Monday, July 02, 2007

Going Private?

I am thinking of making my blog private. I hate to do that, but I am so tired of receiving comments from my brother about crap. And the comments I receive from my brother I do not publish and I just kind of hold their contents inside. I am starting to feel the pressure from holding all his nasty comments inside and I need to do something to stop it.

I know there are readers that do not comment, but I need to know if I made this blog private how many of you would still read it.

Please leave me a comment to let me know if you would still read if I made the blog private. It would mean that I would have to have your email in order to have it set up so you could get in.

Just an idea that is floating around in my head....Let me know what you all think.

At some point I need to stop the abuse from my family even if they will not.

42 comments:

Parker said...

Yup, I worry about you and the kitties, I would still read.

A social worker in the making. said...

i am a lurker usually but i would still read if that is ok with you

Dee said...

I would still read. :)

Casey said...

I'd still read.

Jen said...

I'd still be a reader too! :)

SassyFemme said...

You know I'd read it! :)

Hope said...

I've never left a comment before, but I read your blog everyday. I would continue to read if you decided to go private.

Hope said...

I've never left a comment before, but I read everyday. If you decide to go private, I would love a password...

One Messed Up Chick said...

You already have my email and of course I would still read it!! Thinking of you!!

yankeegirl said...

Plan on seeing my name on your list! Do what you need to to protect yourself buddy.
Put his sorry comments on here- I'll give him an earful.HeyI'll trade you- your brother's email for my sister's lol now that would be fun!

sarah fowler said...

I would read you!!!!
I would I would!
I would read you in a boat andI would read you in a moat and with a goat and in a ....
You get the idea!!

chapin said...

I'd read...take care of yourself and do what works best.

Sus said...

i am a lurker but i would love to still read your blog

Susan said...
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Anonymous said...

just a lurker but I would enjoy still being able to read...:)

Anonymous said...

i'd still read! cabecker@optonline.net

Anonymous said...

I would still read!!!

Anonymous said...

Caroline--I'm a lurker from
Toronto, Ontario Canada
I love to read your blog every day
and would like to continue to read.



email: brkittens@sympatico.ca

Pregnant In Texas said...

I would still read and would even promise to call you at 4:30am, even if I don't remember it.

Anonymous said...

yep-- me too. I'd read you. although I don't know how to be un-anonymous...

FWIW, I just find it interesting that your family, who has disowned you, really hasn't. They lurk and send you comments. I think they must be pretty malignant narcissists and you're being subjected to their narcissistic rage. To be truly disowned, one should be treated with indifference and ignored-- they apparetnly are incapable of that and see that it is you who has rejected them. I wonder if you couldn't get a restarining order against them or block their IP? One final comment, your brother sounds like the reason why some animals eat their young...

*Mommy Crankypants* said...

While I haven't left many comments, I am a daily reader too!

And I would still want to read if you went private. :)

Holly said...

I like what anonymous said!
I would absolutely keep reading!

Syd said...

Look at all the Caroline-love!! Cool, eh? You can count me in.

And your brother is a dick.

Me. Here. Right now. said...

I'd read...love it Caroline...

Anonymous said...

Of Course I would continue to lurk!

Anonymous said...

I am a Canadian lurker and would love to continue reading your blog.

Ragged Around the Edges said...

Of course I'd still read this here blog. . .

However, I think you are kinda letting him win if you succumb to the pressure. Just because he says something certainly doesn't make it true or relevant, right?

Anonymous said...

I would!

Monogram Queen said...

Girl, you know I would still read. Go private if that will help you. He is harassing you, you know.

Anonymous said...

I would read your blog and share my e-mail.

Kelly

Jamie said...

Sometimes I lurk, most of the time I comment, I would still read it---I would miss you if not! Jamie

Holly said...

Sorry you're having to put up with the crap.
I don't comment very much but I'm a regular visitor and would continue to do so!

Sonya said...

Count me in!

Anonymous said...

I am a lurker...and I would keep reading your blog if you went private.

Anonymous said...

i am a lurker too, please let me in on your private blog if you so like... you need to have healthy boundaries that help you to feel safe and whole.

carolyn in austin

cargrem@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

carolyn in austin sez..

count me in...

cargrem@yahoo.com

Wendy and Karen said...

We're definitely in if you go private!

Chelle said...

Count me in as another lurker who would continue to read.

You need to do what ever you can to protect yourself emotionally, and if making your blog private helps do it. My sincere sympathies for the angst your family is causing.

Audra said...

id love to read!

Lynilu said...

Caroline, yes, go private. I read because I want to read about YOU, and I enjoy the comments of your regular readers. There is no reason on this earth to open yourself to the venom. Do yourself right in this, O?

Anonymous said...

i'd still read! take care of you.

Minnesota Nice said...

I need Sophie-dog fixes, of course I'd read!