1 Um... what? I don't see any way in the world that the stuff you post could affect any body else's self confidence. Sounds like a bit of transfer/avoidance to me.

2 You have a job title that I won't be able to ever get and a life that I won't ever be able to attain but that doesn't mean that you affect my self confidence. I would say - that you can't take other people's insecurities personally. That comment was about her not about you.

3 I love your blog, read it regularly and am a fellow corporate mommy. The Poster has issues with herself and her feelings (that was obvious by her post) Don't let her post get you down. You are fabulous and so is your Blog! Cheers,

4 No way you undermine anyone's self-confidence!! It is about her and not about you. Please give yourself a big hug!!

5 I'm a lurker, but I found that comment interesting and wonder if maybe she confused you with another blog she reads. One of the things I like about you is that you are not your job, you make that clear, and your writing brings out the commonalities you have with other moms, rather than really focusing on what is a corprate job that I , as a 17 year SAHM am not likely to ever have. Our lives could probably not be more different, but you can still inspire a feeling of kinship.

6 Wha'fuck? No way, dude...

7 Not to sound bitchy myself, but the only way I see you undermining someone's self confidence is if they didn't have much to begin with. I read your blog as a honest portrayal of a woman trying to cope with working FT, raising a child and balancing that with the rest of life.

8 Of course not! Maybe she sees in you things that she would like to see in herself but aren't there, and that makes her jealous. It's about her, not you. I do get jealous of your writing talent sometimes. But in a good way, more admiring than jealous!

9 Don't take her stuff personally. She stated that like you were aware of her readership and pointedly wrote things you just knew would bother her! Please... I'm here every day because I love your writing and enjoy your candid and frank voice. You don't hide who you are. I totally relate to your challenges in the corporate world, the emotional war between career and motherhood, and the struggle to but your health/well being above all of that! I'd hate for someone's ill informed comment to change anything about your blog. After all, it is YOUR blog. She can find her self confidence where the rest of us do...in ourselves! Or therapy...whatever

10 Truthfully, if I'd actually found you to be 'uppity' or the type of person who was condescending towards others, I'd have not blogrolled you. Because I know the young lady who made that comment personally (she's my best friend), I know that she didn't mean it the way that it sounded either. It's kind of been our own experience with certain types of bloggers that with their education, careers, and life experiences came the attitude that some of us were 'less than'. Or that we had nothing to offer as far as blogging and the sharing of our own lives and experiences. It's unfortunate, but yeah, even the internet has cliques and the 'cool kids'. It doesn't matter to me much because I have established relationships and great rapport with the few people who do read me, and that's what makes blogging fulfilling to me. As one of your commenters pointed out, it probably does have a lot to do with self-esteem or self-worth. I know that sometimes when I discover that a certain type of blogger is reading I'll think, "now what would I possibly have to write that SHE'D be interested in?" ANYWAY, I love your blog! I think that I came across you before because your layout looks awfully familiar.

11 You do not seem like the type of person who would be bothered by this...blog on...your blog is better than a book from Amazon.com .... I would rather read about your personal toils than watch a DVD! Mommys across the planet wish they could vent like you do...you are the Mommy Blog of the world. We all await the next post....<: -)

12 what? that's insane. I have no idea what she's talking about.

13 I am so sorry my comment made you feel badly at all. I am also sorry that I made everyone so mad. It is about me and not you. I think you are a wonderful person, wife and mother. I am envious but not jealous. Sometimes being a Stay at Home Mom (or any Mom for that matter) is a thankless job and you want more. My ultimate dream was to be a Stay at Home Mom, but sometimes it'd be nice to have a life in the "grown up world." Honesly it was never my intent to make you feel bad. I didn't realize it would be taken the way it was, nor did I mean it that way. I hope you and your readers can understand my position. And again I am sorry for any misunderstanding.

14 Wencharita, It's a funny thing but actually, I am pretty sensitive. Nobody can please all the people all the time - and certainly, when I write about my opinions like the Karl Rove/CIA informant scandal I get my share of slings and arrows - even from people who I have great affection for and admire greatly like Margi and RP felt compelled to make their (differeing) viewpoints known. But it just slayed me to think that there was someone out there who thought I was in anyway espousing one way of life over another, or placed myself as superior because of choices I have made. If you were to see me... well, let's just say that whatever "imposing" is? I am the opposite. Honestly, in sloppy hair and attitude - I am Bill Murray in Stripes. And if you were to know me, you would know that I believe that after love and free will, the lesson Jesus most clearly espoused was that of "look to your own life and let others tend to theirs" - which I tend to interpret as "live and let live" - an approach to tolerance and an attempt at global understanding that I fail at miserably, sure, but that I get up and try to attain every day. So that's where my skin is thinnest, and you happened to hit it hard. Thanks for commenting. That was a class act. I'm gonna go band-aid up my boo-boo.