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What is a posse and how do I get one?

There seems to be some issues with people that blog trying to bully their way into groups of bloggers that have formed over the years.  We'll call the people doing the bullying the Trolls, and we'll call the groups, Posse's.
Now, I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I have been blogging a very very very long time.  I was blogging back when you still posted on yahoo 360.  Long before laptops and blackberries.

I've seen bloggers come and go.  I've watched as a blogger became famous.  One of my all time favorite bloggers, was Karla Babble.  She is the perfect example of how to build a posse'.  This bitch would leave you pissing your pants after reading about her daily life as a Super Mom..  there was nothing off limits for this woman and yet.. she made you laugh.  She became an icon of bloggers.

but.. she is long gone from the blogging world as we knew it.

I don't blog to see how many readers I can get.  I blog, to see how many friends I can make.  The kind of friends that are real.  

I don't want the friends that, when you are down, get all gussied up to come over and take you out for drinks.  I want the kind of friends that rip open your front door and stand there in their ratty bathrobe and fuzzy slippers.. demanding you pull yourself together or cry on their shoulder.  Those are the only two choices they give you.
THAT IS A REAL POSSE MEMBER!

Most of my readers, when I was going through hell, stood at the edge of the fire and cheered me on.. Not my real friends.. they came running across the hot coals, dodging flames and hot embers, in their $400 Gucci high heal spiked boots, to drag my ass out of the fire.

They are not the friends that tell you that you need to come with them to the spa for a manicure.  They ARE the friends that break a diamond studded nail on your front door as they rush in to be at your side in your time of crisis.

YOU, can not get a posse.  A posse' finds you.  If you go hunting for a posse, chances are you are gonna piss someone off, and the posse is gonna be on you like flies on shit.  They WILL give you the attention you are seeking, but it will not be the warm welcoming love you were expecting.  Instead, it will be the wrath of a group of women who feel you have wronged one of them.

THAT IS A POSSE.

Yes, a posse has found me.  I am a member of a full fledged, all out, biting, scratching, kicking, screaming, gun toting, knife welding posse.  But I didn't find them.  They found me.  That is how I know it's real.  I wasn't looking for a posse.  If I was, when I was outed a few weeks ago, I would not have walked away from my well established blog, with it's many readers..and started over.  I would have been afraid of loosing all my readers.  I am not.  I am confident that if you wish to read me, you will find me.

So, in the future, if you think you want to stomp on a member of someone's posse in hopes they will love you, you may want to rethink that.

If you think that is the kind of thing that makes readers flock to your blog and give you the attention, you are craving, you are wrong.  It will not bring you love,, it will not bring you the respect of the blogging community..it will not make you life long friends that you can depend on when the chips are down.  It will bring you the wrath.. of hell.

A true posse', never forgets.. never forgives... never overlooks.
You can't slip under their radar.. they are always looking for you..
You can't out type them in the comment section.. they will beat you down..
You can not win their approval by saying you're sorry.. They won't believe you.
A posse, is a force to be reckoned with when they are threatened in any way.

Once a posse member,, always a posse member.. 
you can't fight your way in,,, or fight your way out..
Some posse's grow as friendships are formed and bloggers earn their way in.
Some posse's ride off into the sunset as their blogging interest decline..
but ,, in real life.. it's still a posse.  The phone numbers are never misplaced.
The addresses are never forgotten.
The emails are never deleted..
THE POSSE' IS A FRIENDSHIP BONDED ON LINE
THAT BLED OVER TO REAL LIFE.
THAT FLOWED INTO ETERNITY..
so.. hang in there.. if you are a good blogger.. you are interesting.. a posse will find you..
BUT DO NOT TRY TO BULLY YOUR WAY INTO A POSSE..

We'll cut a bitch..
I hope each of you have the chance, to have a posse find you.
I hope each of you can know the love that has been formed in the posse called the Royals.

 
 
 
 
I'm waiting for a comment here!!
make a gif
while I'm stomping Common Sense

14 comments:

  1. I feel blessed that you found me. I enjoy your posts. I enjoy reading everyone's blogs. It is hard being the new squid in the corner and figuring everyone out... :)

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  2. Well said oh great Queen!! :O

    sorry about the 1st comment, I hit the wrong button.

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  3. Dear Jen, You are doing a fine job of fitting in. You have more than earned your way into the hearts of the posse members. If we didn't think you belonged here,, you wouldn't be here..

    Kelly.. I'm so glad I stumbled across your blog. I feel truly blessed to know you and to see the strength you possess to face life's challenges. You make me a stronger person.

    :b

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  4. We are our own family by choice! And no one will come between us!

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  5. I don't think I have found my "posse" yet, but I know I have made a few good friends via the internet! Blogging I'm not so good at....But Queenie, you know I will be there for ya anytime!!

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  6. Miss C we are family.. and NO ONE WILL come between us..

    Granny Nanny... oh.. you found a posse' I've seen your list of friends and loved ones.. You are such a Queen of the Posse'.. who else would wear a shirt. insulting my family.. to one of my family things.. that I refused to go to... ha ha.. I will forever bow to you for that little number.. ha hah a.a.a.

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  7. Oh Queenie your gonna make me cry! I'm very glad we found each other. Your always there to make me laugh & lift my spirits when I'm down. <3 ya!!

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  8. Well said Queen! Love you mom!

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  9. DD and Amy.. love you girls to pieces.. Amy J.. wish you and the Sir would reconsider my invitation.. it's why you were out of the loop the other day....not because we ignore you..

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  10. It takes a lot of experience to know all that you know. There are so many blessings and so many gifts in your willingness to share it with us!

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  11. Awe Ducky.. I would share a kidney with you if you needed it... I love your ass.

    Amy.. love ya kiddo..

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  12. All I can say is I love you. I sure was lucky the day I hippity-hopped into your blog.

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  13. CB tell yo Momma she has nothing to worry about... I have my hands full with the call girls on the corner... she gets to do the real life momma stuff..

    Sis... we were BOTH lucky that day..

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I have more personalities than you have bras. Deal with it. Do your best to keep up. Feel free to leave a comment, chocolate or gin, your choice! Oh, if you stopped by wearing your asshole pants... I have no problem with nasty bullshit. I'll dish it back to you so fast you'll choke on it.. so go ahead... make my day!