A big part of this whole blogging thing is commenting.
Commenting on other people’s blogs.
Getting comments on your blog.
And I have to say, I find it all rather exhausting and fraught with anxiety.
(Sometimes I feel like my life is exhausting and fraught with anxiety!)
(Okay, not really. Am being histrionic for dramatic effect.)
Anyhoodle.
I love to read blogs – your blog, especially, since you are kind enough to read mine and comment on it! – and, when I have time, I leave comments.
But I always have the same worries…
I should leave a comment, to let Blog Person know I was here…
Not that Blog Person even knows I exist. Or cares.
And it’s not like I have anything insightful to say. But I want to say SOMETHING.
Or wait, I DO have something hilarious/insightful/awesome to say! So I must say it!
But what if Blog Person doesn’t think it’s hilarious/insightful/awesome?
In fact, what if Blog Person gets annoyed? Or offended?
Oh my god, I totally don’t want to offend Blog Person! I want her to like me!
Gah. No way is Blog Person going to like me just because I commented on her blog. I mean, look at all the comments she gets. No way is she even going to READ my comment. Let alone care about it. Let alone like me because of it.
Maybe I shouldn’t even leave a comment.
But I would hate it if someone came to my blog, read a post, and didn’t comment.
So I’ll leave a comment.
By the way, I love it when you talk to me. I always appreciate it, even if I don’t acknowledge it. I admire you for getting past the Comment Anxiety.
You are insightful. You are hilarious. And you are always awesome.
So well written.
I can track how many people come to my site every day, but hardly any-one leaves a comment – ever. It still boggles my mind – but I don’t write questions or super interesting stuff like you do. It used to bug me, but I don’t have time to fret about it – or leave comments on lots of other blogs (I think I leave comments on like three blogs regularly – yours is one and you know how often I don’t leave one…).
YOU ARE HILARIOUS! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment.
I’m with you on the whole insecurity thing. The worst is when I have something so witty and hilarious to say, then I scroll down and notice that someone else already said something way too similar to what I wanted to say. Then I sit and pout at my computer. Then I sit and pout at the imaginary person who took my witty comment. Then I try to come up with something even remotely as witty to say. I rarely do. I end up just writing a generic comment. Which I hate doing. But I want the person to know that I stopped by. And that I read their post. And that I care about their post. I’m just out of witty things to say because the damn commenter #5 got their before me.
So this is my witty comment on yours. I hope no one else already said it.
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