Gossip

Women sit around and gossip, and that's the only time you see a woman laughing and being interested -- really! Is this normal? Is it okay to gossip? And if yes, then the line should be drawn where exactly? Does everyone who gossip also has nothing to do? Is that just a cliché or is there some truth to this saying?

I've been to house parties recently in which I gossiped about no one and just observed to see what would happen. Here's the thing though: even when you don't try to gossip, you end up doing the very act.

It starts out with "who was that girl, wearing those light blue shoes?" and ends with "did you see her butt creeping out of her mini skirt? I mean, who wears that?" And before you know it, you are a gossip. So, what about some answers, eh?

No, it's not okay to gossip. Yes, it's fine. I don't know where to draw the line really. I just know that if I talk about someone, and I'm guilty of that, I feel bad if I bash them. If I don't, I don't feel bad at all. I just feel bad that those people that hear my side of the story would think of me as something that I'm not. That's why I'm not a big fan of gossip.

But is it fun? When you don't know something that's going on in your friends' life and they never bring it up either, what are you left with? For me, it's not as simple as "who gives a crap?" It's more along the lines of "what kind of a friend doesn't tell me about her life?"

Gossip- it's everywhere, and among everyone. We shouldn't take everything seriously. It sure makes our lives more interesting even if it is only small talk. Now, is it only small talk?

 M.D.