I have a new blog obsession. At times hilarious, poignant, scary and right on, the
True Mom Confessions blog has become my new lunchtime reading. The concept is that "moms" (although many posts have nothing to do with motherhood) can anonymously post things about their lives, pretty much anything you want.
They can be hilarious and self-baring like:
Or sad, enraging or self-effacing like:
And they can be short and sweet confessions:
You can't respond to posts with comments, but you can click on "me too" to show that you've been in the same situation or feel the same way as the writer. People often respond to certain posts by writing their own post.
Hundred of posts appear daily, meaning that you can never read them all...unless you stayed on the site for hours each day...but there is always something entertaining to read....
And you learn a lot. Or at least I have. I've learned that there are others just like me (and some much worse!), and that I'm not the only constantly worried, daily harried, overprotective, neurotic mom out there. I've read about things I've never experienced myself. I've read things that disgusted me, things that empowered me, things that inspired me, things that made me crack a smile or even chuckle.
And the cool thing is, even though the site is called True Mom Confessions, and many of the posts do concern motherhood, many of them do not. This site really reaches all parts of women's lives, written by women for women, read by women ... it's just really cool, and addicting.
Check it out!
Or sad, enraging or self-effacing like:
And they can be short and sweet confessions:
You can't respond to posts with comments, but you can click on "me too" to show that you've been in the same situation or feel the same way as the writer. People often respond to certain posts by writing their own post.
Post Secret is a place dedicated to people who have a secret to tell and need an anonymous place to let the secret go. Every Sunday the blog is updated with new secrets that people have written out and sent in on postcards. I think it is a neat concept and and for entertainment value, it is fun to browse through the secrets to see what everyone else is doing. I sometimes wonder if all the secrets are legit, but I'm sure that a lot of them are. It's hard not to get emotional over some of them, as there are a lot of sad and raw emotions in some people's secrets. It's amazing and scary what so many people have bottled up inside, afraid to let someone close to them know.
The Shadowlands website will give you goosebumps. If you've ever wondered what places were haunted in your area, just spend some time on this site. You can search your own particular state, and then it breaks it down into certain cities. In my particular city there are twenty-three ghostly tales to read about. One in particular is from a hotel that I worked in during my college years. I had heard about these hauntings while I was there, but it's neat to read about them here. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, everyone needs a little spookiness in their lives every now and then!
