My husband complained to me the other day, “I’m a blogging widow.”
He’s not far off. Every free second I get anymore I’ve got my laptop fired up and I’m in front of it. When he asks what I’m doing I chortle, “Blogging.”
“How can you be blogging? You always say that, but with all the banging you’ve been doing on those keys I’d have expected 50 posts by now.”
At this point I always sigh with exasperation.
“I’m doing blogging stuff.”
“What kind of stuff?” he asks haughtily. (Because he caught on to my insinuating tone that it’s far too advanced for him and his fancy CPA mind to comprehend so I have to put it as simply as possible. Doesn’t get much simpler than “stuff.”)
So I sigh again. (After all, he’s taking away from my blogging time!)
“Blogging is more than just writing posts. I’ve got to visit all the blogs I follow and leave comments. I’ve got to scan my Google alerts and Tweet the links. Oh, and speaking of Twitter, I have to scan all my lists there and see what’s going on and RT or ‘at’ followers in my responses to their Tweets. That can take up a lot of time. Then I have to stop by the Haunt Jaunts Facebook fan page and…”
“Stop right there. I’ve heard enough. That doesn’t sound like ‘blogging’ to me. That sounds like you’re goofing off.”
I release a full on “I’m very annoyed with you now” huff.
“See? That’s why I just say ’stuff.’ You don’t understand that blogging is more than just writing a post. There’s a lot of behind the scenes work.”
“Goofing off.”
This is usually when I’ve had enough. I turn back to my computer and go back to my blogging, wishing he had something to blog about. Then he’d understand.
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LOL, that very scene is played out in my house too. My hubby thinks that my blogging and tweeting is the reason why I haven’t found a job. Oh pulheeze!! I would still be doing this if I got one. He always asked me what are you doing, especially when I am recapping GH or GHI. He doen’t get it because he just uses the computer to check his bank account or email and to order pizza. I love blogging and will not be stopping anytime soon.
OH GOOD! I am not alone then! Someone else gets it! (And if anything, your blogging and Tweeting may help you find a job. The more people you know, the more it helps with that 6 degrees of separation thing…
One perk of marrying a writer…he gets my need to be permanently attached to the laptop. Plus, whenever I see him staring into space, I know he’s not wasting time. He’s writing, too.