Who do you think you are?
The 20-Something Hangout board never fails to crack me up. nicky782006 posts: “I have a question for everyone: What does your SO think of your postings on iVillage? Do they know about them? I made the vile mistake of telling Chad that I post on iVillage, and that I enjoy talking to you all...and he thinks I'm a bit of a freak, which really aggravates me!! He says he would *never* talk to anyone online. Is this just a gender thing?... Perhaps I am naive, but I really don't think I'm talking to a bunch of 46 year old balding lonely men sitting around in their underwear.”
Ha! Joke’s on her, right?! I’m TOTALLY a 46-year-old balding lonely man. Aren’t you all? Oh wait, I mean. No. I’m not. I’m totally a 20-something female. With hair. I swear.
ANYway. I found this post really fascinating. And the responses:
ladibug119 : “Matt also doesn't ‘get it’ but he's becoming OK with it. I definitely think it's a gender thing. Now that he's nicknamed you guys ‘The Village People’ he's more comfortable with it…He hardly talks to his closest friends, just exchanging emails occasionally and talking on the phone every 6 weeks to three months. I, on the other hand, email/text/IM/messageboard/visit with so many friends from all aspects of life that it makes his head spin.”
razzmatazz580 : “LOL - this topic has come up so many times on this board! And you are not alone .... I think many of us have SO's who think that it's kind of weird that we post on here. I post on here for many of the same reasons you mentioned. Tony thinks it's OK but at first he thought it was really weird! Now he's more supportive but thinks that I should ‘first rely on my real life friends.’”
kateis2cool : “I told my DH that I recently started posting to this board, and while he's glad that I'm forming more friendships, he wants me to be very cautious about posting details about our lives just yet.”
psycho_chica : “*I* thought I was talking to a bunch of 46 year old balding lonely men sitting around in their underwear! Thanks for ruining my fun by telling me I was wrong. ;)”
Does the guy in your life understand your internet obsessions? If he’s suspicious of all the time you spend online, is it just because men and women are different?
It is a little weird to think of how much information accumulates online about each of us. I was just reading a piece in Jane magazine about a woman who was fired for her blog. Sure, we’ve all heard stories about people who’ve been “dooced,” but her blog was completely G-rated and not about work at all. Do you ever worry about the trail you leave when you post things online?
I promise not to send all your comments directly to your boss and/or boyfriend. Trust me! Why wouldn't you? I’m totally not a 46-year-old balding man!
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LOL!!! What a great topic!! :D My Dh "gets it"...it's taken a while, but he knows that "my girls" are VERY important to me. :) He doesn't even bat an eyelash anymore when I talk about "the Village"! :)
I don't think it's a gender thing - I think it's just that until you've been a part of the family-type atmosphere here on iVillage, you just don't understand it. :) Maybe we ought to start some more men-based boards...but then they'd be taking OUR TIME away from us!! :D
I'm still trying to explain to my SO why phone time w/my girlfriends is so important, heaven forbid he find out about all the online time I spend!!
Oh, goodness, it took DH a while to get used to it. The idea of the computer as a social tool is totally foreign to him! Now he thinks it's great that I talk to people online...takes some of the conversational pressure off of him! ROFL
My husband knows I have been a community leader for about seven years. In fact, he thought it was funny when they threw a wedding shower for us, and he had a blast when we have met iVillagers in real life.
Well, my bf couldn't care less about me being on iVillage or not... well you know what I mean. He knows that I post on here and he knows that it's my thing. When it comes on to some of the questions pertaining to men issues I'll ask him for his input and he'll willingly give it to me.
I know exactly what you mean! I am constantly on iVillage. I love it! My husband doesn't understand it at all...
I for one AM a 47 year old man but I most certaintly am NOT balding, there is plenty of hair growing out of my ears and nose. :)
My dh supports my ivillage friends. he has seen the incredible support I've gotten from them and he's even posted a few times in his own member name as well.
My Dh has always known I was posting on iVillage since I first joined. At first he didn't really "get" it, like that thread linked above says he's only participated on discussion boards for information--(i.e. how to fix something! LOL) but some of my closest friends came from iVillage boards so now he gets it and supports it!