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Monday, July 29, 2013

Selfies

Hello lovely readers, long time between posts I know, I really am terrible at this aren't I? Yes, I know, shut up. Anyway I am here now and I am here to talk about selfies. A lovely friend of mine Mrs Woog, wrote a blog post because she had posted a picture of herself which apparently cause someone to send her an email calling her "narcissistic" and saying "love yourself much", in which her response should've been "why yes I do because I rock" but anyway this lead me to think about selfies. Now I am a selfie whore, I love a good selfie and if you follow me on twitter or are my friend on Facebook you would be well aware of this. Someone asked me once why I took lots of photos of myself and my response was simple "I spent all up 20 years hating myself and avoiding having photos taken, now I'm happy with how I look I'm making up for lost time". I think this is fair, I mean I felt so terrible about myself there aren't many photos of myself with my children when they were babies and this is really sad when you think about it.

I will never understand people bringing others down, especially when they don't deserve it. All Mrs Woog did was post a picture of herself, it was offensive, it wasn't mean, it was a SELF picture, yet this person felt the need to bring her down. Well I say, post your selfies and be proud. If you love the way you look and you want others to see you then why not? The internet is a big place for everyone, if you're happy to share your photos then share your photos. Once upon a time I would never, ever have let anyone see my picture, I would never have taken my own picture, but now I'm a very proud photo taker and poser.

So, I emplore you, post your selfies and post them proudly. I want to see your selfies, whether it's because you think you look hot, you want to be silly, you want to practice your duck face, you want to embrace all the tired parents out there and show them you are not alone, post them, post them all, post them on twitter with the #selfiewhore and if you wish tag me in the post @becpobjie I want to see you in your selfie glory, you don't have to follow me, just show me your selfie, if you do follow me, pardon the swears ;)

Be proud of your selfies, here are some of mine:









COME FORTH AND UNITE SELFIE WHORES

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  1. UnknownJuly 29, 2013 at 3:24 PM

    Your selfies are lovely x

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  2. UnknownJuly 29, 2013 at 4:53 PM

    I am still scared of the camera and I am 45 but good on you - your selfies are beautiful!
    Your thought provoking post made me think of this amazing article - http://allisonslatertate.com/the-mom-stays-in-the-picture/ - you should read it, I think you'd agree with every word!

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  3. UnknownJuly 29, 2013 at 4:53 PM

    I am still scared of the camera and I am 45 but good on you - your selfies are beautiful!
    Your thought provoking post made me think of this amazing article - http://allisonslatertate.com/the-mom-stays-in-the-picture/ - you should read it, I think you'd agree with every word!

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  4. AnonymousJuly 29, 2013 at 5:37 PM

    Great post. I've never really been worried about using my real face for an avi on twitter, facebook, instagram and on my blog. It's a shame others feel that selfies are self centred and narcissistic.

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    1. compton70July 30, 2013 at 12:29 AM

      Good of u you look really glamorous i am a young 63yrs and still look reasonable but sometimes its down to the luck of the draw.The main thing is to have a good heart and sense of humour.Clive.

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  5. compton70July 30, 2013 at 12:38 AM

    Good of u you look really glamorous i am a young 63 and still reasonable but as a male we tend not to worry so much the main thing is to have a good heart and sense of humour.Looks are often the luck of the draw.

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