Bear with me on this one because I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with it…
I read a post yesterday from Erica called Are Most Bloggers Liars? that kinda got my wheels turning. Truthfully, she has some valid points.
Do most bloggers show you everything in their daily life?
Hell no.
Should they?
Probably not.
That would be creepy and disrespectful to people in their real life, no? Personally, I’m very open about my outdoor adventures and fitness kicks, but I am also private about personal matters that have nothing to do with either of those topics. Just because someone chooses to have their own little spot on the interwebs doesn’t mean their entire life is a free-for-all, right?
But does this really make them liars?
In my opinion, it does not, but I guess that’s because lying has a negative connotation and I don’t want that associated with people {like myself} who respect their own privacy. Where it gets tricky—and more likely to Erica’s point—is in the healthy living community where some bloggers tend to tout themselves as health experts, among other accolades. Truthfully, there are a handful of these peeps that really get under my skin, if only because it just isn’t real. These gals will get so caught up in their carefully constructed images that they fail to notice where reality ends and the perceived image begins. Some readers know what’s what, but others maybe don’t…and that gets dangerous.
So, back to the original point: are they liars?
This post needed a photo, so here you go: I bought Tally a new pink-and-rhinestone collar and this was her reaction. I think she’s ashamed
The reason that this caught my attention is because I also recently read about a blogger in Georgia that bandited a half marathon last weekend in order to write a blog full of selfies. I’m sure y’all have seen it, and if you read Runner’s World, you likely saw their rebuttal article {which had me laughing!} Y’all, it’s going crazy over there and the amount of hatred that is getting thrown at that woman in the comments is ridiculous.
To be clear, I definitely think she screwed up and the blasé attitude she used to write the story came off as self-righteous and mocking at best. But hey, that’s her prerogative on her own blog, right? Where I think she went wrong was attacking all the commenters and defending what was clearly a large mistake in judgment.
Basically, she is getting hammered because she was so honest about her own {stupid} decisions.
You see what I did there? Near as I can tell, you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Some people are going to think you’re lying if you don’t divulge everything while others are going to despise the truth if you choose to share all.
I told y’all when I began this post that I wasn’t really sure where I was going with it…and I guess that’s still the truth. Thoughts to share?
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Is there a happy medium?