Why do people love to gossip a lot?

People who gossip a lot just don't have anything useful to do with their time. They gossip a lot but wont let anybody gossip about them. I get irritated also by those people who gossip about the life of others when they also have their own lives to deal with... but as you said, its something we have to deal with by just ignoring what they are saying. Let them talk, we know ourselves better anyways.

like you i also don't like gossipers, i think their tongue is evil in creating those stories about other people. bad karma will haunt them in the end for sure.

I also hate gossip starters. They do nothing but spread false information about others. I'd rather talk to a wall than talk to them. I think they do it because they wanna be noticed. That's the only rational explanation I can think of. They see something ordinary and turn it into something unusual, then spread it to others for them to be noticed.

I think we want to learn from other's mistakes so we like to hear the dirty. And also we are all humans so the most interesting subject for us is...about humans. It's really intersting to hear about someone else, now to talk bad stuff about someone and this person doesn't knowing about it's disgusting. The gossiper is a coward, specially if not only criticizes but also make up lies. Many gossips are lies and I never believe in one. For example, I met some great girls that other jealous and looser girls were talking about her and I find out those gossips were never true, they were just insanely wanting to be like her and made up lies. So, for me a reputation doesn't come from what others says, because winners don't have time to talk about others so gossipers must be...well, loosers.

Some people loves to gossip, because through it, they feel that they are not alone in having troubles in life. I avoid gossipers, because i don't want to be part of their scattering of the gossips.

People who gossip a lot at the expense of others generally are unoccupied. They feel that talking about others makes them feel better about themselves and their life. I do not like to talk with or people around those who gossip. And for the most part those who gossip are really noticed because they often are heard or seen gossiping. I really don't have friends who gossip because I don't care to gossip about others or be gossiped about. Those who tend to gossip aren't really selective either of who they talk about they will even at times gossip about those who are suppose to be close to them or are their closest friends. It's a horrible cycle. And like you said I also feel bad about those who aren't able to defend themselves.

I have to admit I used to be like this before. I was once surrounded by people who love to destroy other's reputation. Why do we love to gossip? Simply because we want to appear better and righteous over other people. We would like to feel that we are ahead of them and greater than them. But you are right, I was not better than them at all. I was just the same or even worst than those people I have gossiped about. I was just trying to justify myself and made some projections to other people. Thank God I have realized it and separated myself from my gossiper friends. There are times that we would still get together but I simply cannot stand anymore talking about the life of other people. I would suddenly find an excuse to exit from them when they would begin to gossip.

Honestly, I really don't understand why people gossip. I don't think that they really have much else to do, or at least they don't have better things to do. I really don't like gossiping, which is why I don't do it. Other people's business is their own business, and that's the end of it.

Hi Dynzdolina, I think many people are naturally lazy, and gossiping is a very easy activity for those lazy people. If a person just keeps quiet, and does her work, she can finish it very fast. Once she starts to gossip, she would never finish the work. Then she will start to complain that she has no time for more work or other important things.

Yes there are many peoples who love gossip a lot. I think sometimes it is also necessary to make gossip with friends. But if you are in your office then it is not time to make enjoyment because that time you have responsibilities to finish your work at the time. But when you free then you can make some enjoyment for your freshness. So I am also like this thing. Because I am also a fun loving boy.

hi, we can not really avoid those people who always love to gossip,and we see them scattered everywhere,thats why i avoid to interact with them,maybe those people who love to gossip are those people who are insecure.

I do not have any interest in other's gossips. I find it sad that people make a whole farm of a feather of stories about other people. I've been the target for hurtful gossips some years ago, when I lived in a small village. I meet one of the ladies who was good to run with others gossips. She bluntly asked me if what she had heard was true and I answered her that it was not. So she asked me what's the truth I told her to hencheforth run with the truth to people. People who likes gossips must have too much time doing nothing.

I think people gossiping when they are boring and they got boring life. I never could understand gossiping people. Talking about other people life style while my isn't so bright isn't something I would be proud of. Also I don't like listening gossiping people. Most of the times they are just jealous about someone happiness.

ay ay ay, some people just don't know when to stop gossiping. And like you, I feel bad for the person being talked about. I mean even when you get older you find other adults doing it within your work place! To me, when someone mentions someone else's business it is none of mine so i tend to ignore it.

some people just have some time on their life and nothing to do so what they do is gossip..and we can't do anything about that. each one of us is different from one another. so, what we can do is ignore them and just get on with our life.

For me it is there life of many things to be they don't love there self by not done there habit but they don't know that Satan use them to hit others.

It probably makes them feel good that other people are in a bad lot. It probably makes them higher or infallible. Some people cannot survive a day without gossip. They always want to talk about other people's bad life and that's pathetic. These people are just wasting precious time. They can do better than that.

I guess everyone takes part in a little gossiping from time to time,but there are indeed who go far beyond any limit and seem to make a profession of this way of spending time.I guess it's in their, nature to say bad things about others even invent many stories,it's like a disease that affects their brains and prevents from that despicable activity.I think the only solution is not to interact with these people and avoid them as much as possible.

I'm kind of like you,don't interact more with these kind of people.I think a lot of people gossip about other peoples problems and pass judgement,because it gives themselves an escape from their personal ones and they probably have some insecurities as well.

We can't blamed them to stop gossiping because it's their attitude. What we do is not giving them a time to noticed. Just we don't listened into them.