reactions. Some think it's silly, waste of time. Some think it's take a pretty big ego to think my life is worthy of it's own website. Others think it's super cool.

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Etolen on January 26, 2011 at 12:04pm

My family is super-supportive of my writing in any form. My mom is very involved in SEO-type stuff and affiliate marketing. She actually bought me my domain for my birthday last year, and just bought me my review blog domain.So she's nothing but encouraging.  My aunts don't really read my blog (I think they're afraid it's like an invasion of my privacy, which is funny since I've always told them everything since a young age), but they support my writing in general. I have one extremely technologically challenged friend who doesn't read it but thinks it's cool that I do it.

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Permalink Reply by Cardiogirl on January 29, 2011 at 4:34am

My friends think it's like online dating and have no idea why a married woman would be interested in meeting other bloggers.

 

Cardiogirl

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Permalink Reply by Ceinwyn Rudnick on February 4, 2011 at 4:39pm

It's funny but even when I blog about friends or family members and say "Hey, I wanted to publicly thank you for how cool you are/being my friend/watching my son" I get a blank stare, and the people I want to thank never even read the post! Oh well:)

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Permalink Reply by Madison O'Sullivan on February 4, 2011 at 8:09pm

They don't quite get it, but know I enjoy it:)

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Ketchem on February 5, 2011 at 6:08pm

Unfortunately, until you start actually making decent money on the blog, most people think it's a waste of time or a cute little thing SAHM does in between loads of laundry and volunteering at the school.  :(

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Permalink Reply by Rachel on February 11, 2011 at 3:13pm

I agree about the disconnect.  My husband is actually pretty derisive because he thinks my free time should be spent more productively.  I feel like it's a hobby and it's equivalent to him playing Playstation, except my hobby gets us free stuff and saves money.  It's pretty frustrating at times.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Rheinlander on February 11, 2011 at 3:32pm

I'm with Jennifer... they either think it is silly(nothing special) or really cool!

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