February 17, 2009
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Blocking Your Mom
I was reading a pulse by nimbusthedragon in which she mentioned that she blocked her mom from her xanga site.
If your mom found your xanga site, would you block her?
I was reading a pulse by nimbusthedragon in which she mentioned that she blocked her mom from her xanga site.
If your mom found your xanga site, would you block her?
Comments (155)
Yes!
No
No. I have no reason to.
My mom is one of my most frequent commenters.
-does a “I was first” dance in celebration-
Now to elaborate! Haha.
If she found my OTHER xanga, I’d be okay with that.
No, not my mom (but I really had no secrets from my mom. Not since I was … I dunno, 12 or so.
). But I would block my dad in a heartbeat, and I will block my MIL if she shows up here! Seriously. I like the lady, but no way is she ever (EVER!) reading my blog.
@trebleclef402 - Yeah, but your mom is so cool she farts ice cubes.
Only if I had something to hide… My Mom comes by often though.
No, my site is public, there’s no way to keep someone from reading it who just isn’t logged in. I have no idea if my mom reads my Xanga or even knows what a Xanga is. And while there’s a few things on there that I’d rather she not see, it isn’t the end of the world if she does.
In the past, I would have. I wouldn’t have wanted my mom to worry about me, even though the act of blocking her would send her the message that she should worry about me so I’d probably keep her off my protected list.
Now, I have no reason to block my mom.
hahahahahahahahaha if she cud fynd it no i wudnt blok her
gud luk finding me mom hahahahahahahahaha
No, she doesn’t speak English.
I would give anything if my mom were still here to read my blog. she’d love it!
No. The whole point of my xanga when I started it was to keep in touch with family. I do, however, have most family members blocked from my protected list. That gives me one place I can vent without the entire family hearing about it.
No. I don’t post things that I would be ashamed of, and I think it would be cool if my mom got a xanga, I would want her to feel welcome on xanga, and not be blocked by her own daughter. Just my personal opinion….and it probably depends on the person & what their mother is like too.
Without hesitation.
no.
yes
EVERY single person in that I know in person is blocked from my blog. My blog is my place for my thoughts and whatever, and I have never ever allowed anyone in my real life access voluntarily. I’m not hiding anything from anyone, but my blog is quite personal. It’s where I go to sort things out in my mind, and that’s a personal process.
@CanadianBroad - LMAO!
LOL! DUH! I really don’t want my mother reading in explicit detail about all of my sexual exploits…
@skinnychic8 - It’s not that I’m ashamed of what I post, fyi. It’s just that I’m blunt, and wouldn’t want her to gauge her eyes out, hehehe. ^_^
nah.
@saintvi - Did you see what @CanadianBroad - said? LOL!
yes
Thinking of previous blogs, before Xanga, I’ve said worse to her face. I’ve even said things with a bit of compassion to them, tried to help for the benefit, rather than criticizing… Nothing works, since she doesn’t see a problem.
she did, I didn’t.
@trebleclef402 - Shall I test her theory to see if it holds water?
Nope. I don’t have a reason to block her.
Besides. My mom wouldn’t get one. She can’t really work the DVD player let alone a computer.
but if she had one. That would be sweet. One way to stay connected (she lives 4 hours away)
yes. she knows I have one and I told her I’ll share some stuff with her sometimes, but she knows better than to snoop. besides, then she’ll know too many things about me that I haven’t told her.. and don’t really plan on telling her
No!
But my family is also very close, and we really don’t keep secrets from each other. Both of my parents are my friends on Myspace.
It is not my mom I am worried about
nope, wouldn’t block her…in fact, I’d like for her and my family to read my posts…might get them interested in various other topics of discussion besides politics, and other too serious conversations.
My mom would block me. XD
No.
No, I would not. I can talk to my mom about anything and have and will continue to, so whatever I write she has probably already heard or talked with me about.
No, I actually love when my mom reads =)
she doesnt have an account, but i email her my link. Theres nothing to hide here
she calls me enough without being able to get on my nerves there too.
I might would. Not because I fear being in trouble or anything silly like that, it’s that my Mom has a certain image of me. She knows a partial truth about who I am. However, she doesn’t know the really raw, honest, blunt side of me that I show everyone in the world except her. My Xanga doesn’t expose tons of it, but there are some blogs where I mention the drinking (which is about 10x more than what she would imagine me drinking), the one night stands, the long nights lying on the floor going half way insane, and all of that good stuff.
For her well being, I would probably block her, or make most of my post preferred.
Years ago, I’d of been okay with her reading.
yes.
Honestly, my Mom wouldn’t care.
I would never block my mom from my Xanga site.
1 – She would get lost in the world wide web. She is computer illiterate.
2 – My mom is one of my best friends. I consider my mom to be one of the only people in my life that I can tell anything to and she will still love me unconditionally. Without our mothers, we wouldn’t be here to post blogs on xanga… My mom is hands down one of the strongest women I know, She is my first critic when it comes to this site. I will read it to her before it is even posted.
I know not everyone can have a cool mom like mine, but come on… Open up to your mom/family… because in the long run, they are all you’re going to have in the end. Friends come and go, but family always sticks together. Through anything and everything.
Not permanently, only as a joke. On the other hand, I might just abandon my Xanga altogether. : ) Not even sure I’d do that.
I don’t think I’ve posted anything I’m embarrassed about, I just want some personal space. Not that I consider comments posted on the World Wide Web to be particularly personal. : )
My mom has found my site. I’m glad she reads it.
@malissa1578 - RIGHT ON!
I absolutely love reading that I am not the only one out there that can talk to their mom like she is their best friend…
Kudos to youu and everyone else as cool as us. <3
MOMS ROCK!
Definately.
No…If my mom was able to find it, it would be a huge technological accomplishment for her. Why ruin that?
Aside from some angsty teen posts I have nothing to worry about on mine. None of my lurid secrets are ever written down or posted. I have my real life Greek chorus for that.
probably hahaha.
i don’t think my mom would ever be able to even turn a computer on, so I don’t have any worries about her actually finding my xanga site, but if by some miracle she did, well, yeah, I’d block her.
She used to comment me . . . I did make a new site when she came on Xanga but I never really used it. I don’t care if she reads my blog.
My mom used to read my Xanga, but now she’s totally engulfed in FACEBOOK! My sister locked her from her page, but no, I wouldn’t.
No she does not know about Xanga.
No.
I found out my mom found my old xanga site and then she went completely nuts after reading one of my posts about a bad day I had. (my mom is serverly bipolar) that was the last time i had a public xanga.
If my site is public then I have no reason to block her. However, if I have friends lock on then I have a reason because I want to monitor who can view my page.
@nimbusthedragon - hey :0) hope i didn’t offend you, i was actually meaning that i would add my mom because i know my page wouldn’t offend her….i didn’t mean that you had anything to be ashamed of :0) everyone’s relationship with their parents is completely different & i don’t think it’s right or wrong either way. hope you have a good day!
My mom doesn’t even know how to go on the internet or rather she doesn’t even know HOW TO TURN ON THE COMPUTER!!!
The only reason my site isn’t public to people that aren’t signed in is so that my mother can’t read it..
If she ever got a xanga..she’d be blocked as quickly as humanly possible.
no. no need too. Mom never uses a computer.
No. I don’t write anything juicy enough on here.
My stepmom found mine once, though, and I blocked her when I figured out who it was and got over the hilarity of her stalking me.
My one daughter did. Actually, I think she quit using Xanga, but maybe she still reads mine in secret. This one likes to have her own little world. I give her the space.
no
then again my mom cut me off 11 years ago. and there’s this part of me that’ll always be that pathetic clingy baby, craving and yearning for her attention.
Probably. I denied her friend request on Facebook, too.
My mom can’t even use a mouse, she wouldn’t know what to do if she did find it.
But, I’d block her just incase.
MOST DEFINITELY!
But my parents won’t find it – after all they are like never home and do not really care what I do anyways (as long as I don’t act up – like demanding to fire our maid)…
Without a moment’s hesitation.
Yes, and moreover, I would move to friend’s lock.
My mom would never find my xanga, because she can’t even check her own email… she doesn’t know how to use a computer at all. But if by some MIRACLE she did… yes, i would block her..
No.. One mines Dead. 2 my dd & I actually like each other.. Go figure…God does Amazing things
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hahaah after I stopped laughing my ass off I would.
Psh, no. I read most of my blogs to her.
Yes. Not because I’m saying bad things, but to protect her from knowing the pain in my life.
@TifanyEde - All of us girls are like that in our family. There is nothing we are scared to share with each other. Why should we be. Its awesome to be able to confide in your parents. In the end its always your family that you will have left after all the things in life. At least that is the way it is in my family. And for that I am grateful. My mom rocks and is the one person I can turn to about everything, even above my SO.
My mom doesn’t know how to read, speak or write in English.
No,
I’d just have to make a whole bunch of protected posts!
I’ve already blocked my dad, like, 6 times.
Yes. I would block anyone I knew. I like to have my site so I can post random writing and maybe get some feedback. I don’t want to talk about it offline.
@nattata - Lucky!
@CanadianBroad - BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
ironically, I just put on xanga lock… and when I visited my mom I saw her log into her own newly made xanga site just so she could check out mine. I didn’t block her, but I made tons of stuff protected.
I wish parents both would read my Xanga. When they have before they have learned things about my family they haven’t care to ask about. I think they have seen 2 of their 5 great grandchildren. SAD!!!!! My grandkids don’t even know who they are.
@saintvi - Please take pics!!!
Maybe, probably not. I do not do a lot of parent bashing anyway
@skinnychic8 - No no, no offence taken at all. I was just explaining that I didn’t really block her because I was ashamed… but mostly because my blog lets out the cynical bitch in me (which does need venting) which I don’t necessarily want her to see. Just wanted to throw it out there, lol. Cheers.
Yep.
@saintvi - LOL
Yes.
no, but i may make some of my posts unavailable for her to see
@CanadianBroad - lol
Yep
yes. i don’t tell my mom anything. and it would be annoying if she read my xanga because she’d ask me so many questions. besides, i have my settings set where she’ll never be able to find my sites/anyone that i know won’t.
I blocked my mother from this site shortly after I had made it a few years ago. Depends on the relationship you have with them, no?
@nattata - same here
Probably, but only because I started this Xanga to have something secret for myself, I tell Mom practically everything anyway.
yes, in a heartbeat
@nimbusthedragon - Cool :0)
My Mom read my blog all the time. I was flattered. No, I wouldn’t.
My mom knows I have a xanga but respects my privacy enough not to snoop. I do occasionally show her entries that I select, however.
My mom is subscribed to my xanga site.
If my mom found me on Xanga, let alone becoming computer savvy enough to get a membership… I dunno. I’d probably have to block her for fear of being beaten.
In a heartbeat.
Nah, my mom is all up in my business anyways.
I would say no because my mom doesnt know how to use the computer telly but I know what you mean and but if I had a choice Id say no because well if you made a website talking to strangers and posting about your personal life well mommy has been there for you since the beginning
and yes I know it is easy to become impersonal with strangers but you know if the mom is blocked that does mean that person carries shame to what they write and know they shouldnt do it to begin with, just saying, opinion.
Yes, I don’t like her knowing what’s going on in my life.
I have mine on xanga lock. So she’d need a xanga to see it.
BUT…if she got one, I’d have to block her. Xanga is the only place I can be ME without anyone in my family reading it. I don’t write nicely about my family all the time.
Absolutely, yessss
i didnt block her on facebook
but i blocked her on xanga
YES. I would. My Xanga is where I rant and say how I feel. I wouldn’t need my mother to be all up in my business. If I want her to know something, i’ll just tell her.
no, she wouldn’t read it anyways.
nah
Yes. This is the one place where I can write about all of my secrets that I don’t want her knowing.
Haha, there’s a reason I have sign in lock on my site…
Oh hell yes! My daughter’s friends had to BEG her to unblock me from her Facebook. I’m not blocked, but not allowed to post anything or tag her in anything.
My family is denied access to my protected xanga stuff. I’m pretty uncensored there.
I probably wouldn’t, but there’s not much of a chance that she’ll get a Xanga, anyway.
MOST DEFINITELY! The stuff we write about is definitely not suitable to be read by our parents…
Nope. I’m very open with my mom. I don’t write anything that she doesn’t know about.
No, that would be mean.
I would feel weird. I would never add my mum, but I’m not sure I’d block her, either. That said, I don’t think she’d pursue it and follow my blog if I asked her not to.
No.
Haha, my parents are the only reason I have “user block” on right now. I can’t figure out how they’re reading it, so I have to narrow it down. I haven’t ifgured out how they’re getting to it/what their username is….
If I knew, I’d block them, for sure.
Yuhhhh, I would definitely block her.
I feel ashamed, but the majority of my beliefs are not based off of hers, or even the ones I grew up with. I don’t act different because of my beliefs.But if my mom knew… oh God, that would be a nightmare.
I blocked my mom the other day when she tried to hit me with a right hook.
I wouldn’t like her reading it, but I wouldn’t block her; I’d just tell her.
Yes, most definitely. I need some privacy, sheesh.
yeap yeap
Probably not, but then again, I don’t use Xanga as a really personal blog–that’s somewhere else, and only I know about it.
I wouldn’t care because I don’t post often, and I won’t post something if there is *at least* one person who shouldn’t read it.
if one person “shouldnt read it” then they call can’t read it. it sucks, but its the truth
I would block my mom. I don’t want her reading MY “journal”
Aha, absolutely. My mom’s so creepy. She would check it every day.
NO
My mother leaves me loving and adorable comments, no matter how perverted I get online to others in front of her.
She ruined the internet for me.
No, I don’t really care who sees what.
No, I’m cool with her reading my blog. She knows everything going on in my life already. Besides, all the good stuff is set in private. hehe
haha my mom doesnt know how to turn on a computer let alone find my xanga.
nah. i don’t think she’d know it was me.
yea
Nahhh… my mom reads my blogs every once in a while. I really don’t write anything that I wouldn’t want her to see. Of course, when I first started my blog, my silly 15 year old self, would have DIED if my mom found my site. And in all honesty, I hope she never goes through my blog archives. I’m sure I wrote some crap that she would freak out about. lol
@qwerty_jennachu - LOL!!! My mo totally used to check my blog every day. I hear ya on the creepy factor. She creeps on my Facebook all the time. Comments on EVERYTHING.
no, I’d feel too badly. I’d just be careful about what I wrote.
hellfuckingyes. in a heartbeat.
Yes.
What on earth for? My mom reads my blog daily.
Well, there isn’t exactly any way to keep people from reading your blog (unless you use friend lock or or make blogs private), is there? If there was and my mom joined (which wouldnever happen as she’s quite computer illiterate), i think i would block her. I originally joined xanga so that i’d have a place away from family to rant and vent and stuff. I’d prefer if family didnt find it. They can use Facebook to keep up with me.
My mom would never find it-but IF she did, no I wouldn’t block her. I’d shut it down and start a new one.
Probably
Hell yes! Gosh, how embarassing. I was appaled when my Dad found my myspace.
After my mom sent me numerous emails complaining about my content rather than leave comments on my Xanga like I asked her to, of course I blocked her!
@Pieces_of_a_Melody - Ew, I would hate that. I’m so glad my mom doesn’t have a Facebook. xP
i’d say ‘sry for doin’ this mom, but i just need my space… even on the internet’ then i’d block her… but she probably wouldn’t know how to find this site anyways… :S
I would say maybe…It’s not like I have anything to hide from my mom but I have a feeling that if she came across my Xanga somehow she would probably over-analyse most things that she reads on it…
hell yeah
No, she reads my site more than anyone else does.
Yes!
Yes.