( blogging again) to HATE bloggers comedy names for their kids and H

[ZammoMcGuire]

or wife, I suppose.
please just call them John. even if they arent called John

what are the worst ones you have ever seen?

Blogs are usually very self indulgent aren't they? I have particular disdain for the ones which go on and on about whatever the hot topic of the day is and then end with a question in the last paragraph. "What do you think? Can curvy girls rock prints?" Fuck off.

Turquoise, glad not just me! bridget Jones has so much to answer for. It's all just shite pastiches of that bloody awful book. Taken female literature back centuries.....

I hate parent blogs with the exception of two because they are funny and irreverent while still keeping it real, and I have forgotten to check on both for the last 4 months because I just lost interest.

A few are good for a one time check if they have a recipe, DIY project or something, but not something I'd follow.

Their lives are boring. I don't care what self indulgent lesson they learned from their child that they should have already learned as an emotionally intelligent adult in the first place. Like "Appreciate the little things" or "This unusual bonding thing made me realize my child needed 1:1 time with me and accept them for who they are".

Write a blog about something interesting that not everyone has a glimpse into. There's a few good blogs out there written by doctors, soldiers, scientists, that are intriguing.

Yanbu

Saw one recently, the Husbeast.

No, just no. Like others have said, give them fake (but actual) names or even just an initial.

I get that blogging about housework, grocery shopping etc might be dull, but in most blogs I used to read these things didn't seem to exist. It was all the fabulous things they had done with their adorable children and they still had time to photograph their frothy coffee and cake in their local divine cafe. It might be true (though it doesn't reflect the lives of anyone I know in real life); in fact it often seems slightly dishonest and competitive.

Husbeast. Noooooooo!

Most Blogs make quite nice diaries you could share with your family when you are old, but are like hen supping wattercress for everyone else.

YANBU

I hate mummy blogs in general. Loads of people have children, loads of people find the experience meaningful. Your compulsion to write about it does not make your experience any more meaningful than anyone else's.

shortfatsally I don't think anyone penning a Mummy blog thinks that their child rearing experience is any better than anyone else's, just that they enjoy blogging on that subject.

Yes!

I hate when people refer to their partner as Himself or The Boy or The Mister and refer to their kids as The Littles.

There aren't many funny ones. I went to blog fest where one called something about a rock and roll mum was frequently referred to as "hilarious" so I looked. It was just a woman blagging free things.

I affectionately refer to my kids as numbnuts 1 and numbnuts 2. Clearly I need to start a blog

I don't generally care what bloggers call their families. It's just part of the trope that they keep them anonymous whilst posting pictures of what they had for dinner/ the dc on holiday etc.

I don't read many blogs regularly because they're not that interesting, it's nice to read one if you like it and go back through the archive but anything too braggy or insipid bores me.

I quite like one called hurrah for gin. What do all the discerning people on this thread like?

I don't really read blogs that much. Also interested.

If it's boring, just don't read it. It's not compulsory.

Same for the magazines. Don't buy them if they're crap.

I don't read any Look At Me Being A Mum blogs, so can't help with advice.

Not all blogs are mummy blogs.

I love Mummy blogs. The only one I've ever found that I hated was The Alpha Parent.

Mine probably irritates, I call my boyfriend 'D' and the baby is 'SB' (for Speed Bump, the title of the blog)

Of course youre all assuming that bloggers all care what you think of their pasttime ;)

MoominKoalaAndMini

Of course youre all assuming that bloggers all care what you think of their pasttime ;)

Well the open publishing aspect would indicate they do else they'd have a private word document, emailed to selected people.

Obviously it's hilarious when you stumble across one by someone you know though, so while I reserve the right to gently mock, I'm glad people do publish. looking at you colleague

Not really Youll - if someone likes the blog content, it' great, if they don't, that's fine, but I don't think many bloggers are that fussed about what people think about blogging. It doesn't bother me that people think blogging is boring or self-obsessed - no-one's forcing them to read it, after all, so it's no skin off my nose.