I was talking to my mom on the phone yesterday, who I talk to roughly every other day.
Me: Mom, did I tell you that I hurt my back last week?
Mom: No, but I read about it on your blog.
Me: [silence]
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18 comments:
Hey, at least you have a loyal reader in your mom. My parents are in their 80's and don't even own a computer.
Too funny!
There are certain people that I assume I have told everything too and then I realize I told someone else or mentioned it on Twitter or on my blog.
Thank-you, woke up in a bad mood, you made me laugh :D
I have cought myself doing the same thing, then again it isn't a bad thing, everyone you care about knows what you're doing (maybe not such a good thing, I do not know)
Have a great day
Ha! That's awesome. :) And I can definitely relate!
I started to tell my dad about a BookMooch project I was working on yesterday, but he didn't seem to be paying much attention (you know, a game was on). About 10 minutes later, after he realized I'd been trying to talk to him and asked me again about the project, I just frowned at him and said, "Don't worry about it. You can read about it in the morning on my blog."
That's very funny. I get that from my mom too, "I saw on your blog that..."
LOL! That's great!
That is funny! My parents know my blog is out there, but I don't think they read it. Maybe I'm wrong...
Ha! That is pretty funny.
Hahahaha.
Hahaha! That's funny. Can't keep anything from Moms.
That's funny! My mom makes a point of telling me that my dad reads my blog so I shouldn't post anything personal. I don't think she reads it though, except when she's written the review posted.
LOL That's great! I'm with some of the previous commentors in that I WISH my mom read my blogs!
OMG-that is hilarious!
LOL - that is great!
Oh, too funny! Are you going to be more timely in keeping your mom up-to-date now? =P
well at least she knew, though only from your blog.
I always think it's funny when someone I know IRL learns something about me from my blog...wouldn't it make communication so much easier if everyone would just read our blogs??
That's so funny but kind of cool, too. If my mom heard the word "blog" she'd think someone had burped!
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