Out of Normal: The power of words

July 10, 2006

The power of words

The spoken and written word are extremely powerful. Once those words leave your mind and travel into the world via your mouth or fingertips, they cannot be taken back. Self fulfilling prophecy is something that I have witnessed a lot of lately, and these things are closely related. Don't put negative thoughts out there that you don't wish to come back and bite you in the butt. If you have a lot of self-loathing, self-hate, or even severely negative thoughts, DON'T put them out there in the ether. That's not to say to not talk about them with someone, but certainly don't paste them all over the internet, or go spewing them in public forums.

I have a prime example of this. Noting my disdain for the "Mommy Blogging" crowd, there is one that, IMHO, carries all of the classic mommy blogging ingredients.

1. Attractive 30-something mommy.
2. The attractive sperm-donor, whom she swears all other women desire (Her fan club wants to jump him)
3. The family dog, central in many stories.
4. Mommy has severe mental/emotional issues.
5. Mommy brags of previous party girl/successful career aspirations.

Along with those central traits, this particular mommy blog contains several stories of self-loathing, anti-social, and bad stories about her boyfriend/fiance'/ex/whatever you want to call him. She then bemoans her actions, stating that she wouldn't blame him at all for leaving her.

He finally did. Good for him.

Posted by Broch at July 10, 2006 09:14 AM

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from your daily reads, looks like you like to read the doings and goings of a SAHM. All SAHMs are 'volvo driving soccer moms'. ;)

Posted by: christine. at July 18, 2006 11:09 PM

What I don't get, is how they survive with no other adult contact. That has got to be super hard on the working spouse, kind of a co-dependant relationship I guess.

Posted by: Broch at July 22, 2006 12:55 AM

I like doing soccer moms' she goes...a nudge and a wink. Shes a go'er wink wink know what I mean. (Monty Python reference)

Posted by: crutch at July 22, 2006 10:56 AM

1. I'm okay. 2. My husband is, in fact, a stud. 3. I never blog about my dogs. They stink and they're gross. 4. I don't have any plaguing emotional issues and don't take antidepressants. 5. The only stories I tell about my past life are ones in which I look like a complete idiot. Guess I wouldn't be welcomed into the mommyblogging crowd too warmly, but ah well.

Posted by: Pioneer Woman at August 24, 2006 05:07 PM

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