Have you even been a victim of gossips?
By Bhadine
@Bhadine (594)
Philippines
July 10, 2019 4:52pm CST
In the Philippines, gossiping is very common. In the workplace, in school, in the entire neighborhood or even at home, people gossip and fabricate stories to ruin someone. In fact, it becomes the favorite pastime of some and whoever passes by will be the topic of their senseless chats.
If a girl is with a boy, people gossip. If a household bought expensive stuff, people gossip. If a husband comes home late, people gossip. No matter what the situation is, people find something to gossip about.
Is this also common in your place?
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
11 Jul 19
I suffered this gossip in high school. All because a step brother decided he wanted to hurt me as much as he could. To this day I do not understand his motivation, nor does it matter. That was a very long time ago.
I like a quote from Oscar Wilde about this very topic:
There is only one thing worse than people talking about you, having no one talking about you.
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
11 Jul 19
@Bhadine Oscar Wilde was a writer, as am I. If no one is talking about you, you are not selling books. -- that's my take on it -- But with Wilde I'm not so sure that is what he meant. He was always a controversial figure, very witty and seemed to enjoy attention, even if it was negative.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
14 Jul 19
oh yes. I think it is every where. It is the nature of us humans it seems 
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
11 Jul 19
Gossip is not something I never hear. It must be a family thing, or a close neighbour hood. We have neighbours but none gossip...it also could be our age, we are old, I think younger gossip....
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
23 Jul 19
@Bhadine Gossip is just not in my life and I guess that is a good thing.
@LindaOHio (178869)
• United States
10 Jul 19
No, the neighbors get along and are quite far apart from each other.
@Bhadine (594)
• Philippines
11 Jul 19
@LindaOHio Where do you live? I think that's the perfect place to live in? Haha
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@Bhadine (594)
• Philippines
11 Jul 19
@LindaOHio You must be lucky to have good neighbors though you are pretty far from one another.
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@thelme55 (77080)
• Germany
11 Jul 19
Of course, I have been a victim of gossiping just like anybody else in the Philippines. Sometimes, I wonder what those people heard about me as I don´t know them and they are scared of me. I was even an excuse for one of my relatives when she doesn´t like to go with her friends. I am not really bad but I am a frank person and say what I think especially if I am used or abused.
@Ladanger (14578)
• United States
10 Jul 19
Yes in trade school guys would gossip about girls that talk to boys.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
5 Aug 19
I pity those gossipers. I wonder what would be their future.
