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Why not to marry a blogger?

In response to my friend Jad’s post that has the same exact title as my post; I want to share with you why we (girls) should not marry bloggers; what can I do Jad; you really have inspired me ... LOL

1-      He will blog about your mood swings and your PMS; not good!

2-      Every time he sees you online; he will suspect that you are blogging about him and he will create a big fuss about it both online and offline!

3-      Will test you through anonymous comments if you are bad mouthing him or not.

4-      He will remove you from his blog roll because he does not want other men bloggers to know your name or that you are married to him.

5-      He will rant about wanting kids on his blog and seek sympathy from his fellow bloggers because you want to pursue a career and put off having kids for a while, you insensitive you.

6-      He never wants you to comment on his blog because he will take every word you say as personal and a virtual fight will break.

7-     He expects you to have at least one post per day describing his wonderful traits as a husband.

8-      He expects you to support his decision of buying the huge sound system that he already installed in your living room without even telling you.

9-      He will rant everyday about your nightly headaches.

10-  You will only discover it through his blog that he bought a new mobile phone, iPod, and the Apple laptop that is on the way.

11-   He does not know that you already know about his other secret blog; how could he think that he can pass something like this.

12-  He will get angry if you reply to the guys who comment on your blog; you should ignore guys and reply only to gals to salvage his manly ego.

13-  You will hear about your burned meals and that you do the laundry only once a week from his blog.

14-  He will blog about your long baths and the masks you apply on your face; he wants you beautiful but does not want to know how you do it.

15-  He will put a poll on his blog asking about how to cure headaches because Panadol is not doing the trick.

16-  He will post about men’s rights to discipline their wives and how God has given them this privilege over women.

17-  He will complain about all the money you wasted on the stupid wedding part; his hard earned money.

18-  He will rant about your mother and you will only read on his blog how he really feels about your family.

19-  He will blog about how you outrageously got upset just because he forgot your birthday and your anniversary.

20- He will get ideas from his readers on what to get you as a gift because he does not really have a clue.

21-  You should strict your blog to female readers and declare it as a male free zone.

22-  You should be cool about girls commenting how he is a great guy and a wonderful thinker and how lucky his wife is.

23-  He will use only colors you hate when he designs his blog because he does not want you to like it there and stay for a long time.

24-  He will rant about you wanting him to be in the delivery room; he is a man, don’t you get it? He is not supposed to see these things!

25-  He will accuse you of being obsessed with raising your 1 year old son alone just because you did not want him to get the F16 toy for him.

26-  You will read on his blog that he works so hard and how you are being insensitive and give him more chores when he comes home, like for example bring the groceries; you should do that for a change.

27- He will post instructions on his blog on how to fix the sink because he is too good of a handy man and does not need to call the plumber, the electrician … etc.

28-  There is nothing wrong with men having huge bellies and this does not call for a gym membership.

29-  He will complain that you blog more than you cook; he is a man and needs to eat!

30- When you hear his podcasts, you will be surprised that he only talks about marital misery and how staying single is the answer.

31-  He will blog about how confusing you are and that all you want to do is talk; there are more important things married people can do you know.

32-  He will mention that he is married, but he is a guy you know; he can afford something on the side.

33-  He rants about your job and how he is feeling neglected and not taken care of because you have a career.

34-  He will blog about his love relationship with the remote control and how you keep trying to drive wedges between the two sweethearts.

35-  Baby weight is still weight and you will continue to be careless about yourself until you lose it and fit in the wedding dress again; you read that on one of his latest posts.

36-  If wrinkles start showing on your face, if you grow some white hairs, if you start getting tired easily … etc. you are getting older but his bald head and big glasses are signs of maturity and you will hear it from comments on your blog trackbacking to his posts complaining about that.

 

Anything more girls? ;)

No offense guys! I really like you all but this is only for a good laugh :)

Update:

37- He might have met you through your blog and fell in love with you and your personality ... but after marriage; he forgets all about that and complains about how you love your blog more than you love him ... by the caller

38- You will read a daily rant about your nagging and how you are making his life a living hell because you just don't stop yapping ... by Iman

39- He will send anonymous commentators to your blog to convince you that home is your best place (or convince you with anything else) ... by Shaden

40- When you fight, he will send them to make fun of your posts and put you down. Continue to do so until you shut down your blog. You will know about it from his secret blog :-D ... by Shaden


On July, 28, 2006 5:27 PM , thecaller
from Egypt said:

asalam 3alaykom,
Can i share my experience in this..??
btw..i got mad cause i couldn't see jad's..now my dear khalidah did me a favour:):)

I agree with most of what mentioned above..but hear this..

tab3an momken yekoon 7abek during blogging..and that will make you know the difference between before and after..blog wise!!

before..he adors your writings..your openions and jumps to your blog every five min...after..he has you..so amnesia hits his brains about your blog,openions and everything else..

and as you said..he'd hate your peaking at his blog..cause you can see how it rains chicks on his head and lap over there..not to mention his flirts with this and that..big or small fights will be unbearable for him..cause now he doesn''t like the jealousy that turned him on before marriage..

most probably he will neglect your peresnce aslan..
which will break your heart cause that's what made you fall for him at the first place..

ain't love hard???
i mean..blogging:):)
that's what i can think of for now..i'll let you updated;)

On July, 28, 2006 6:02 PM , Iman said:

LOL!
I didn't see anything about 'nagging' up there?

I wanna start my own list of Why You SHOULD marry a blogger ...or I'll leave that for shaden of SugarCubes..

On July, 28, 2006 6:12 PM , hamede
from United States said:

anonymous comments,good one.

On July, 28, 2006 6:34 PM , Khalidah
from Jordan said:

the caller & Iman

Thank you ladies, I have updated the list and I hope you like what I wrote

hamede,

LOL ... this is kinda cool isn't it?

On July, 28, 2006 7:03 PM , Qwaider قويدر
from United States said:

I object!
Half of the stuff up there men don't do!! :(
Who wants to disceplin a wife?

On July, 28, 2006 7:05 PM , Khalidah
from Jordan said:

Qwaider,

Read Jad's post first ... and I said no offense .. this is only for a good laugh ... chill my friend ..

I know you would make a wonderful husband even if you are a blogger ... LOL

On July, 28, 2006 7:31 PM , Shaden
from United Arab Emirates said:

loool he will send anonymous commentators to your blog to convince you that home is your best place (or convince you with anything else).

Or when you fight, he will send them to make fun of your posts and put you down. Continue to do so until you shut down your blog. You will know about it from his secret blog :-D

On July, 28, 2006 7:42 PM , Iman
from United States said:

Khalidah, LOL .. how do you know that Qwaider will make a wonderful husband? :D refer to Shaden's list of why you should marry a blogger! any of it sounds familiar? :P

LOL

On July, 28, 2006 8:14 PM , Qwaider قويدر
from United States said:

Ok, I added why you SHOULD marry a female blogger .... http://blog.sweetestmemories.com/default.asp?Display=204
come on people make love not war :D

On July, 28, 2006 8:45 PM , wedad
from Syrian Arab Republic said:

khoka what i missed here!! marrying a blogger??????????
sure we cant coz we will be on net all the time, and will not talk to each other, unless through blogging :D imagine our lifes like that!
its all true what u wrote here:D

On July, 28, 2006 9:41 PM , Linda
from United States said:

These are too funny. Just finished reading Jad's post and finsihed reading yours. Great stuff. Now on to Qwaider

On July, 28, 2006 10:20 PM , Khalidah
from Jordan said:

Shaden, loved those very much and updated accordingly

Iman, I answered your question on Qwaider's blog ;)

Wedad, I miss you habibty ... and yes that's why we have this list as a reminder .. LOL

Linda, Hey girl, I am glad you liked them :D

On July, 28, 2006 10:31 PM , Iman
from United States said:

Khalidah, I saw :D

come on now, a reminder for what? does that mean you will not consider a blogger? :D you see I was ready to put to use my match-making skills ...they have proven successful :D

On July, 28, 2006 10:35 PM , Khalidah
from Jordan said:

Iman Habibty ...

I would definitely consider a blogger because he will speak to my mind and soul in so many ways .. but he has to be a good blogger ... ;)

So shall I consider this an invitation to use your match making skills? Cause I might just take this seriously :D

On July, 28, 2006 10:44 PM , Iman
from United States said:

Khalidah,

isn't it amazing how often you see yourself connecting with a lot of what some have to say! I am not sure what to make of it :D

anyway, yeah sure why not...how about you make a list of what you look for ...I think I already have a few in mind for you! :D
Who else wants to get in line? :p

On July, 28, 2006 10:57 PM , Shaden
from United Arab Emirates said:

Iman, I'm next after Khalidah! :-P

On July, 28, 2006 11:56 PM , Iman
from United States said:

Shaden, No problem. I can take care of that ;)

On July, 29, 2006 1:25 AM , thecaller
from Egypt said:

asalam 3alaykom,

here's another one..

He will try to make you stay off sight so he wouldn't loose his lady fans..

he will show up at all other blogs but not yours..to maintain a low profile..

he won't show how jealous he is from all the male compliments you get..7ay3mel feha wad te2el w ma beyhemoosh.

he will hack ur mail to know who secretly mails u.

is something repeated??
i forgot..it's already too along a list!
khalidah ur so sweet:):)

hey iman..wanna know who's q's girl??
i knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
:):):)

On July, 29, 2006 10:23 AM , Solidus
from Oman said:

Hahaha! I don't think that blogs can do any damage, there are some good sides of being married to a blogger, such as him/her expressing feelings that aren't visable to the other partner, or expressing idea's on the blog that can't be said or expressed face to face with the other partner..

If the two people were really into each other, then they won't go against each other in blogging, if they are not really into each other, then why get married?

-Solidus

On July, 29, 2006 5:49 PM , Ahmad-2 said:

Someone has been fouling batir's blog today with coarse language. Batir, as you know, is a center figure in the political discussions, and his blog attracts comments that are pro and against the government equally likely.

The past week, because of the events in Lebanon, the atmosphere of political discussion has heated up in the Jordanian blogsphere. Some people voiced very hard criticisms of the government and its stance.

Considering the behaviour of the foul-mouthed individual calling himself Ahmad Tarawneh, I do not see anything in Batir's behavior to merit Ahmad's reponses. I expect that Ahmad has been sent by someone to foul Batir's blog on purpose and he was armed with private information about Batir's family.

Batir's knee-jerk reaction was to call the blog to be closed (Ahmad repeatedly challenged him to close the blog, and in a way he was encouraging him to do it).

My personal explanation is that this Ahmad is a member of the intelligence services who intends to poison the blogging atmosphere in Jordan by ruinging the emerging community. They want to break is because it is showing signs of free political discussions and is proving to be a place where people breathe amongst the atmosphere of fear in Jordan.

I am not sure what should be done about this. I urge Batir not to stop blogging. Is there a better way to do this? Write a letter to someone who is concerned about encouring free speech in Jordan? Any help is appreciated.

On July, 30, 2006 10:03 AM , 7ala said:

yeeeee khalidah the first one jd ma2sah:/

hehehehe "You should strict your blog to female readers and declare it as a male free zone." wallah hai ma bastab3edha abadan 3anhom :-)

And yes shaden he will keep adding anonymous comments to your blog to convince you that home is your best place .. but a7la shi ennek betkony 3arfeh enno howwe ;)

On July, 30, 2006 11:15 AM , oppressed male blogger
from United Kingdom said:

Hey, it sounds as if you've married and divorced quite a few of them already!

Brilliant reading of male (sorry boys') psyche. Arab women are so much better at it than Western ones. Yet they remain charming and teasingly submissive (until the first child is born, then God help us!).

On July, 30, 2006 6:44 PM , Diana Joy
from United States said:

Can't say much to this except:
hahahahahah LOL
Diana Joy

On July, 31, 2006 10:31 AM , Ramroom
from United Arab Emirates said:

hehehehehe...

Every single point is true out there!!

Thanks for sharing Khalidah...

On July, 31, 2006 1:48 PM , Oussama
from United States said:

Good topic. Some of your reasons have just craked me up not because they are facts but because they are really exagerated. In my opinion, there is no fixed rules to trust or follow regarding this matter. I can`t imagine that every two bloggers get married would do the same thing and to this far extent. In addition, I see that there is no need for any husband or wife to reveal their problems and complaints about each other to their readers as these are personal affairs and noone would be excited to know about or comment. I think that if I just come across a blog in which the owner complains about his wife(his fellow blogger)in a regular way and just get happy when the readers sympathize with him that I will neglect the blog and won`t simply stay and be back again.

On July, 31, 2006 2:15 PM , Khalidah
from Jordan said:

Iman, yallah I am ready ... email me the procedure so that I can prepare my list ... LOL

Shaden, wait till you see my result and then try ... :D

the caller, you know something we don't know about qwaider?? yallah girl .. say the word :D

Solidus, thank you for the visit and the comment; yeah you are right .. but this was just for a fun thought .. LOL

7ala, LOL ... yeah but men go crazy over that so it is not unlikely .. trust me .. :)

Opressed Male Blogger, why are you opressed my dear and who did that to you??
I am glad you found the humor and wisdom in this ... and some of us maintain their charm even after the 5th kid ... it is an Art :)

Diana, cool .. glad you liked :)

Ramroom, hala wallah .. wenek min zaman? yeah, some points are actually true :P

Oussama, welcome to my mind and thank you for sharing your thoughts .. keep coming back ..
Yeah, these ideas were meant to be exaggerated and this post is a response to my friend's post .. he was ranting about women so I gave him a piece of my mind .. fair .. ha? :)

On August, 02, 2006 7:19 PM , Oussama
from Tunisia said:

Yeah, now I see what you mean. it's really fair.. ha ha ha.