Leave your comments to yourself!

Ever since I started blogging (almost 3 years ago!), I've always wondered why people leave "bad" comments.  I'm still a huge Young House Love fan, but everytime they post about some new decorating they've done around their house, they receive a handful of "Eww, I don't like that," or "Why didn't you do it this way?" or "I can't believe you actually make a living off of this blog."  And everytime, they reply in such a light-hearted manner... "To each their own!" or "If we all decorated the same, this world would be a boring place!  XOXO."  But I always want to write in and say, "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN JUST DON'T COMMENT!"

Am I the only one who thinks that?

It's the old motto, "If you don't have something nice to say..."  Well, you know the rest.

In my little world here, I don't really deal with that.  On average, I get about 3 comments per post, so it's not like I have fans worldwide!!  haha  Once in awhile, I'll get spam... like the comment on my most recent post that said I could use help in naming my posts.  Thanks.  Really.  (Delete, delete!)

But I just can't handle it when people choose to comment on little elementary school videos posted on YouTube.  I know, I'm posting them publicly, so I run the risk of that. Sure, I get that.  I just don't get why people would bother writing something negative!  I posted a video of my staff and students doing our little "flash mob," and thankfully turned on the "comment approval" option.  I've already denied two comments, one saying we SUCKED (wow, really??) and one saying we weren't doing a "flash mob" at all, since no one was surprised.  That's when I kick into defensive mode and say, Yes, we suddenly broke into dance (def. of a flash mob), and yes, the kids were completely surprised by the teachers dancing.  Trust me, it was a hard secret to keep! 

But that's not really the point.  I just don't get why people decide to write those things in the first place.  Why bother?  Do they really not have anything better to do? 

Again, I've heard that when you go public with your thoughts, you put yourself in a place for people to share their opinions, positive and negative.  I guess I strive to be a positive person, so it surprises me when others aren't.  Oh, how naive I am!!  

Anyway, just ranting.  So, if you 'd like to offer me some unwarranted advice, go ahead.  I just might delete ya.  Or if you'd like to leave me a comment with some foul language, just make sure you use some dollar signs or asterisks.  My mom's reading this, ya know.  : )