Comments on: I kind of like my privacy

By: Megan

Megan — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:41:31 +0000

Troy, I’m not sure what you’re asking. Does your roommate deserve to know your financial status?

By: troy

troy — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:22:53 +0000

So on the personal privacy issue – how much does a roommate who paid to add onto my home deserve to know about all of my personal finances?

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:28:34 +0000

I think that’s a good decision. You still get to be “accountable” to the public, but you still get to remain private.

By: Penelope @ Pecuniarities

Penelope @ Pecuniarities — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:22:02 +0000

We (my sister and I) also like to keep things private. You never know who might be reading and what sort of delusions people might develop about you.

We don’t give specifics about ourselves – net worth, income, etc. – but I do try to add my personality into my posts and interactions with readers and other bloggers so it’s still the real me.

We also don’t tell friends about our blog – only 1 or 2 of them know about it.

By: asgreen

asgreen — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:24:45 +0000

Thanks for the shout out. Your post really got me thinking a bit more about my privacy. Money is such a weird thing and while I am comfortable talking to my friends about it that doesn’t mean I’m comfortable talking to everyone.

I’ve decided to take down my net worth and remove my personal budget information. I am keeping my side bars though, but when it comes to everything else I’m following you and only using percentages.

Thanks!

By: Thankful

Thankful — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:15:01 +0000

I’ve been struggling with the same thing. I intentionally leave specifics about salary and investment accounts, etc., off of my blog. That said, I have told a few of my friends about the blog, one specifically the address. The others just know that it exists somewhere in the ether.

I was surprised at how interested friends were in reading it. Of course, that’s my biggest fear, is that a friend will find themselves reading about their interactions with me. That would be more difficult for me than them finding out my salary or amount of debt. So I just try to be aware… J Money also brings up a very good point about safety.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:12:41 +0000

haha, yeah i could probably figure out where ya work but too lazy…but it’s def. fun just wondering if it’s YOU walking next to me on my morning starbuck runs

as for all this anonymous stuff, i’m slowly not caring one way or the other…i don’t think i’ll go 100% legit and start marketing myself to my friends, but i might take down some specifics as far as my net worth at that point. not so much in that others get to see where it comes and goes (i could care less really) but more for my own personal safety. there are some nutt jobs out there…