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Originally Posted by Michelle  I would have had no problem publishing it in a newspaper. It is my life, and I will stand by that.
A pseudonym might be a good idea... but how to change everything already written? My domain already established ... I don't know |
The further you move away from the assumption that everything on the internet has the potential to be seen by everyone you know and that everything you post will be permanent the more unsure position you are in.
There are sites called web archives that will archive your site, without notice, and that are notoriously difficult about taking things down. There are a number of them.
At this point all you can really do is apologize to your parents if you feel you've wronged them by blogging about them, take your blog down, and put up under a new, more anonymous domain.
You might want to consider keeping an old fashioned paper diary with the aide of a locked drawer. If you feel a strong need to publicize your thoughts but keep some people put some kind of password protection on your site.
Sorry, you are in this spot. I learned these lessons the hard way myself.
Fortunately the stuff about me that is stuck on the web is fairly minor. I've heard stories about people being turned down for jobs by HR people who decided to google on them and who found unflattering things. Luckily, I rarely have put anything under my full name on the web.