Comments on: The Loneliness of Unshared Experience

By: Do you suffer from FOMO? « Let Her Eat Clean

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 19:51:50 +0000

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By: Kate

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:50:31 +0000

For me, it depends what the moment was……

If one of my Girls has said/done something, be it a moment that makes me uber proud or laugh till I wee myself, I will likely share it with the world (particularly if it’s hilarious as it would be mean to not share the laughs……)

If I have suffered an EPIC parenting fail, I will DEFINITELY share it because it is VERY important to let others know that these things happen and it really isn’t the end of the world if you are having to Hairdryer clean pants for EVERYONE because you totally forgot to take them out of the Washing machine the night before……

But if it’s small, personal to me, event or victory, I will probably just keep it to myself and jump round the house quietly in celebration for fear of people thinking I was a self absorbed big head, even though they probably wouldn’t and would actually enjoy jumping round in celebration with me!! But that’s just a little, personal insecurity of mine……..

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By: Luci - mother.wife.me

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:54:50 +0000

Yes, yes, yes (don’t worry, not going all When Sally Met Harry here…) I was on family hols last week and I disabled my phone from receiving emails and then I turned my phone OFF. For a whole week there was no internet, no iPhone, the only iPad action was my daughter playing App games. It. Was. Bliss. It made me realise how much time I spent faffing around online and how addictive it can be, because the urge was still there for the first couple of days – the Instagram urge and the Twitter urge and then ‘just check my emails’ urge. The extra time I had in my day to simply be, to read books and most importantly, to put all my focus on my daughter and my husband for a week was a real wake up call for me. Almost a week back in Blighty and I’ve toned down my digital usage and so far so good… I’m even thinking of having tech-free Fridays… starting next week, ahem.

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By: Mary

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:38:42 +0000

Having an intermittently dodgy internet connection and a tendency to spend chunks of time in remote mountain areas in a campervan I often have enforced periods offline. At first it makes me feel a little ‘itchy’ but once I accept it it feels downright refreshing. Balance is just so difficult to achieve in all areas of life, not just social media!

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By: helloitsgemma

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:06:09 +0000

I take a fair amount of time off – did you notice?
Nope, no one notices!
Sometimes it takes a pile of crap for your realise your priorities and take a step back.
The internet is nice but real life matters more.

Now get off the flipping internet and go for a walk in the sunshine. You are needed elsewhere right now.

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By: Sally

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:30:35 +0000

I get many of the same thoughts – I’m sure a lot of us do.

I purposely keep some of my thoughts and experiences just between me and my family – like little secrets, that are all my own.

Partly, I’ll admit it’s because putting things online seems on a bad day to open them up to wilful misinterpretation and judgement and perhaps I’m not strong enough to expose every part of my soul to that sort of scrutiny, knowing what I do about the Internet.

But mostly it’s because there’s a joy in keeping those experiences unshared and sharing them later, with people you love.

It’s about showing your Mum the photo of the view you took on your phone, without the story being third hand because it’s already been on Instagram. Or telling your child that really funny story about falling over into the bin* and enjoying her laughter more because people didn’t already write LOL at the same story on Twitter. Those stories, shared with real people who you love and spend time with, become a part of your shared history together, and I think there’s something tremendously powerful about that.

* Not a true example. Cough.

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By: Alison @ Not Another Mummy Blog

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:46:34 +0000

Dear Molly, please get out of my head and stop having the same thoughts as me. Yours, A Perry x

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