VENT.

[bettie]

Oh for fuck's sake. She's removed me from her blogroll. What are we, 12? (No; she is closer to 40. It's just embarrassing.)

[Lucretia]

I become infuriated when people criticise my sister, or my brother.

I can only begin to imagine how hurtful it is when someone criticises your choices in bringing your child up.

Pop a cap in someone's ass, is my comedy reply.

[zandersmom]

Since Allison is being needlessly and ruthlessly attacked and isn't here to defend herself, I feel the need to say a few things. I've been reading Allison's blog regularly since I got the link for it through Annika's blog, when her now almost-2-year-old son, Evan, had a brain tumor removed in August of 2007. I don't know her personally, but she seems to be a very nice, very positive and very strong woman who, given what all she's been through, still manages to keep herself and her home together and through it all, stay positive. It's just a bonus that her blog has also been very helpful and informative to me, personally, as she is all about living credit-card free and getting out of debt. She posts lots of tips, coupons and recipes too!

This is my opinion, of course, but I felt Allison's comments to the post in question were well thought-out and came from a good place and I am honestly surprised that Allison was being attacked at all. In my eyes, what she's guilty of is voicing her actual opinion instead of stroking Annika's ego, and continuing to stick to her original opinion even though she got flack for it from other readers.

I really have an enormous amount of respect for Allison as a person and a mother. Her actual blog can be found here, if you'd like to make your own informed opinion of her.

[bettie]

Since Allison is being needlessly and ruthlessly attacked and isn't here to defend herself

Nonsense. I vented in my SAFE SPACE (here) and my friends rallied around me. I don't appreciate you linking to her as it could lead her here and cause unnecessary hurt when I was merely venting.

Allison is a very nice person with whom I disagree on a number of matters. In person this has never been a problem at all, but online she has consistently been critical of any decision I make that is different than her own. I believe she feels that my choices are a direct denouncement of hers, which is ridiculous. I realize I have strong opinions, but I hardly have the time to care whether other people share them UNLESS THEY ARE CRITICIZING ME.

I don't expect anyone to "stroke my ego" but I do expect people to talk to me on my blog the way they would in my living room. In other words, not rudely. It is my opinion that Allison's comments were rude. I also thought some of the responses to her were rude, and I closed comments on the post.

I have NO INTEREST in EVER thinking about this again. It has become this ridiculous drama and I am SICK OF IT.

(Brandie, I'm sorry I'm yelling so much in this response. I promise I'm not yelling at you. I'm just yelling because I am so frustrated.)

[Nerdgirl]

There are times when you just need to vent. Other than sympathy, no other response is helpful.

So: I'm sorry that someone was rude to you on your blog. If I am ever rude, trust me, it was unintentional, and if you point it out to me (please do, or else I'll do it again), I'll feel really bad.

My vent:
I can't deal with people (OK, a specific colleague) who secretly hate me. If someone has an issue with me, tell me. Don't badmouth me behind my back and refuse to talk to me. I am not a threat to you! Ahem.

[JupiterAmy]

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a vent, but it is something I want to throw out there:

I may be a very bad insensitive person. I would really like to blame Stephenie Meyer.

[phoebe]

Why blame her? Aren't there trashier YA books, or something? Like Gossip Girl? (I saw 2 episodes of the TV show though and it seemed pretty good.)

In terms of me venting about something, I have SO MUCH TO SAY about all of this Buffy reflection, especially after just re-watching season three too, for more comparisonand the one time in like the last 6 years I actually really really really want to post something on the WD, I can't. Of course. I have this whole thing to say about how Buffy and Spike had a more mature relationship, not just because Buffy was older then, but because Angel basically functioned as an extension of Buffy, whereas Spike was always giving her new and interesting things to react to. Plus, it was more confusing for Buffy, and, you know, I'm at that age where confusion produces great interest. On second thought, maybe nobody ever actually grows out of that. Additionally . . . I could go on a lot.

Also, I'm sick of studying Russian (which I'm doing right now, one year in six weeks! Each day is a week!) , it has all of these horrible nonsensical grammar things and I'm probably going to forget it all after this summer and I don't really love it so why am I spending all of this money to study it.

[Podgy2]

My vent is that even though I'm registered for the site, I can't get my login to work from my home computer, and that means I can't use my normal username. Grr.

[Techboy]

I ...everyone in a kerfuffle...

I like that word - kerfuffle.

[Nerdgirl]

VENT:

We need new eavestroughs. Had a guy come to give a quote today. Fortunately, I have the flexibility in the summer to work at home. He was an hour late. Then he refused to give me the quote without my husband present. Fucker. Lost my business.