Comments on: Hi Mom

By: The Digerati Life

The Digerati Life — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:27:23 +0000

This is very nice. I came across this when researching your site. Thanks for sharing my friend. :) Okay, I will admit I was spying on your metrics and got here by accident. lol

By: Flexo

Flexo — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:18:29 +0000

For a while, I didn’t tell my family about Consumerism Commentary. Then one day, I got a call from my mom. She asked, “Are you Flexo?” Apparently she was searching for something online, came across Consumerism Commentary, and immediately recognized my writing.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:11:15 +0000

Funny article, nice to delve into the psychology of a blogger.

I told my mom a while ago about my blog, and she’s my biggest marketer.

She actually created business cards without telling me and hands them out to whomever will have them.

She spams her friends about my articles and is constantly making suggestions for my blog as well as complaints for that matter.

I understand your embarrassment to some extent, as it seems like anytime you tell anybody that you work on the Internet, they immediately associate you with porn, so I end up explaining what I actually do a lot at family gatherings.

I tried explaining to my dad once, but he didn’t even know what Google was, so I gave up on that one.

Really great article, amusing perspective on the art of blogging.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:01:08 +0000

You did good, “Lazy Mom” (it’s too easy, but it’s not very nice, is it?). Lazy’s Mom. There we go.

And congrats on keeping a secret, Lazy. I kept mine secret for…maybe 3 or 4 months. Then I had to stop my mom from sending it out in the Christmas cards, lol.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:55:37 +0000

Hello Lazy Man’s mother! I’ve “known” Lazy for several years now, at least as well as you can know someone over the web, and I think you did a good job raising him, he’s a nice guy.

Sometimes I forget that my mom, mother in law, and some of my friends read my site and am surprised when they bring up something I wrote about weeks or months ago. See Lazy, now you have to watch what you write :)

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:41:41 +0000

Hilarious – I told my family about the blog a while back. Most of them don`t bother reading it…. :)

By: kosmo @ The Casual Observer

kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:13:28 +0000

I’ve told my mom about my blog, but I’m certain that she has no clue what I mean :) She’s in her 70s and is an active emailer, but hasn’t jumped onto that newfangled “web” thing quite yet :)

I did print out all of my short stories for her and put them into a binder. She’ll probably like some of them … and probably wonder where she went wrong with some of them (the ones that show the warped, twisted side of my mind)

By: Cologne Perfume Fragrance

Cologne Perfume Fragrance — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:29:59 +0000

so you told your mom but not your brother?

By: kenyantykoon

kenyantykoon — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:40:24 +0000

i havent told my mom about my blog and i think that i will wait until it is well established. congrats for the achievement of the million and i hope that you get more millions. the post was also very creative.

By: Candace

Candace — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:41:54 +0000

Love this post!

Welcome Lazy Man’s Mom. I hope you do spend a good amount of time reading your son’s articles and the comments left by his readers. From what I have seen here, looks like Mama did very well raising this one. You should both be proud!

BTW, LM, I have a few old teachers I’d like to show my work to and say “how do you like them apples”, myself.
Well done!

By: Erica Douglass

Erica Douglass — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:26:43 +0000

Hi, Lazy Man’s mom!

My mom has known about my blog for years, but refuses to read it because I once wrote something negative about her and she’s scared I will do it again. (Even though I haven’t.)

-Erica

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:47:25 +0000

“Oh, and can you avoid telling my brother about this site? For a long time, I wanted to give him advice, but didn’t really know how to do it. You can’t really call someone up and say ‘be careful how you spend your money.’”

I have the exact opposite issue. Co-workers appoach me for investment advice. While I have a solid understanding of fundamentals, I really don’t want to tell them how to invest, because everyone’s situation (and tolerance for risk is different). I’m alwayss willing to explain how certain things work, though.

Just yesterday, I was asked to explain the date targeted 401(k) funds that my employer began offering about a year ago. They were stunned to learn that we could shift 401(k) assets into the date targeted funds with just a few clicks of the mouse.

Oh, and Hi, Lazy Mom :)