Has anyone been following YHL/GOMI?

[SusanBAnthony]

I just read through a bunch of GOMI and YHL.  It is very heated right now.  

Apparently Sherry photoshopped her stomach in some recent pics, which of course resulted in a lot of speculation.  

Any general thoughts on the new house, now that they have been living in it for 6 months?  

[jloww]

Sounds like I need to. 

There is something specific I am watching for.  I had that same runner picked out for my stairs and had a professional carpet installer over to quote labor only on it and a separate bid for their carpet.  He said he wouldn't recommend the D&A rug because it's 100% cotton.  It won't hold up at all on stairs.  He said I should go with one of D&As indoor/outdoor runners instead.

I did leave a comment, so I'm curious to see how that turns out for them.

[SusanBAnthony]

jloww like they would ever admit they were wrong!

I think it was actually addressed in the YHL comments, that they should have used a indoor/outdoor rug.

[jloww]

Sept 25, 2013 20:55:35 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

jloww like they would ever admit they were wrong!

I think it was actually addressed in the YHL comments, that they should have used a indoor/outdoor rug.

Yeah, she responded . I'm excited to see what happens because I was able to get my runner shampooed which will hold me over for a few years. I don't think I like it any more anyway. I found an indoor/outdoor one that's wider stripes.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Can you link? I can't ever find anything on GOMI.

[emoflamingo]

bunnymendelbaum, I had it open and then Safari crashed. They have their own subforum, just google "YHL" and "GOMI" and you should find it fast. Or "YHL site:getoffmyinternets.net".

[bunnymendelbaum]

I can find the board, but never the correct posts because each topic has eleventy billion pages. Even just going to the last page I never can find the juicy tidbits!
Oh well, I'll count on you guys to keep me informed.

[SusanBAnthony]

Here is a link to the tummy photoshop:

i.imgur.com/6kwCGsz.gif

they are both photoshopped, according to YHL slueths.  

The thread was very "we agree it is rude to comment on whether she is not pregnant, but come on, when you do stuff like this you are inviting comment.  And she is totally pregnant."

It started on page 865 if not earlier and continues through the end of the thread, so it's really not worth reading the whole thing.  

[pinkroses]

I have been loosely following.  I also find the GOMI YHL thread difficult to navigate, so I usually only read back a few pages when there is something interesting going on. 

I thought the photoshop catch was interesting, but of course it doesn't mean she is pregnant and hiding a baby belly.  She could have just looked pregnant in the picture and didn't want the speculation.  I feel her on wanting privacy for what is happening in her body.  Some people just don't get that and it is really frustrating.

New house thoughts - it seems like they are too busy to get anything major done right now, which is fine and understandable for the real world.  I enjoyed the deck staining posts and wish I had been able to read them before we restained our deck this spring.  We couldn't get all of the old stain cleaned away well enough and went with a solid stain on top to hide the splotches.  Oh well.

I wish they would do something other than lean a picture up against the wood box on the fireplace.  Random, but that is my pet peeve with that room.

I don't like the white walls in Clara's room.  Kind of boring.  Maybe it will be ok once they get more stuff on the walls, I don't know.

[lightbulbsun]

I feel bad that people are pushing the preg watch for her. After her difficult delivery with Clara pregnancy is probably pretty scary for her, and it's got to be hard being in the spotlight like that.

I like their new house a lot more than the old one. Although I really wish they would get rid of that horrible tile in the entry/powder room. It grosses me out.

I really like how the deck/sunroom is turning out. I'm jealous, because I would love a backyard like that.

[SusanBAnthony]

Sept 26, 2013 8:37:27 GMT -5 lightbulbsun said:

I feel bad that people are pushing the preg watch for her. After her difficult delivery with Clara pregnancy is probably pretty scary for her, and it's got to be hard being in the spotlight like that.

I like their new house a lot more than the old one. Although I really wish they would get rid of that horrible tile in the entry/powder room. It grosses me out.

I really like how the deck/sunroom is turning out. I'm jealous, because I would love a backyard like that.

I agree with you completely.  

But.   1.  They approve all comments, so they can just not approve any comments touching on anything related to her stomach.  And 2.  If she is actually pregnant, instead of doing a bad photoshop on her belly to keep it under wraps (which I totally would keep it under wraps if I was her) I would just not use any pictures that show her stomach until they are ready to announce.  

I feel like they want to have it both ways- they talk about the family all the time- it isn't just a decorating blog.  I can't think of any other decorating blog (except Bower Power, which....yah) that gets so involved in the writer's uterus.  I feel like they bring it on themselves.  They also have to power to stop it via comment approvals and photo selection.  If they just never ever mentioned it, stopped calling the spare room the future nursery, and never approved those comments, don't you think it would die down?  

[emoflamingo]

I actually think that would fuel the fire more, SusanBAnthony. Especially if they start now. From the beginning? Yeah, it wouldn't have been an issue.

[SusanBAnthony]

Sept 26, 2013 9:28:43 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

I actually think that would fuel the fire more, SusanBAnthony. Especially if they start now. From the beginning? Yeah, it wouldn't have been an issue.

That's true.  Maybe it is just too late now.  

[electricmayhem]

Sept 26, 2013 9:00:45 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

I feel like they want to have it both ways- they talk about the family all the time- it isn't just a decorating blog.  I can't think of any other decorating blog (except Bower Power, which....yah) that gets so involved in the writer's uterus.  I feel like they bring it on themselves.  They also have to power to stop it via comment approvals and photo selection.  If they just never ever mentioned it, stopped calling the spare room the future nursery, and never approved those comments, don't you think it would die down?  

As a former reader of their blog, I have to say that this is where I fall as well.  Granted, any information I get about their blog now comes solely from GOMI (admittedly not the most reliable source), but I completely understood where YHL was coming from when they made their "State of the Uterus" post and discouraged further questions about it.

That said, some of their actions following that announcement make no sense.  ITA agree about the continual references to the future nursery, or choosing to use pictures with infant toys in plain view.  And with this latest hoopla, yes, plugging their pics into a forensic photo site to see if something's been photoshopped is OTT, but if YHL felt the photo as-is would invite speculation, why even use it at all?  And not once, but twice?  

[simpsongal]

I'll bite - what's GOMI?

[peach]

A site called get off my internets

[emoflamingo]

Wait.. There is a site that TELLS you if the picture's been photoshopped??

/takes down all FB photos of myself

(JK I'm not that good lol.)

[maddysmum]

You know - I'm usually all "you blog about it - it's fair game" but for whatever reason, I just draw a really different line when it comes to pregnancy speculation.

What if they're trying? What if it's not working? What if it's the most crushing thing ever? And she photoshopped away a burrito baby because she couldn't handle pregnancy speculation?

What if they just found out and aren't ready to share with the whole entire world? What if they have really good reasons for that?

I just...GOMI entertains me, for sure, but there are just some things that I think should be off limits. And when there's a (pretty reasonable) chance that maybe things aren't all 100% awesome, I think compassion needs to win over gossip. Sometimes, instead of entertaining me, GOMI just makes me sorta sad.

[salsaverde]

I'll comment on the house...

1. I am really excited about that outdoor patio area, I would love something like that in my house. I don't think I will like how they will style it because my vision for it might be too "old" for their taste, but the actual room makes me happy. Also the deck. We entertain a lot and that's my ideal entertainment space.

2. I was very disappointed in Clara's room and the living room. I just don't care for white walls, unless they are in Holly's house (...in the fun lane).

3. The front door or not my favorite but I do like the changes they made in the foyer.

4. I love theirs floors upstairs. Oh and that fireplace is not my favorite, the whitewash would look best with some grays like Katie's nursery.

I think that's all.

[boiler717]

I feel bad they have to deal with so many baby questions. That would be heartbreaking after their pregnancy complications, and who knows if they are having any IF issues. But I don't understand why they keep approving baby comments? They should just not allow it on their site. The double photoshop was crazy though!

[jloww]

It's funny that's the photoshopped picture because I specifically remember thinking she looked super skinny in it.

[SusanBAnthony]

Sept 26, 2013 18:16:54 GMT -5 @crackhabit said:

I don't think I ever would have noticed the belly if it hadn't been pointed out. Do people not have lives?

The fat version looks neither fat nor PG to me, either.

According to GOMI, it was obviously photoshopped from first glance, because it was a perfect straight line.  Once they pointed that out, it was pretty obvious, but I never would have seen it on my own.  

Then the GOMI people zoomed in on photoshop or something and looked at the pixels or.... Something.....  And also discovered that her butt was photoshopped smaller.  

I think the gomi people are crazy, but also don't understand why Sherry approves comments that are crazy-cakes.  

[clementine]

I used to enjoy run-of-the-mill snarking on some of YHL's design choices, but the GOMI YHL forum has been taken over by crazies and newbies. It has become too mean-spirited and petty for my taste. I don't care for snarking on Clara, the Petersiks' parenting, or Sherry's appearance/the state of her uterus. As for their new house, I think it has a lot of potential, but I haven't been excited by anything they've done lately. I think they are coasting on their reputation.

[emoflamingo]

Hey, at least we stick to snarking their design choices. I hope that it isn't a case of IF for them because, dude, salt in the wounds.

[Blueper]

My impression from the GOMI thread was that she had initially posted the "fat" version and then replaced it with the PSed version. Some people on GOMI are way invested in digging up "missing" YHL pages and photos.

[maddysmum]

I'll be honest - if I had a site like GOMI picking at every. single. thing. I did or said or didn't say or maybe might've implied, every picture I posted, every picture they could track down online of me, every message board they could follow me to, every real estate transaction they could pull up, biographies of my parents and their careers and everything else under the sun, I suspect I might occasionally photoshop away a particularly unflattering pose or a burrito-baby-belly.

They're damned if they do, damned if they don't.

If they post the negative comments, people ask why. If they don't, GOMI'll have a screen shot anyway for infamy.

I just think it comes off as petty sometimes.

[ktzmoh]

It seems kind of ridiculous that they would have spent time photoshopping that picture- it doesn't look fat or pregnant. It seems doubly ridiculous that Internet people spent thd time to find that, and then to speculate about a pregnancy based on a photo that doesn't look remotely like a baby belly