If you heard harmful gossips about your friends from someone, what would you do?

I tried to avoid these people, however, if i get to bump into these topic, i will try to listen but i won't put my leg in too. I will listen to what they day and if i think there's something my friend did wrong, i will advice my friend about it.

Gossips is aindded evil and they often lead to alot of bad things rather than good.. Thus, we can only hear about bad thing being spread but never the good things.. haha =D If i hear a bad gossip about my frenz and i know it's not true, i will be sure to confront them and make things right on the spot to prevent things from getting bad to worse.. As u know, once gossip starts, ple will tend to add on mroe and more things that is not even related to the actual thing itself, and thus it often causes alot of discomfort and affect the person.. SO it's better to clear it once there's any gossip concerning our frenz as well as ourselves ^_^

I shall leave and not take part on the gossiping. As you said, it is evil and harmful. A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. ~This is by Ouida Have a nice day sharie

I don't like talking about others either unless it's to edify them. The only time I will talk about someone is when they do something rotten to me and I'm simply letting off some steam because of it. I would not consider that gossip because it happened to me personally and is not hearsay. Other than that it's none of my business what other people do. I could care less. I have my own life to live with my own problems. That keeps me busy enough. It makes me very uncomfortable when I'm with someone who starts bad mouthing another person. In the past I have told people to stop it. More often than not I'll just avoid these people. Here's an important thing to point out that most people don't realize or stop and consider: If you are someone who likes to gossip and likes to hang out with the same type of people.....just remember.....they're talking about you behind your back as well. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

If they were gossiping to me about my friend I would certainly take up for my friend and refuse to listen to the gossip, if they are talking to someone else and I am not involved in the conversation I would ignore them and continue on my way or continue what I was doing, and I would not tell my friend that these people were gossiping about he/she because words can hurt people. And I would not want to hurt my friend. If it come to the point that my friend is still involved with these gossipers in some way I would try to find a way to let her know what is going on.

same thing that you do, i always ask them to stop talking things on someone else, especially on my friends, and it really hurt me too, knowing that when my friends would hear wht they saying will hurt him/her.

If I hear something bad about my friend, I guess, I would tell that to my friend and validate it. I am quite a frank person, and I am also very protective of my friends to the point that I wish nothing but the best for them.

i usually try to figure out where it is coming from and for what reason. then, i usually go tell the person that they were talking about that that person said that so they wont be surprised when they heard it from someone else.

I absolutely agree with you! To me gossiping is the worst form of rude and cowardly conversation we have. I would, and have, interrupted people I have heard dissing people I know or spouting untrue things and set them straight! That is why I so hate the hoax, and hate, and people bashing emails that float around. If you don't Know it is a FACT, don't pass it on people. Nice to know other people feel the same way about gossip!

if it's not true i take up for them & straighten the person out w/the truth.

i would tell my friend and say something to the person who started it for sure.

The only time I will ever talk about someone else is to edify them. The ONLY time I will talk about someone is when they do something rotten to me and I need to let off some steam. I would not consider that gossip because it happened to me personally and is not hearsay. It makes me very uncomfortable when I'm with people who start bad mouthing others. In the past I've told them to stop it, but, for the most part I'll just avoid them. Here is a point to consider that most people don't realize or have never stopped to think about: If you are a person who likes to gossip among your friends just remember........they're talking about you behind your back as well. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

I don't care usually :D And usually if I heard someone talking about my friend I'll tell my friend, and usually he doesn't care either :D

i would protect my friends because they dont even know my friends and they dont know if all they heard are all true.. i would fight for them because i have the rights to protect them and they are my friends or i will clear things out and stop the fight!

I hate gossip, gossip is usually wrong and ruins the lives of people who have things spread about them. If I hear gossip on a friend I usually remind people gossiping that they probably don't know all the true facts. One thing about people who gossip, it says more about them than it does the people they gossip about! People gossip to make themselves seem more important, and they don't care if they spread news that is private to others. I have lots of friends, women & men, not one of them gossips about others, and I think that says a lot about them that they're fair to all, and not petty.

I will just ignore it and won't spread it. I also will ask that person to stop doing that. I will definitely will not tell my friend about that. I don't want my friend to be hurt. If I tell my friend. it will just make the situation worst. I know this by my experience. One day my friend told me that one of my friend is backstabbing me. According to her, I don't do anything for the group work. The reality was, that person didn't do anything. I am the one doing everything. Every time that person need help, I always help her no matter how busy I am. I never say no and try to help. I get so angry knowing she is backstabbing me after so much I do for her.

yes, i will do the same with you, i will tell them that my friends not like their thinking about, and if they don't accepted, i will leave them, cause i don't want be a part of people that harm my good friend

Hi, sharie16. With me, I will just not hang around them. I will distance myself away from them. I will also, tell my friend to be wary about them. I don't want my friend to hang out with them. They are full of garbage and I don't want to see my friend hurt because of them being deceitful.

I would not be part of the conversation, and I would not mention it to my friend. If I were to say something, I would only be adding fuel to the fire. Especially if I know what was being said is not true. People who gossip, like to have a group of people on their side, so that the rumors can be spread. Gossiping is an evil way of hurting someone and ruining their reputation.

If any gossips goes to me I won't care - really I NEVER cares that's why they stoped teasing me. About my friends...hmm I'll probably tell them. There was a guy who always say something bad about others at the back in my school next to my roll call room and once my friend in my roll call room hasn't come he said some really nasty things about him... I told my friend but he also don't care :D