Married v. Single Blogs

I was reading my married friends blog today and I realized something as I was making a comment... there are a lot of comments on here! I looked at the past titles of the blogs and comments, and the majority of people who comment on her blogs are all married AND nearly all of her entries are about her child. Perhaps there are a couple of phenomenons at play here:
  1. Blogging is sometimes termed a virtual scrapbook, and married people have taken it to be a daily/weekly update of what their children are doing for those family/friends that don't live close. However, lots of married women take consderable time to blog and read other married blogs... and I'm convinced it is a bit of a competition to see who's child is the cutest or how great of a mom they are.
  2. Most single people do Facebook. Singles read other singles blogs only if you really think that what they have to say is cool. And singles only do blogs if they have something to say or love to write and express themselves... which sometimes could be a dangerous thing.
  3. What would married blogs be if they took away talking and posting pictures about their children? Sometimes I want to know what they are REALLY thinking, feeling, experiencing.
  4. It's sometimes easier to comment on married blogs, cuz all you have to say is "she's so cute" or "wow, he's really growing"... and get away with it. With single blogs you actually have to read them, and then comment. It is MUCH easier to look at pictures and comment.
In the end... both are good... both are favorites. But you know me... sometimes I have to point out the unspoken obvious. :)
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Amy said…
No pictures of "she's so cute" on this blog. I'm so happy to defy the stereotype! But maybe this just means that nothing exciting is happening in my life...sad!
June 11, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Linz said…
No, YOU're so cute! I do enjoy reading all your thoughts and commentary on life!
June 12, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Lori said…
There's also a difference between married people's blogs and married people with kid's blogs. I think everyone prefers the blogs of people with kids because they look at the cute kids...that's probably why I write so much about food, haha.
June 17, 2009 at 11:27 AM
politicchic6 said…
I thought about adopting a child and posting pictures of him/her just to get feedback on my blog... I refrained. I find I am a ghost reader of blogs. I will waste a whole afternoon reading all sorts of blogs and never comment. That is how I roll. And I know that certain people read and don't comment on my blog, which is just fine.
July 16, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Anonymous said…
I happened onto your blog from a friends blog and this post just made me laugh! I think that you are right...big differences between single and children blogs. Enjoyed your thoughts...hope you don't mind that i read your blog from time to time! :)
August 1, 2009 at 2:53 PM
The Battisti Family said…
It's true. And not just married blogs...you have to have kids to have something to "really" blog about right? I do like to express myself but I am too scared to do it on a blog where I would expose myself so much and have social remorse:) I probably shouldn't care what people think, but I'm embarrassed for myself sometimes when I go back and see what I wrote/felt/thought, etc. So, I save that for my hand written journals (which I hardly get around to writing in anyway.) So you're right, you don't really get to read what I'm really thinking...I think that's why I dont' even really like blogging. I feel like I can't be myself b/c I don't know my audience and I can't be as personal. Maybe I'll go private. I use it pretty much as a way to show pictures to people who want to see them and to remember a few things; but that's pretty boring and is probably just like every other married w/ kid's person's blog.
August 22, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Larissa said…
I have to say, when I am blog-stalking and I look through someone's blog roll and see a name AND another name (Jack & Jill), I automatically refrain from clicking because it almost guarantees nothing exciting will be there - just pictures of babies:-)
April 8, 2010 at 1:04 PM
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