The Realness of It All

I am not a Facebooker.
I realize many of you are.
I used to be...but I had an unfortunate event that I'd rather not get into.
So I won't...
Scary, scary...

ANYYYYHOW...

Facebook seems to be a little fake to me. Do you ever get that feeling? You only get one line to post what you're doing, so you better make it good...you better make a statement that people are going to tune into. (Well, I guess I've heard of real "yawners", but you don't want to be one of those...) So, you put a statement that is stunning.
Pennie is doing something extraordinary today.
Pennie is running a marathon.
Pennie is finding a cure for cancer.
Pennie is praying for world peace.
Pennie is having a nervous breakdown. (If it's negative, it's gotta be big!)
Anyhow, my point is that whenever I read somebody else's status, it seemed like my life paled in comparison. Everybody was doing such significant and fun stuff. What was I doing? Laundry and dishes - that's what! Or, writing. *Yawn!* Or reprimanding my kids. Or promising myself that I'd go to the YMCA twice tomorrow if I let myself have seconds of dessert today...again. I was so ordinary and everybody else seemed to be extraordinary. They were shiny and I was dull.
I hear people say that Facebook brings people together, but I really wonder sometimes. I can't be the only one who ever felt that way when they read other peoples' status. Honestly.
That's why I appreciate my bloggy friends. My regular bloggy friends are my regulars because they are genuine when they write. That's why I follow them. One of them has recently posted that she can't get a moment alone in the bathroom. Another is trying really hard to speak positively and not have negative thoughts - and she's doing great, btw! Another has had a problem with a teacher who's bringing in a guest speaker that doesn't line up with her moral beliefs. And there are others who blog about their sewing projects that don't turn out, their dangerous jobs that may leave their children without a mother, one reader is a male and he had a great post about the male's perspective on stay at home parenting, another talks about her growing pregnancy baby, another just had one not too long ago and another adopted within the last year and may be adopting another soon! There is so much "real life" to be gleaned from a blog. I appreciate that my bloggy buddies are genuine, and sometimes it's wine and roses and sometimes it's ranting and raving...but it's always real life. I love that. There are some blogs that are very sugar coated and "on the surface" writing...and I don't follow them very long. I appreciate all my "regulars".
Thanks. Hope you all have a great day!!! And, if I didn't indirectly mention you, don't feel offended...this post would be so long if I mentioned everyone that nobody would want to read it! And, I have to get to my housework now...you wouldn't want to hear about it...trust me - it WOULD bore you to death! ;)
Have a great weekend! I have a great book an author sent me that I'm going to review and then giveaway. I only have a few more chapters to go. Can't wait to tell you about it. Chat with you soon!