Would you let your family members read what you write on MyLot?

@TheHorse (218846)
Walnut Creek, California
July 4, 2016 11:54am CST
MyLot is its own little world to me. I rarely forward my (or others') posts to friends or family. I realize that I sometimes express concerns about friends or family, and write things I wouldn't want to be seen by people I know. Even my previous post, about my cousin's son's wedding, was subtly satirical toward "rich people protocol." Would my cousin be offended? Or would he laugh with me? I'm not sure. Do you let your friends or family see what you write here? Or is MyLot its own little world to you?
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49 responses
• United States
4 Jul 16
I used to when I wrote on the other site. But my sister is very touchy and did not want me to mention anyone in her family. Of course, that meant I could not mention anyone in mine. So when the other site crashed and we all moved here, I didn't tell her that I am still writing. This way, I don't have to "edit" myself with her in mind. It allows me to discuss things freely.
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@jayaramas (1353)
• Bangalore, India
5 Jul 16
@JudyEv you cannot write the post if they have to see and approve
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
Good idea. I occasionally sent friends and family pieces from Epinions. But when I started writing on "the site that will not be named," I stopped doing that. Then I just kept up not doing it here.
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@JudyEv (339974)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jul 16
I would be editing non-stop if I thought family and friends were reading my posts. Not that I am too unkind or blunt I hope but it would really stifle my writing to think they would see it all.
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• United States
4 Jul 16
Nope I don't let anyone see what I write on myLot. It is my own little world here A place to vent, write about whatever and have fun interacting. My boyfriend knows about my myLot but doesn't ask me what I write.. I sometimes talk about what I write and the responses I get, but not often.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jul 16
Oh, I do that too. I might mention something I learned here, or someone I know here...but that's about it. Happily, most people are self-absorbed (me included, no doubt) and could care less what I write here.
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• United States
4 Jul 16
@TheHorse I always learn something new and I share it with him, but he's not interested in online stuff lol I don't mind what I write on here either.
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@cacay1 (83480)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Jul 16
I let my friends read thru Facebook and twitter.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
4 Jul 16
no one I know offline knows me online and vice versa...
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jul 16
Heh heh. I try to keep it that way.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
4 Jul 16
I don't send stuff to Pretty, but she knows the site and does check to see what is happening sometimes. Once in a while, when someone says or does something hilarious, she comes into my room to find out what happened to make me laugh (or a few times, fall off my bed laughing).... LOL! Once, she pounded on my bedroom wall and yelled, "Stop laughing like that! You just scared the neighbor's kids!" (There aren't any neighbor kids close enough to hear me laughing. She was just playing.)
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
5 Jul 16
@TheHorse I laugh a LOT, pony! I usually have a big grin on my face, too... That is one way I defuse customers who are grumpy... It's hard to be grumpy when someone is smiling at you... I've been told my grin is infectious. I'm okay with that, as long as nobody passes anything infectious back to me! LMAO!
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
I haven't laughed out loud in 20 years. But I do chuckle now and then.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Jul 16
@DaddyEvil In Northern California, I worry that people would think I was nuts if I was grinning all the time. I'm pretty friendly, though.
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• United States
4 Jul 16
if' i'd any family members'r friends who cared to read 'em, such'd not bother me none.
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• United States
5 Jul 16
@TheHorse i've always tried to live by the mantra 'f 'if'n i'd not say't to their face, i best not be writin' 'f such'n open forums'.
• Midland, Michigan
11 Jul 16
@TheHorse Considering you don't use your real name or likeness, I wouldn't think you'd have anything to worry about. I don't worry about it either, but if anyone wanted to look me up it would be fairly simple, unless they were hunting for the various others that happen to have my same name and seem to be writers too.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
Given that I occasionally kvetch about friends, colleagues, and family, I keep my activities here clandestine.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
4 Jul 16
I have had both my sisters as members here but they've not been around for years. Now I'd not be happy if friends or family were members although I'd still say the same thoughts of thinfs as I get on well with all my family.
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• United States
4 Jul 16
That's cool they were members in the past!! [u][/u]
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jul 16
I get along with my family for the most part. But I'd avoid certain subjects if they were here.
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• United States
4 Jul 16
@TheHorse Exactly.
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@snowy22315 (180703)
• United States
4 Jul 16
I don't think I have written too much that I wouldn't want my family to see.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
Not the case with me! I am The Horse. I am glad I'm anonymous.
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@vandana7 (100282)
• India
4 Jul 16
Somethings are fine, somethings are not.
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@vandana7 (100282)
• India
7 Jul 16
@TheHorse .. I vent and it is kind of cathartic experience for me.
@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jul 16
I don't go too deep into my personal life here, but I do discuss things I wouldn't want everyone knowing about.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
4 Jul 16
It's my own little world - I asked my husband once if he'd like to see one of my limericks and he said "perhaps later" - I never asked him again!
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
I'll check it out later. I hear that from my brother when I send him a song I've just written or a Youtube from one of my bands.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
4 Jul 16
No I do not.This is my personal space
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
Mine too.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
4 Jul 16
first of all, I don't think they are interested.. secondly, there's nothing dodgy I blogged here.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
5 Jul 16
@TheHorse ah right! ya, I have vented more in comments than posts. so am safe there
@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
I'm quite sure none of my family is interested. Nor are most of my friends and colleagues. But I've done a few posts I wouldn't want them to see. It's kind of cathartic, I suppose.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Jul 16
I try not too write something I wouldnt want them to see, but, I'd rather they not read mostly, because I can let the vents out about the little annoying things, you know?
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• Centralia, Missouri
6 Jul 16
@literati_av right? as far as I know mine only read the ones I share, which are the poem challenges I do on Saturdays
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6 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt ....then that's a gr8 way to be in their circles without being doubted...I'll surely try
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5 Jul 16
Exactly...even the things are not too offending or secretive...it just go weird when i find my family members reading the contents...because there's always that they will find something apt in the content
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• Eugene, Oregon
4 Jul 16
I would if asked, but don't mention it really, unless I get a really interesting response or learn something I think they would find interesting.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
I DID forward a movie review (not by me) to some friends I watch movies with. I'm confident they won't search through my posts.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Jul 16
I really don't have family so I don't have think about what I say here.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
Not even distant relatives?
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Jul 16
@TheHorse I have distant relatives out there whom I have never met.
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
5 Jul 16
NO I would never let my family and friends read my posts. They do not even know my username. My husband recognized my avatar, but he has not time for gossip. (I hope so).
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
5 Jul 16
@TheHorse He was watching me while I was creating my avatar from a photo, so now he knows that this is my avatar. It is true that he still calls me "duck". I do not think he has time to visit the writing sites.
@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
Heh heh. A striking avatar is a good thing. I was actually Pikachu much of the time I wrote for Epinions, even though my handle was Horswispr.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
4 Jul 16
Good question. Not really is my answer. It is my thing, I think, if they do find it, no harm done - but my musings are, by and by, my own and for those who read me.
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@cacay1 (83480)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Jul 16
I share my posts to Twitter and Facebook to let my friends read. My nieces also read my posts.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Jul 16
Oh dear. That means you have to keep things "clean," as I do on Facebook.
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
5 Jul 16
I keep myLot my own little secret, except for everyone here!
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
5 Jul 16
@TheHorse I just read your post, and must agree.
@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
4 Jul 16
Nope. I don't them to read my."drama"--those that i try not to post on facebook.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jul 16
My Facebook friends are (mostly) people I know in the "real" world. If I posted there what I post here, there would be drama.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
4 Jul 16
@TheHorse we try to make.our.lives...less complicated. :)) Some can really be nosy out there :))
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• United States
5 Jul 16
The family can read it if they want, but all are too busy to follow my posts.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jul 16
Mine aren't too busy. They're just not interested.
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• United States
5 Jul 16
@TheHorse Well, and then there is that! Haha. True for me as well.