Gossip Costs People A Lot
Posted by: From Arkansas in Just Stuff, My Take on Things on Oct 06 2008
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Today, I had an occasion to talk with someone who had said something that was totally untrue but it was something that was said to justify someone else’s actions. That was confusing. So, here goes. A husband hits his wife, a slap on the face. It’s in anger. The wife, in hysterics, calls her family. By the end of the phone call, typical of an abused spouse, she says that she deserved it. In the process, she mentions that her father hits her mother. It isn’t true but that is told to more than one person. That’s gossip. Were that to get to the wrong people, it could hurt not only a person’s reputation but it is possible to end up in jail for such things.
Gossip can kill. Sometimes, teens can be incredibly cruel with their talking about each other. All the drama that goes with being a teen gets even worse when they target another teen with nasty things to say about that teen. Teenagers are at an age where all things are larger than life anyway. Then add the stress of others talking about the teen. Depression could set in. They could become suicidal in extreme cases. Yes, it has happened.
This sort of thing costs people their jobs, their families, their lives. All because someone passes along some piece of gossip that may or may not be true. Regardless whether true or not, that information does not need to go to all who are willing to hear it. So, if you have some juicy info that you can’t wait to tell, how about remembering that it might just be you the next time some juicy info gets circulated around the water cooler. And can you handle what everyone says about you?
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Gossip is cruel. It has a tendency to go in circles and to get more nasty as it goes along. It is like a spiritual dagger that stabs deep in one’s heart and soul and can ruin one’s reputation even for life. If ever we hear a juicy piece of gossip, let us just disregard it. The next victim of a malicious gossip can be us. Thanks for the very interesting post. God bless you always.
Yes, it is cruel. And it is never correct. It has become warped in some way, gathering lies and wrong things as it grows and gets bigger and bigger. Eventually, it costs someone or some people. Usually the innocent person.
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