tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792346563295917833.post3995767150820969949..comments2024-03-02T02:30:23.335-08:00Comments on Kelly B, JD: ON AUTHENTICITYKelly B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04901696268627454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792346563295917833.post-49154680303924921752015-04-25T10:18:42.713-07:002015-04-25T10:18:42.713-07:00Thank you. I've been saying this forever. I...Thank you. I've been saying this forever. I've been accused of being fake on facebook so many times. This is pretty much in agreement with how much I care. homebirthhoney@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390907109687372125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792346563295917833.post-66762942370973948322015-04-24T11:44:40.732-07:002015-04-24T11:44:40.732-07:00love this so much. i have the same issue with this...love this so much. i have the same issue with this and i totally echo your thoughts up there. for me, the perception of authenticity is the responsibility of the receiver, not of the person posting. i actually think there is more inauthenticity in the comment section of most blogs/instagrams/etc. (where people agree and fawn over things just to maybe get their own stuff noticed) than there is in the actual "perfect" blogs/instagrams themselves. it's not my job to post photos of my messy clothes on the floor behind me when i take an outfit photo (they are there, but of course i'm going to push them out of the way!), or to post a selfie with no makeup on, just to show how normal and relatable i am. i want my blog and instagram to be a pretty place inasmuch as i've capable of making it so, and that's okay! also, awesome post aside, i'm a twin cities lady too, and i LOVE finding other bloggers from here...which side of the river are you on??<br /><br /><a href="http://hooleywithaz.com" rel="nofollow">erin | hooley with a 'z'</a>hooleywithazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368856179939645220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792346563295917833.post-12457771364940935102015-04-20T18:13:30.508-07:002015-04-20T18:13:30.508-07:00Oh my goodness, i so feel you on this one!! Love y...Oh my goodness, i so feel you on this one!! Love your last paragraph... DITTO. Haha! One thing that really has bugged me is when people say "happy anniversary to the love of my life, even though...". I have started doing it too, not to the same degree, but i have touched on it JUST to appease others. Because since we have been married, i would GUSH about how wonderful it was (i didn't mean to gush but i was accused of it) because people couldn't deal with the fact that i was HAPPY! One day some coworkers had really offended me because they were just kind of... "NO marriage is THAT great, Melissa' & so my boss told me, "Melissa, i think it's because they think you are saying your marriage is PERFECT. And they don't believe marriage is perfect." & i'm like, "no... we have our moments like any other couple. i never said it was perfect. But that doesn't mean it's not wonderful." I don't know if this makes sense, but in that moment i understood...they thought i was being fake (& i wasn't at all!). I had people do the same thing on my blog. So it got to a point where there are times when i'm "gushing" about our wonderful (but not perfect!) life and i will add the disclaimer "of course there are things we don't agree on, and of course he does things that annoy me, BUT.." kind of thing. <br /><br />This comment is way too long and i'm probably not making sense! But thanks for the reminder that i don't have to throw that disclaimer in there, just to make others feel better! Or just so i won't be accused of being a "rainbows & butterflies" blogger. Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815407660365883762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792346563295917833.post-33784853164164177512015-04-20T16:29:02.429-07:002015-04-20T16:29:02.429-07:00I totally get this! Just because I don't think...I totally get this! Just because I don't think I need to tell people about an argument doesn't mean we aren't real and don't fight. And at the same time I don't need to constantly post about how much I love him or how amazing of a husband he is. People who need to do that need to prove something to someone, and that's not us. I also hate when people constantly post about how their kids don't sleep through the night--poor me, poor me--because guess what, most kids don't. And it definitely has a lot to do with maturity! smug princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14902172537255717938noreply@blogger.com