Do You Have Family That Gossips About You?

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United States
February 27, 2007 2:49am CST
We have 4 hens in my family that are always calling eachother to gossip about the family...Grandma, mom, and 2 cousins. I recently lost my mind and called grandma. I briefly made mention about mom coming over to my place and rearranging my things. This past weekend my uncle and his daughter stopped by and when mom left the room she said..Things better with you and mom now? I said..Why do you ask? Her reply..grandma told me you were having problems. Unbelievable! I should have known better. Do you have family members that have nothing better to do other than gossip about the family?
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@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
7 Mar 07
OMG you have a family like that also!!! i thought i was the only one. i found that the only person i can trust is my sister and my brother. My sister because she knows how the family is and we have each others back, and my brother well because he and my mom do not talk so he i know he will not be telling the family what is going on in my life, but everyone else forget it. even my mom, i have been sick for 2 weeks now and my cousin that i have not talked to since like thanksgiving out of the blue texts messages me and says that she hopes i feel better, i am like how did you find out and she was like oh i called you mom for a favor and she told me. Unbelievable, if i wanted people to know i was sick i just tell them. this wasn't the only thing but the other things take too long to explain.
• United States
7 Mar 07
I wish I had a brother or sister to go to. Unfortunately, I'm an only child.
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• Philippines
8 Mar 07
hi, i'm an only child as well. my family also would tell one to another about me. like the things i've been thru and all. it really sucks when they know about me. sometimes they dont tell me, they just ask like "how are you? is everything ok with you and your dad? no more fighting?" blahblah.. it's somewhat annoying but you just have to smile and be polite to say "everything's fine." in my mind, i know my parents would tell their siblings (uncles or aunts or cousins) behind my back. i dont like it. i rather keep it private. that is why ever since i was a teenager till now, i keep my own secrets... if i have somethign to tell, i think first before i take an action...have patience... :)if you're uncomfortable about them talking one to another, talk to them nicely how you feel.. :)
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• United States
8 Mar 07
My family is more the smart a.. type, lol. Grandma actually invited me to go to a wedding with her in May. I know she wants me to drive and she wants me to meet somebody there, yeah right. If she asks me anything personal, I'm gonna get her by saying..only if it's off the record and put it in writing on this cocktail napkin. She'll get a kick out of that one and I'll get my point across without being disrespectful. I'm the oldest of the grandchildren, and her favorite, lol.
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@noyida (795)
• Singapore
28 Feb 07
Hahhahh.... that typical of a close knit family. We dont gossip actually, we discussed our family matter with each other. I have a very big family, 12 siblings. Normally it is hard to inform everyone at one time or others due our other commitment in life. So what I normally do is to inform one of my sis on certain issue. She is a homemaker and have plenty of time to start calling my other siblings. Of course, we gossip in the course of passing the information. I knew they gossip about me a lot, about my character and about my love for travelling. But heck care, I dont mind being gossiped by my own flesh and blood, cause I think they are thinking of me more often, so in reality they actually care about me even they don't mention that.
• United States
28 Feb 07
Lol, I know what you mean. I guess because I am an only child, I try to stay out of the gossip Hot Topics. When my mom comes over for the weekends, she gets on my phone and the gossip begins. It is hilarious because the next day another one calls her to go over what the first one said and so on. Thank you for your response
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@noyida (795)
• Singapore
1 Mar 07
Now I understand why you piss off. They dont have other people to talk about or run out of story to gossip about, so you became their victims...lol. Take it positively, perhaps they care too much for you.
• United States
2 Mar 07
Actually, I am more shocked that grandma would betray me like that. We are really close...I am her favorite and she knows how I feel about gossip, not a fan of it. They usually gossip about everybody else so I was more shocked than anything. I love my mom very much, but she pushes me to the edge often. She has not made good decisions in her lifetime and now she feels she can just come over and control my life. So when I turn to grandma, I expect her to keep it to herself since I usually don't say a word. Just really disappointed since I know she had a lot to do with my mom being the way she is.
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• United States
7 Mar 07
This happens to me all the time. I have two sisters, a grandma and a mom. If I tell one person something the next thing I know the phone is ringing "what happened why did you say blah blah" Over the years I have learned that if I need to grip about somebody in my family (you know just let off steam) I complain to my close friend or perhaps one of my online groups. Because I know if I say anything to the family it will be repeated to everyone in 20mins
• United States
9 Mar 07
So true...it drives me nuts when they even gossip about eachother. They need a new hobby.
• Philippines
29 Mar 07
I have an aunt who gossips a lot. And the worst she's done to me is tell everybody that I demanded or forced my husband to marry me. I got so angry with her. She also said that I called her "pest" when in fact, she was the one who called me that name. Until now, we haven't patch things up.
• United States
29 Mar 07
Well I hope she comes to her senses and apologizes to you. I cringe every time my mom gets on my phone when she's here and calls one of the other 3 gabbers. I just don't want to see a fight ensue either.
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• United States
27 Feb 07
Family will be family, meaning you love'm but sometimes you just sense rudeness and frankness all at the same time. One day I was talking to one of two brothers I have. The conversation was about stopping by his house and surprising his daughters, snice it was a while that I had. They are 6 years old and the other one three. Well needless to say I could not make it the day I said I would, due to other issues. Then one day, when I final did stop by, The 6 year old saids to me. Uncle, your not going to do what my other uncle does, only see us twice a year? On our Brithday and Christmas. I said no sweety to the 6 year old, I assure you I will see you more than that. Then the 6 year old saids, good, only my other uncle can do that, he promised me a horse from is farm for me to ride. I looked down at her and said, I can only promise to play with you and your sister a lot more than your other uncle will. She said...daddy said, now that you dont work in bartlett, you don't work as hard as my daddy does, so you now have much more time and really need to play with us more. I hope in time, things do get better for the uncle that doen't work, Me. She is only 6 years old. Daddy is just a little older.(lol).