The Blabbermouths

Oh, those blabbermouths. Don’t they just annoy you? You know who I’m talking about. Those people that use gossip for their own self interest at the expense of others. The ones that betray confidences, spread lies, destroy reputations, pass harsh judgments and bash individuals who aren’t around to defend themselves.

I grew up in a community of blabbermouths. Mostly women. Women who had nothing better to do with their time than supply gossip to the local community. They invented stories, or distorted the truth, and spread it around without a second thought. The worst part of all wasn’t the uncouthness of these women, but the number of followers that they had. A gossiper cannot exist without a listener – and there were many of those.

I grew to detest gossip. And I try to steer clear of these types of people. Not only does it make me uncomfortable listening to derogatory comments about someone not present, but I also figure that if a gossiper blabs about someone else to me, they’ll inevitably blab about me to someone else. I’ve been victim to malicious gossip in the past, but it’s all just a bad memory now. Thankfully, it’s been a very long time since I had to deal with such nastiness.

Have you ever been a victim to gossip?