I have to admit I do have a problem with people finding out that I am part of the fandom. Like Sue said, I am afraid of snap judgements. How can I not be afraid of them when I still think to *myself* that this hobby is weird? So the fear of being Googled is pretty much the entire reason that I don't use my last name on the boards. (No, Mosley isn't my last name.
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And, of course, we all know that women of a certain age can be rejected out of hand because the employer assumes that they will be having kids in the next few years, whether they intend to or not!
Yes, and if that Google search turns up your name on pregnancy message boards, then they will really be scared away. All the more reason to use a pen name in your internet life.
Funny, they say to hide info about yourself due to all the crazies out there. But despite Caroline's excellent point about sorting out the crazies from the non-crazies, I am not hiding from all of you. I am hiding from the "real world".
