1. Megan Non-McArdle quits blogging, at least for the time being.
I’ve long felt that the routine of married life fits the routine of blogging very well; I really do wake up the same hour each morning, more or less. If I weren’t married I would still blog but I would feel more conflicted about it and perhaps she does too. ("You’re funnier on the blog" one loyal (and beautiful) MR reader once told me upon meeting.) Dating and blogging either means the blog is a secret (but for how long?) or the potential partner "dates the blog" before dating you. Do I really want to be explaining "Markets in Everything" on a first or second date? ("No, I don’t want you as a prostitute. Most of the entries are sad, or satirical, but there is a secret code to indicate the ones I approve of. For further explanation, go to the middle chapter in Montaigne’s second book of Essays.") Maybe the blog is more charming than I am and I would do better to send it on my dates but that’s still an odd place to be. In any case my guess is that Megan Non-McArdle is doing the right thing by quitting. We all wish Megan Non- well in her quest for Mr. Non-McArdle, and in her quest for everything else, etc.
Is this Tyler-abetted navel gazing? Who cares?
From her statement:
“My hope, as it has been since the very first days of this blog, is that you guys would turn to real friends”
I’ve lost hope at this point in ever making true friends online. The people online have images of themselves that are quite different from their Real Life personalities: Like you said, it might be easier to send your blog on to dates than going yourself.
Problem is, in most cases, the image is deliberately crafted, and people hold back when it comes to showing their true emotions and true selves online.
I was quite upset when I first realized that the people I considered friends were really just putting up fronts. But even if those relationships are never real…it’s still a lot better than being alone, ain’t it?
As for blogging: I blog because I’m a college student with too much time on my hands and too many thoughts in my head. Hence the name “Musings of an Econ Student”
Routine? Maybe that helps…but I blog because I have something to say
Not only is the blog more charming than you, it’s cuter than you, too! Take that!
Wow. Reading is fundamental. Thanks bob. After I posted (again, speech before thought) I kept reading tyler’s post and wondering “Geez, why is this guy calling her Meghan Non-McArdle”? did she get married? Change her name to Megatron? Is it some inside joke? Naturally, I didn’t stop to think that I might have the wrong Meghan. Thanks for the heads up.
<—- Sheepish.
Wow. Reading is fundamental. Thanks bob. After I posted (again, speech before thought) I kept reading tyler’s post and wondering “Geez, why is this guy calling her Meghan Non-McArdle”? did she get married?
I made the same mistake, Adam. I thought Megan McArdle was quitting blogging because she wanted to get married and the blog was attracting the wrong kind of guy, and scaring off the right kind of guy. Sort of like a child sitcom star might be happy to start dating someone who had never heard of the show.
So does Megan Non-McArdle favor torture?
Tyler, did you forget to finish the list or is this just one of your subtle cues?
Bernard: Thanks….I guess. Also, what does Greenwald’s jackass status have to do with whether or not he or she was right? It seems to me that shouldn’t have any bearing on things. Or perhaps you would like to present some defense of the other meghan’s position on that subject. I won’t, mostly because I think it is pretty indefensible, but if Greenwald is such a jackass, I’m sure that he was wrong about this, right?
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happy?
Man, edit for tone.
Blogs are effective for meeting women if done properly. I imagine that lots of women want to date the PostSecret guy.
I don’t think the Cowen-ian objections apply to the PostSecret guy. After all, the blog doesn’t say much about him, other than he can spot an opportunity.
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