TMI - When is a blog more than a blog?

This is a real estate blog site and there are so many groups that there is literally room for everyone.  I have to wonder though, when is a blog more than a blog?  Is the information we are sharing more than the public deserves, or more than our families, friends, associates, should be expected to tolerate?

I ask this because of a blog I wrote the other day related to my family's holiday prep or lack thereof - hardly earth-shattering except to me.  I wondered if my writing had gone too far.  I took a vote and asked the kids what NEEDED to be done for the holidays.  The tree, the mantel, the wreath on the front door, lights outside would be nice (that didn't happen).  That was it.  Of course there were gifts, limited.  The family meals, mandatory.  Mass for some of us, required - disappointment that the two abstainers abstained, from me.  (I have faith that they will return - I did.)

It reminds me of the Xanga years, pre-Facebook.  I have no idea if Xanga still exists but I know my children have moved on.  I remember, however, the betrayal I felt when I realized that our oldest daughter was recounting, from her perspective in maybe 2002, what went on in our home.  That would be great if it were the charming stuff but one night I read through her Xanga from the readily available link on her AIM (she knew I was on her AIM, even mocked me for only having my birth children as buddies) and I was delighted and shocked with what I learned.    The delighted part was all good of course, but from her teenage perspective, she had my husband and me characterized as near divorce, largely based on one incident involving french toast with cinnamon and bacon bits, not to my liking.  I...WAS...APPALLED!!!  We are not close to divorce.  We are a couple who do not hush our disagreements in front of our children but who demonstrate the ability to disagree and move on.  There is no abuse, verbal, physical, emotional, or psychological - it is all transparent.  The worst of it is of course reserved for private, where it is resolved.  To the kids, TMI, maybe, probably....

This holiday we faced so many "firsts":

*2 adult children, 18 and older - must they attend church and what curfews apply, living with us or not?

*family obligations - if you are going to sit in front of the fireplace talking to friends online, will you play Santa's helper and fill the stockings so I can go to bed (Yes...)

*tradition - wakeup at 8, 9 (used to be 6) but 9 allowed the 11;30 Mass for some of us... that was a trial since the older two were not attending - we agreed on 9

*dinner - must stay, particularly since your boyfriend and you - oldest - are considering a break (France for 4 months -THINK ABOUT IRAQ FOR 18 MONTHS!!!) and middle child (your girlfriend is an ONLY with family out of state and her mother outcooks us...) and what...leaving the youngest alone with us?  Enough of that next year when both of you are at college!  It's Christmas Day dinner, cut us some slack!!!

Times change, family situations change.  We go with the flow.  Understanding the dynamics of a family is key to what realtors do, whether it is who lives there on a permanent basis, who is transient, how critical family meals are, and are there likely to be guests.  Are there family dynamics that mandate that there be a "man cave" or a theater room?  Are there other special hobbies or considerations?  These are the reasons I relate what I do, who I am, and what my life is like in my blogs.  I want my clients to know I understand them.  This blog is a Xanga of old and maybe it is TMI; I'm just terribly out of date.  Sorry!  Then again, I just might relate exactly to...you....