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MayB
Well, your 3-year old BETTER be your top priority! (as I'm sure it is).
posted by
Joe_Love
on November 24, 2005 at 8:53 PM
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QuirkyAlone, I don't think we should assume that it is a stepping back. I am inclined to think that it can be very straining when we are made to feel obligated. I think that we move in and out of orbit. We have phases where we are right into some posts and not others and that can change. It doesn't have a bearing in my case on what I think of the person.
I never want to see the visible click. I think it is a fundamental right for us to read in privacy and not be clocked in for all we read. It seems we disagree on this but it has no impact on how I perceive our friendship
posted by
Azur
on November 16, 2005 at 3:51 PM
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CunningLinguist, I think that friends do take a big picture view
It's like when we have "friends" who get offended because we didn't call in a while but they never called either. I think it is always best if people can pick up where they left off. It we set too many pre-requisites it is inevitable that we will fail to live up to them.
posted by
Azur
on November 16, 2005 at 3:29 PM
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A sin? hahahaha. Nope, never. But...you can hardly expect droves of comments when you're not giving them out to others, for IMHO, reading without leaving any comments is a little bit like stepping back from the friendship, albeit slightly...because those you read silently have no way to know that you did. Does that make sense? This would all be different if Blogit would get rid of the invisible click, but they don't seem inclined to do so.
posted by
Julia.
on November 16, 2005 at 3:20 PM
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I agree with Tiel
children grow up so quickly and hey, we'll still be here (in my case like a bad penny)
posted by
malcolm
on November 16, 2005 at 2:40 PM
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The little three year old and the hair ribbons is fleeting and never to be seen again. Seems to me, you have your priorites in order.
posted by
Tiel
on November 16, 2005 at 2:29 PM
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MerryAnne, that's hilarious
Seometimes it is like that
posted by
Azur
on November 16, 2005 at 1:12 PM
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Is it a sin?
Nope! I've been reading people for 4 days but didn't comment til' today. However, I said some "Our Father's and Hail Mary's" for good measure. 
Seems so many of us are floating in the same boat lately!
, Thinking of you!
posted by
Masky
on November 16, 2005 at 12:17 PM
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MayB
I haven't been commenting much either. I have just been fantastically busy and have been reading my faves, but not commenting. my readership has gone down, but the people who read me most are still reading so I'm happy about that. Sometimes I think that commenting is over rated. I read a comment on a Haiku poem this morning that said (baiscally) "Nice, but it could have been longer..." LOL
posted by
MerryAnne
on November 16, 2005 at 11:35 AM
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Short answer: No.
Long answer: No.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on November 16, 2005 at 8:40 AM
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This is something I struggle with here
I think your friends understand. Those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter.
posted by
CunningLinguist
on November 16, 2005 at 7:54 AM
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MayB
My kids come first, too.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 16, 2005 at 3:33 AM
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Talion, I suppose I am used to the idea of not hearing from many readers. In a way it makes it special when you do. Sometimes it can be years later when we learn of the impact of something we wrote but mostly we never do. We can't know everything and I can't imagine trying to tell everyone I read that I read them.
posted by
Azur
on November 15, 2005 at 11:24 PM
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One can read, but unless there's a comment, it doesn't count. What a strange philosophy some hold.
posted by
Talion
on November 15, 2005 at 11:07 PM
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Timmytales. Mayb makes note....must comment on Timmytales first!!
posted by
Azur
on November 15, 2005 at 10:30 PM
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Tapsel-T, it's true - we can only do what we can do. Thanks
posted by
Azur
on November 15, 2005 at 10:30 PM
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BlancheDubois, thank you - that was lovely
posted by
Azur
on November 15, 2005 at 10:29 PM
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Renigade3, so now I am supposed to feel guilty about not using smileys? ;-).
Us Mac people don't have emoticoms on our comment bar.
posted by
Azur
on November 15, 2005 at 10:28 PM
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Mayb,
There is so much going on here, you can rejoin the throng when you catch your breath. Don't worry. Be happy. Best of luck with your decision: to every life there is a season, the quiet path or the rushing river, follow your heart.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 15, 2005 at 9:15 PM
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MayB, Blogging loses its fun when one feels compelled to read and comment out of guilt or necessity.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 15, 2005 at 5:45 PM
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Smileys always work well for me...
posted by
Renigade
on November 15, 2005 at 4:21 PM
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Mayb
Don't sweat it............just remember, me first!!!!
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on November 15, 2005 at 3:33 PM
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