not to understand why some people reveal such a large amount of personal info on here?

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It's not so much the fact that they are revealing it but the fact that they don't namechange! Writing intimate details about family, relationships etc. and coupling this with photographs on their profile which make them easily identifiable... isn't it just asking for trouble? Some people on here are very easily traceable in real life, and have posted things about how horrible their husband is, sex life, child issues, money issues - all under the same name!

I just think it's not very sensible and leaves you vulnerable to people either just winding you up or setting out to do something truly malicious. Or do people really not mind strangers knowing more about them than most of their friends?

OMG Nickel - i've never googled you before (never even looked at your profile)

I am so of your wedding - I wanted to do what your DH did (bit tricky when you're the bride though )

Baroque!
I like your new nn, btw, although I couldn't remember it when I tried to tell DH. [d'oh]

When I came up with the idea, he thought it was daft, because it's "not the done thing". Then I told him he had to, and he came to realise its fun value. 2 of my friends offered to play "oh, where's the groom gone? is he not coming? she's walking down the aisle and he's not here!! ", but DH told everyone he was playing me in!

I think it'd be even funnier if you did it as the bride! DH had to walk down to me, which is odd, but you could play, have your bridesmaids walk in, then get someone to take over while you walk down.
maybe

bck to topic, though - I am easily googleable - not justas nickelbabe, but also as my real name (which I've never hidden, but am not going to go into again because it looks attention-seeking)
everyone knows where I live and what I do for a living, so I'm easy to find!
(and my wedding was in the paper...)

I know your wedding was in the paper - that's how I found it

I did play for my own confirmation service...... that was interesting

LeQ, that's hideous. People can be so weird, can't they?

Nickel, don't you find that kind of attention odd/ annoying? Or do you get used to it, or even enjoy it? A long time ago I did something in the public eye and then a friend showed me a web forum discussion in which a couple of people were asking about me. All I could think was: Huh? How odd. Do you have nothing else to occupy your mind? Why should you care?

stranded, I didn't think your DH was pervy, I thought he'd been in a conversation/at a meeting with someone who had seen your profile and made a comment about your daughter specifically.
But you meant a general comment about blonde children.

sakura - yes - a meeting where child trafficking was discussed. Apparently blonde haired, blue-eyed girls fetch the highest price. It's awful and doesn't bear thinking about. Thanks for explaining, I was fairly upset with some of the comments in response to what I said.

Just to reassure you though- it's unlikely that there is a racial hierarchy. I reckon all little girls are fair game.

KNowing about your DH's job does shed a whole new light on the sitation. I was imagining the boardroom of a company and this topic just coming up in conversation I feel very relieved that this wasn't the case

Sakura - I'm afraid there is a racial hierarchy, which is why it was so chilling for me. I live on an island where dd1 is one of only a handful of white, blonde girls. Not that she is likely to be kidnapped from here of course! He was talking about a global crime.

Speedy I'm an attention-seeker at heart

no, seriously, I like seeing my name in the paper - it doesn't happen very often, though!
Usually, it's a good advert for my church and choir, or for my shop, so from that POV, it's a good thing.

hehe nickel - did you see that your DH has already been suggested as a name to put for his "organ playing skills" for the Royal wedding next year

I name change often as I'm a bit of a blurter and enjoy being anonymous on here. Have spotted friends on other sites and spotted someone on here who i used to see on a site based 10,000 miles away (which freaked her out when i recognised her) - so the world is quite a small place really.

wahey! I've just told him - he said he's already signed up.

(so you'll have to be quick if you want to beat him to it!)

just read the thread in question!

I can't believe you didn't put yourself forward, rather than hinting!
Someone else always gets put forward if you only hint! (that's also why you end up with crap christmas presents...)

nickel - I never get ANY Christmas presents

bloody hell, have only just worked out who you are, Baroque! Cool namechange, btw. :)

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I don't know who any of you are!!

Except for the mighty thumbwitch, so that's ok