Gossip

I believe that gossip is not a good thing. More often than not, the things said are not true and end up hurting people. Do I gossip? I try not to but I do. Do I listen to gossip? I guess you could say it's a guilty pleasure of mine I should get rid of. When I hear gossip I don't believe it's true but normally laugh at the absurdity of it. Some people come up with really outrageous stories that I wouldn't think anyone would take seriously. However, as long as there are people to gossip, there will be people to listen to it. When you spread gossip, you will often get a bad reputation and will be deemed an untrustworthy person. I have been on the other side of gossip many times, but the difference is I don't care. I know its not true and that's good enough for me, people can say whatever they want. I will, of coarse, defend myself if I overhear it but I definitely wont loose any sleep over what other people think about me.