Whilst my mother was dying I didn’t give a second thought to how many people read my blog. I was just pleased that the phone had stopped ringing incessantly.

Some of the fallout was quite extraordinary after Mum died.When I started to write out my grief I was inundated with nasty stalkers some of whom I was unfortunately related to.

Only ten days after Mum had died I received nasty emails telling me to stop putting on an act and to get on with my life. Telling me that I was only writing for sympathy and that I was faking my grief.

All the time that Mum had been battling with and then dying from cancer I received a great deal of comfort and support from my friends in the blogosphere and for that I will be eternally grateful.

But once my blog was being read by all and sundry it became very hard. I dreaded opening my emails because some of the vitriol was terribly upsetting. My daughter Veronica was targeted as well. *sigh*

Now six months after Mum’s death I find that the support I am getting from my friends in the blogosphere and their kindness will always outweigh the negative effects of writing about my grief.
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I do not use my last name on my blog. My colleagues know I have one, but probably wouldn’t be very interested even if they did know where/how to find it. I don’t blog often and really never during work so it’s a non-issue. But I enjoy a clean separation of church and state, if you will — my work and private worlds collide as little as humanly possible. In fact, I think some of my colleagues may not know my last name either.
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I don’t have a secret identity and have had to make a lot of choice because of that. I’ve dealt with fall-out and fall-in. I’ve said things and not said things, because.

And anyone can ask me about this anytime.

But mainly I ams SHOCKED that nobody calls you Magalicious. That’s totally my “boo” name for you now. And the way i keep myself from weeping that Ree got to hang with you by a river in Chicago when it should have been ME too.
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I don’t know how she found it, don’t really care if she reads it though there is stuff that may upset her. But I don’t friend work people on Facebook, don’t tell them about my blog, and most of my family don’t know about my blog, or my Twitter account. It’s my private space.

I have posted a lot less on my blog in recent months, because I don’t feel comfortable posting what I want to and then someone I know finding it. I’ve thought about starting a new, totally anonymous blog that nobody knows at all. :shrug: We are all too connected sometimes, I think.
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As for anonymity…..yes I’ve not told anyone at work my blog links [and I have more than one blog, all pseudonymous], except for the one with all photos.

I like to write anonymously because then I can be anybody, and do anything, and nobody can hold me to it.

FA
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It makes me happy that other people read it, but, like you, my blog is for me. My sisters know about it and sometimes read it. My parents DO NOT. I have mentioned at work that I blog but have not given anyone the info to find my blog. I want to feel free to write whatever the hell I want to write and not feel the need to censor myself.

I’m a magpie, too.
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I use my real first name on my blog, but not last name as it’s kind of unusual and not very common. No one in my real-life knows I write a blog, except my husband. I’ve been tempted to tell a few friends, but then I just haven’t.

On Facebook, I’m friends with most everyone. Friends from school, church, previous and current jobs (including my supervisor), and people I’ve met through my blog, even ex-boyfriends. Pretty much anyone who sends me a friend request is cool as long as I know them and mostly like them. I’ve only turned down two friend requests and I have no regrets (so far!). I don’t use Facebook for much, though, and don’t waste a bunch of time on there playing games and stuff. So I hope none of that comes back to bite me in the butt.

If my co-workers found my blog, I would…shrug. They would be mostly uninterested. They consider me old and boring, anyway, so they would find my blog hopelessly lame. If my friends found my blog, I would be fine with it. There are a few I would invite to read anyway. If my family found my blog, eh. There’s nothing on there they don’t know anyway.
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I finally got on facebook after a class reunion this summer but about the only think I post there are links to my blog. Most of my friends are people from my home town.

Great job of guest posting.
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