Last week I asked, does your husband read your blog?
63 of you answered.
And, since ‘number crunching’ is my MIDDLE NAME (and you thought it was bananas!), I decided to put this excellent information to work.
Does your husband read your blog?
Turns out 44.8% of your husbands (or significant others) read your blog regularly.
“Yes. He reads. And he comments. And what do you think of that?? Ask that question of your readers, because my hubby asked if it’s appropriate for him to comment.” ~shejusthadtosayit
Well, readers? What do ya think?
A whopping 17.2% of your husbands know about your blog, but don’t read it.
“My hubby hates anything to do with computers and the internet and does not touch the computer at all. I told him last year that I had started a blog and he thought that I was sick and had to go to the doctor.” ~bloggers
Well bloggers, I say run with that. “I’m sick with the blog and there’s only one thing that can heal me… foot rubs and breakfast in bed. Doctor’s orders!”
Another 15.5% only read your blog when forced.
My husband reads my blog when I force him to. He pretends to enjoy it. I think he thinks I’m weird (but he loves me anyway–I hope). ~Jen
Well Jen, we think you’re weird but we definitely love you anyway. And as for your husband, I like to imagine you standing over him brandishing a frying pan. “READ IT,” you bark at him. It’s Desperate Housewives gone blog. Scary!
10.3% of your husbands read your blog occasionally.
“He knows about it and occasionally reads. It actually kind of hurts my feelings that he doesn’t read more often since this whole blogging this is such a huge part of my life.” ~Jennifer
Ok Jennifer, I think it’s time that I let you in on a little secret. Start writing intimate secrets about your husband. Exaggerate his worst traits. Lie, even. Make up stories about your many admirers. And watch how quickly he becomes an avid reader! It works every time.
This one might be my favorite… 3.4% of your husbands read your blog in secret.
“Mine reads, but pretends like he doesn’t.” ~Shamelessly Sassy
I long for the day when I sneak down in the dead of night to find my husband hunched over a laptop, his face ghoulish in the blue glow. He hears me behind him and quickly changes the screen to internet porn. But he’s TOO LATE, I’ve seen what he’s doing and he’s READING MY BLOG. “Aha!” I shout, “caught ya!”
And finally 3.4% of your husbands are totally unaware that you even have a blog. (poor dolts)
“I have thought about it over and over about telling my husband about my blog. I think he would read it, but I worry about what how he would react. Would he be supportive or critical? Or would he not care at all? So for a year now I have wondered those things, and here I am still wondering. My biggest fear is that I would have to filter myself if my husband and family read. I do not want to hold back things would like to say there just because they are reading.” ~Mommy Daisy
Well, Mommy Daisy, I always say that a marriage based on lies and deception is a marriage that’s sure to last. Just kidding. But seriously, I hear you. There’s a whole lot of stuff that never sees the light of my blog because my husband reads it (not to mention the in-laws!). Most of the time I convince myself that this is a good thing, but other times I long to be able to vent and moan and complain with utter abandon. I guess that’s what my journal’s for, huh? But how come it’s so much less fun?
And that’s all, folks.
Well, except for one more thing… I just published my latest Advice for New Bloggers post over at Seattle Mom Blogs, in which I talk about the basics of Search Engine Optimization. Go on over and read it… if you’re not sick of me already!
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May 28, 2008 at 7:04 am
Never sick of you! My husband left his first comment ever on my post about health insurance. It’s a rant. So apparently I have to post boring stuff for him to respond. My mom responded the other day for the first time. But only to remind me that it is vulgar to say that women sweat. I don’t count that.
Off to read your blogging advice!
May 28, 2008 at 7:41 am
Thanks for crunching the numbers for us — that was interesting to see!
Yesterday, my husband said, “Let me know when you blog about the laundry room remodeling, because I want to show the women in the office what we did.” LOL He knows he can count on me. ;)
(I actually had already posted it, he just hadn’t expected I would do it so soon. So, now he’s excited to show off the before and after pictures at work today.)
May 28, 2008 at 8:17 am
Wow, interesting results! My hubby now will take pictures or tell me things just because he wants me to post them on my blog. :)
May 28, 2008 at 8:24 am
Dude…all this math reminds me of high school exams. LOL.
Boo reads my blog…or rather, pesters me to read it to him over the phone. He doesn’t have internet access on a regular basis up North.
But he’s more interested in bragging about my blog than actually reading it.
Except when I talk about his Mr. Pickle.
Than his ears perk up rather quickly.
May 28, 2008 at 9:23 am
I think I love you. This is exactly the kind of stuff I love to do. You are awesome and I enjoyed reading this post more than you will ever know, and probably more than I should have enjoyed reading it.
May 28, 2008 at 10:14 am
Interesting.
My hubby used to read mine in hopes that I would write gloriously wonderful things about him but I ended up just using my blog to passive aggressively let him know my feelings. It got to weird so I asked him to only read when I ask him to. That works better for us.
May 28, 2008 at 10:42 am
Interesting results. I love when my husband suggests a blog topic for me. Thanks for the blogging advice. I’m not a new blogger, but love the tips!
May 28, 2008 at 11:35 am
i have so many friends who read my blog in secret…they act all “blog? what’s a blog?” but they know. everything. because i see them…in my stacounter. i know they are there. but then they still act surprised when i tell them something they’ve already read.
ahahah.
May 28, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Hubby leaving comments… I think that’s just peachy.
Mine doesn’t really “read” my blog… he just looks at it in all possible formats (IE, Safari, Firefox, Flock) and then tells me to go change my HTML because such and such is off screen in xyz browser. Huh.
And when I write a controversial post (like my response to my first negative comment) he then wants to know every comment/discussion that goes on around it. To see if he was right in that I shouldn’t post about it at all. :)
He does occasionally inquire “you don’t write about me on there do you?” Guess you’ll have to read to find out, won’t ya?
Cheers!
Jamie
May 28, 2008 at 1:31 pm
The scene you typed under my comment has happened in my house before. I think it’s mostly because I sneak pictures of him dressed as a girl for halloween on the ol’ blog sometimes.
May 28, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Interesting…mine read it regularly. He says its the only way he knows what’s on my mind ;)
May 28, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Mine doesn’t comment, but it wouldn’t be any big deal if he did.
May 28, 2008 at 7:52 pm
So funny!! No, I don’t use a frying pan for force, but I do withhold dinner and other important things until after he has read the posts. I also ask him follow up questions to make sure that he actually read it and didn’t just pretend to read it.
May 28, 2008 at 8:59 pm
My husband has left me a whopping total of 1 comment.
He is waiting for the day I get some huge paycheck before he actually takes my blog seriously.
May 29, 2008 at 7:27 am
I have written two books and my husband has never read one word of them.
I write a blog and he has never been on my website.
What does all that say? Does it mean he doesn’t love and respect me?
Hm. I think it means he wants me to shut up and get on with it! Work, I mean. Bringing in some money so he can retire….!!
Katrin
co-author, Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too
http://www.momstimeouts.com
May 29, 2008 at 10:43 am
My husband wouldn’t know how to comment if he wanted to. anyone else dreadfully sorry they let their friends and family in on the blog?
I can’t wait for a really good fight to blog about. That’ll get them to stop reading!
May 29, 2008 at 6:13 pm
My dad reads my blog but never comes out and says it. My husband always reads it. I was getting some not so nice comments a while back from an “anonymous” person. Turns out it was my MIL.
May 29, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Well, there’s a good reason to keep it to myself. See? No censorship (well, some, but not as much as it would be if more people I knew read my blog). I don’t talk to people about my blog in normal conversation. And I don’t want to take the time to keep a real journal, so I’ll stay where I am. But it WAS interesting to see the stats on this.
May 29, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Very interesting! I’m sorry I missed this one. Jeff only reads when forced.
May 30, 2008 at 4:29 pm
My husband reads and comments. He gets hurt feelings if I don’t comment on his blog very often! :) I try to tell my friends something new and they always say, “oh, I know already, I read it on your blog”! :)
June 1, 2008 at 9:39 am
Just getting back from a computer-free trip…
LOVED this post! Hilarious!
Here’s a new one for you. I wish this had been one of your categories…
My man GUEST BLOGGED for me last week in my absence.
Not even lyin’ to ya’!
http://www.shejusthadtosayit.com/2008/05/30/and-now-a-word-from-our-sponsor/
July 26, 2008 at 3:37 pm
At first my husband didn’t read my blog. Then I think he read in secret. Then he admitted to reading. And now he brags about it.
Carol
August 12, 2008 at 6:55 am
My wife reads regularly, but my husband couldn’t care less. He’s a selfish bastard, though.