her royal fakeness

i am not sure why i am even writing about this. but it is like a guilty secret that i need to blurt out to feel better.

there's a certain blog i visit, not because i like it but because i cannot stand it.
it belongs to a mommy blogger. i have no problems with mommy bloggers, having been one myself eight years ago when i first started blogging. it's just that this woman's blog manages to annoy me every single time i see it.
of course, the most simple advice in blogosphere is 'you don't like something, don't visit it'. this blog attracts me like a fresh scab on my scraped knee would have attracted a nine-year old me. and it's equally painful.

there is loads of saccharine on the blog. ultra sweet stories about her family and truckloads of lovey-dovey crap that her kids say. i have been around several siblings, and later nieces and nephews, and now am mother of a pre-teen myself  - let me tell you, normal kids don't behave / say things like that so consistently. either she's making up things or the kids are not normal.
every single post is sweetness and light and perfection and basically about 'oh look at me, aren't i wonderful?' not only that, the blog is tacky looking, full of self-promotion and really sappy comments from followers. her art is also put up, no harm there but i wish it was at least something original than copied pictures.

every time i read the blog, i shudder a little, feel a little sick and go ewwwww, how fake.

and yet, every few weeks, i go back and read some more. i NEED to know what new crap has been put up so i can laugh about it and feel smug.

i am not a nice person.

whew, feels better after that rant.