I may be in shock...

[butterfly]

Because I'm unnaturally calm.

Situation:
I forgot to clip my signature when I replied to an email to my mom's friend and my own boss. She's also in DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution), and I'm sorta joining. Well, I signed something, but if they want me to actually pay dues, I'll probably rouse myself enough to say I don't want to join. So, she goes to my website via my link in my email sig.

She is... not happy about what she sees. Well, she said that it 'displayed a remarkable lack of maturity'. I'm not sure where she stands on the whole gay issue, but she does see the site as... hmm.

And I can see why she would think those things. She's the mother of a 2 year old. And...

But one of the things that she said bugged her were the possibility that I could get stalked or such because of the website. Which might be possible, since... actually, I don't ever mention my last name on the site. I do say that I'm in Oregon, but not Oregon City. I mean, seriously, a stalker would so get me from my livejournal, not my site. I actually give city and last name information there.

This is the first time that anyone's actually said that my site bugged them. I'm sure that my brother had a quiet freak-out over it, but my mom was fine with it.

It's actually kinda cool. I got a response. Other than "do what makes you happy".

And hey, judging by this, I'd actually be good with negative feedback.

Of course, I'm not going to change my site because of this. I will, however, change my sig.

Comments

[sugarhigh9104.livejournal.com]

Lack of maturity my ass. I think the calm with which you seem to be handling the situation displays a remarkable amount of maturity.


Ant

Re:

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Very much.

[fraulein.livejournal.com]

Oh man. This bites. Your boss obviously has issues - and I don't think "lack of maturity" on your part is what it's all about. I'm sorry this happened to you - all I can say - having had sort of similiar situations arise at work - you really find out just what that person is really like - especially if they have any prejudices.

I have to hand it to you for being so calm about this - I read your post that follows this, first - and again you are a lot calmer than I would be. I think you have a great site. I think you show a lot of creativity and committment to building it and using the level of design you use. If she can't see that - because she's put off by some content - then she's blind and extremely narrow minded.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

It's just weird to run into this. I'm more 'put-off' than 'upset' because I'm used to people being open-minded. It's odd to see that, especially in someone I've known for years.

Again, thank you for your support.

*hugs*