I have been blogging since before it was called blogging, and many people over the years in real life, have known I had a site. When I was in High school, I really didn’t care because my sites were not personal. They were geared towards soap opera’s such as: Another World, Days Of Our Lives, Passions, Sunset Beach and As The world Turns (PHEW!)
When I started going to college I started up a personal blog, and even had a live journal. My best friend at the time knew about it,and 2 of my cousins, but I really didn’t care that much. I gave them the links, so no big deal. I knew if I wrote something sensative they weren’t going to blab it to the wrong people.
When I moved away to appalachian state in spring of 2005 my life picked up a little bit and things started to be more interesting to write about. I mostly was using livejournal and myspace but I still had my site.
One of My ex’s(and I use the term loosely..we weren’t exclusive by any means) found my site in 2005-2006 (I can’t remember exactly when it was) and well, it was easy for him to find, because he was being NOSEY on my computer while he was visiting me and I was in class. I have always been a fairly detailed and open person, maybe a little bit more so back in those days!
He found out some things that well, it wasn’t that he didn’t already know, but he found out details he didn’t want to know. I was very upset, and I told him “hey that is what you get for being nosey!” shortly after I took down my site because I didn’t feel that I could be open as i’d like to be anymore!
I went exclusively to myspace & facebook at that point, because they were more private and he didn’t have either link. I stayed offline without a site for about 2 years or longer, I didn’t come back until after david & I were married.
I am *not* by any means a hard person to find online. You basically find me on one network as xxpollypocket and it will eventually bring you by here. The only 2 sites I don’t directly link to the site are my personal facebook and my flickr (because I share it with my mom). However, if you googled xxpollypocket.. yeah.. you could find it anyways!
I even go so far as to say a lot of people know I go by Nichole online and that I have a site autumn rain. I don’t make it a secret that I do paid posts, blog, and do reviews. If they take it upon themselves to come here and read something..I just haven’t ever heard about it. I have a pretty respectful family as it is, and I always try to make sure I wouldn’t write something that could get blowed out of whack either way even if they did come by!.
Friends however, aren’t so respectful. I think I maybe have given my link to 2 people that I know in real life.
I do have another situation that a guy from my past has found my site and he had the nerve to like it on facebook, and it really irks me! I already am not talking to this person, and then they have the nerve to follow my site! UGH!
This time I’ve worked to hard on my site (and am currently working even harder) to back down. I have a PR, Decent Alexa, I do reviews, get paid blogging,etc and this site means to much to me to get rid of. I say if your that desperate for Nichole Info well..I’m here to bring it to you! Enjoy