Do you think you should air out your dirty laundry on myspace to relieve stress?

I know this is an odd question, but I was on myspace and I noticed people posting bullentines about their lovers and stuff going in their lives for the public to view.. although some pages are private, but why would you want everyone seeing your business and what happened between you and ya man lastnight..what do you think?

Do you think you should air out your dirty laundry on myspace to relieve stress?

Wow yeah I notice it, but you never hear about the flip side: the negativity people associate with a person when they do stuff like that. I used to blog any old thing that popped into my mind, then realized people were judging me based on that. People dont seem to realize that just because you can be heard, doesnt mean you should talk. And girls who post sh!t about their lovers in bulletins, are attention whore drama queens "Ooh Im so special and mysterious and guarded that my profile is on "private" but I'll accept any friend invitation and spill all my secrets in bulletins anyway because I need the attention, but need it to look like I dont want it."

They dont seem to realize that people take things different ways, and intonation is completely lost on the internet, so something that is said that sounds whimsical and funny to you, could sound desperate and crazy to someone else who only knows you online. I swear, texts and IMs and the Internet are goign to cause a social breakdown because people are getting bolder with their words, not caring about what comes out of their mouth and onto the page, and unlike words spoken, these typed words will haunt them for as long as the Internet endures....

Do you think you should air out your dirty laundry on myspace to relieve stress?

you put stuff out there and its there forever. not a good idea at all. explaining this stuff to your kids down the road when they will surely come across it could be a nightmare.

Do you think you should air out your dirty laundry on myspace to relieve stress?

Nope. How you feel right now is not how you will feel forever, I guarantee. But once you "ring the bell" by saying stuff in writing, where others can see and read it, you can never "unring" it. The consequences of such indiscretion can be embarrassment at best, or damage to/loss of relationships, employment opportunities, etc., at worst. Don't do it. Write it down the old-fashioned way, in your diary, if you just have to get it out, instead.

Do you think you should air out your dirty laundry on myspace to relieve stress?

No way, stuff like that should be kept private for starters but the real problem is that when you write stuff down it can be perceived differently by different people according to how they are feeling, their relationship to the person you are venting anger at and so on. Plus in my opinion i don't want to know about other people's petty love problems they are important only to those in the relationship.

Do you think you should air out your dirty laundry on myspace to relieve stress?

If you want to know the real person...read their blogs.

If you want to know only how the world sees a person...then don't read them.

We all have lives to live...we all have good experiences and bad experiences...if a person chooses to allow you to see their life experiences...then maybe you have something to learn from their making things public.

Years ago, you couldn't even say the word "pregnant" ...a woman was in the "family way" or she was p.g. No one talked about sex in public among other subjects.

Now, we are allowed to discuss these subjects and a lot of good has come from open discussions.

The ones saying don't discuss your problems or affairs are the ones with something to hide in their lives that they don't want to be known.

If there had been open discussions on certain subjects years ago, there would not have been as many problems with children that were molested, women pregnant and not knowing what to expect from the pregnancy as there were.

Now, everyone openly discusses these things.

You ask if they are doing this to relieve stress...I think they are trying to vent, but mostly asking for help and input from others.

Instead of judging what they are doing...try putting yourself in their place and asking yourself how you would react. Or if you have been in their shoes...offer them a word of encouragement or advice.

Do you think you should air out your dirty laundry on myspace to relieve stress?

A big NO NO NO !!!