Comments on: Baby Mama Drama

By: Lisa B

Lisa B — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:26:04 +0000

I found a link to your blog on Celebrity Smack. I love your blog. You are so funny.

Oh and some women who happen to be moms can be sort of boring to talk to. Give them a blog and oh dear god. So I can see how the chick you linked to wanted to poke her own ear drums out. Being a mom sometimes I run across those people and feel the same way! But many mom bloggers are fun and great. I think it depends on the personality.

Alot of people define themselves through their jobs. And for SAHMs their job is their kids. So instead of tales of office politics and evading jerky bosses, they talk about how their kids shove matchbox cars down their pants.

But I love reading non-mom blogs. Its great to hear new perspectives and a good reminder of what life used to be like. Although I’m a SAHM, I don’t want to discuss my child 24/7. He’s cute and all but gah. SO I try not to talk about him all of the time because yes, there are other topics out there.

From the accounts I’ve read of Blogher, it was a total boozefest — and one I wish I could have gone to.

But anyway… LOVE your blog. You made me laugh out loud. Thanks! You are SUCH a cool chickie.

By: marybishop

marybishop — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:19:50 +0000

I love all blogs. Because, as of this moment, people are free to write whatever they want. This is good. Our freedoms are ebbing away and I know it won’t last here (as in blogland) forever.

I’ve been Blog-offended and offended Bloggers. This is also good. It’s very much like life unscripted.

When we all have to be super-polite, put our blog entries through a PC check, worry about which group we might offend…we’ll water down our thoughts and ideas until they’re so diluted they aren’t worth the pixels on the page.

Offend and be offended I say!

By: Paddymick

Paddymick — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:31:24 +0000

Hanni,

Got to give you creds here. You are one of the few (and I do mean few–there are only three) non-political blogs I read. I am a political blogger for the most part–not because I like politics, but because I think the more opinions we share the wiser everyone will eventually be… but I digress.

I love your blog. You are a breath of fresh air. Let the all the mudslingers sling away. The tidy Hannihaus will put them all to shame. Keep the smiles a comin’!

By: Dima

Dima — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:12:46 +0000

The problem is all in perception. Someone writes an opinion, and a ton of people all of a sudden think it applies to them. Mom + blogging does not equal Mommy Blogger. I think the intended *hated* group was one of those *my child is the next messiah* kind of group. We all know someone like that. And those were the same people who before they had their little rascals, thought they were better than you in one way or another, bigger boobs, cuter boyfriend, nicer hair, better make up application abilities, etc. You get the point.
I love Sherri to death, and I know her in real life, and no one who attacked her knows her enough to pass on the judgment. She takes it well anyway, because she’s smart and knows that people can only judge you by what you choose to share with them on the Internet. But one misunderstood post shouldn’t make or break the deal. People read into things what bothers them already. There are other moms out there who blog and who read Sherri and they didn’t get offended, because they know they’re not annoying shits about their kids. No one was hating on people who love their kids, everyone does. It’s just the people who have nothing else to talk about. I don’t care if they spend all their blog time posting about their kids. I don’t have to read their blogs, and I move on. The situation was that they were in a conference for women bloggers, some of whom don’t have children, and some of whom aren’t even married. The idea was for bloggers to come together and talk about blogging, not personal lives. I think if you think about it that way, you can see where she was coming from. I know Sherri isn’t a hater of kids. People need to understand what they’re reading. But don’t get me started on the average person’s reading abilities. We already know my opinion about their math abilities.
Everything was blown way out of proportion, by none other than the few mommies who automatically thought she was talking about them. Why? Because they know they are like that. If they didn’t like what they read, they should’ve moved on and put her blog on their don’t-read list. It’s really that easy!
Worse comes to worst, if you’re one of those “offended” ladies, go back to your own blog and write about how you hate single women. She didn’t name names, and didn’t directly throw insults at a specific person. So there was no need to call her names (as Kerri said). That made them all look that much more petty.

By: kerri

kerri — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:54:24 +0000

Speaking as a nonnie, and a BlogHer attendee, and someone who sprints away from estrogen-like-drama whenever it surfaces, I have to agree with ScottyGee. Things were blown way! out of proportion, misquoted, and got downright nasty really quickly. On both sides. And, as he mentions, some of the comments on her site were so horribly mean and personal that it seemed disproportionate to the post itself. As for the comment to comment backlash between readers and Sherri herself? I wonder how anyone would feel and respond if they were called nasty things, like “a bitch” (being most offensive, to me, personally, but not the least of insults received by her) on their own site…

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:36:26 +0000

Well you can read all about my feelings on this scandle here:
http://www.mamajennwentzell.blogspot.com/

By: Cze-Johnson Carrie

Cze-Johnson Carrie — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:40:28 +0000

hmph. guess I was puking too much this weekend to know what the crapper was going on.

The important question here is does everyone still agree that Mimi is a whorey cow????

off to read about people hating people hating…..

By: Lazy Lightning

Lazy Lightning — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:32:27 +0000

Well… I have to say that as a young person with no kids (yet), I don’t find myself deeply interested in blogs that are all about someone’s kids. However, I can certainly why moms blog about their kids, and if I had a kid too, I’d probably be really interested in reading about others’ experiences with theirs. And I’d hope other people were interested in my kids, because I’d sure as hell be posting about them too!

By: Erin Mc

Erin Mc — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:49:43 +0000

Everyone should read the post that Shelia linked to. It is insightful and I am happy to have read it. Hopefully it puts an end to this “he said, she said” stuff.

By: gary

gary — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:37:25 +0000

I must say that I’m not overly fond of the average mommy blog, so I have decided that I will never have one.