Do you like gossips?

@ivygrey (550)
Philippines
September 7, 2009 10:04pm CST
At work, in the office, at school, at home anywhere. We are all some kind of guilty with this one, we probably doesn't like it but sometimes we can't help but overheard one, or somebody just can't keep their mouths shut! LOL! I don't like it but there are times that it gave me that "i know" kind of feeling. Do you enjoy hearing one? or you just ignore when you heard one?
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16 responses
@bird123 (10632)
• United States
9 Sep 09
I am not the person you want to gossip to. I tend to go ask the person they are talking about if it's true. Isn't that what you would do if someone said something about your friend?? Why should a stranger deserve less respect??
• Philippines
9 Sep 09
could be fun..but its destructive.
@firdut (38)
• Indonesia
8 Sep 09
I always try to avoid gossip cause in fact it can hurt someone's feelings. But it is very difficult to avoid talking gossip cause many people who love to start talking gossip. I usually try to avoid by ending conversation nicely and pretending to do work.
@angryeve (684)
• Philippines
8 Sep 09
Hi ivygrey, I think this is something like, men can't resist women while women can't resist gossip. LOL Yah, I think no matter how much we hate to admit it or no matter how much we even try to ignore it, we sort of magnetized with it so easily. I guess that's one of the reasons why girls tend to have longer bonding time with their girlfriends than boys with their friends. Because we just couldn't stop until we run out of gossips to tell. haha It's a girl thing =)
• China
8 Sep 09
I do not like chatting in the office. Not only do their job well, but also affect the surrounding colleagues. In particular, say that people gossip a bad habit. Cultivation of professional who would never do.
• Kenya
8 Sep 09
I love gossip will not lie about it (though most people hate it). For me its a way I get to bond with my girls! Keeps our friendship alive. True, gossip can be constructive at times too. And its really exciting. though i don't like people gossiping about me! But its life.
@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
8 Sep 09
I don't like gossip. Usually it is so mean and just hurts people. I do not share it and I don't like to hear it either. There was a lady I knew at church that kept trying to tell me things about some of the church members and I kept telling her that I did not want to hear it and she would not listen to me! She was a "friend" but she was a bad gossip. She is no longer my friend now.
@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
8 Sep 09
bit hard not to when your in a small country town, with not much to do. so you just keep your nose down and out of trouble best you can, to avoid being the gossip. i also try not to go to town unless i have to. but sometimes it can be interesting putting your ear to the ground to find out what's going on round the place, or when you want some info.
@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
8 Sep 09
I wish I could like gossips. By chatting or gossipping, you form a platform to utter your stories, complaints, which might serve an effective way for psycological balance. And speaking itself is a good physical exercise for related organs. Sometimes, the community you often chat or gossip with could be your help in case of need.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
8 Sep 09
More or less we all involve in gossip. But the regretting thing is that most gossips are negative in the content. I never participate in negative gossip and where a there are more people. I only do sometime if it is amusing and not back biting sot of.
@peace001 (726)
• China
8 Sep 09
of course not.it is a bad habit in my opinion.it waste our time.but we live in around others,we cannot stop others to talk gossips,so i'd like to ignore the gossips when i hear gossips.
• United States
8 Sep 09
I absolutely hate gossips. I think my personal motto may be 'And I care why?' I have no interest in hearing about celebrities, I care even less when it comes to people I don't even know.
@dolmitta (221)
• India
8 Sep 09
Hi I don't like to gossip much and don't like to hear them too. Sometimes at office when things gets complicated and when i'm stressed out i tend to tell out to my friends but not the actual gossip. At times i listen to my friends stories too. So i don't enjoy gossips and i prefer to stay away from it.
• Philippines
8 Sep 09
i have noticed that it has become a favorite pasttime, mostly to women --- women who are idle and have nothing to do, or women who are just born to be gossipers and mindful of other's business in our country. maybe this is just a cultural thing. i know people in other countries mind their own business. if there are, this might only be very few. i have learned lessons from gossips. if u add comments from what u hear, sometimes u will end up as if the gossip comes from u. now, i have avoided women who are grouped together and "gossip" (this is especially so during lunch time where we eat on one big table); i eat alone and just mind my work. i do not go out with people from my workplace and most of all, when i hear talks, i don't add any comment. still, these loud talks in the office irritate me and i have found a way to get away with it ... i have earphones plugged into my ears and i listen to music. it is best not to hear anything because by then, i could no longer comment.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
8 Sep 09
No I don't like gossip. Wasted breath, wasted thoughts, wasted time, and it just makes you sound like a judgmental idiot. It's just very strange to judge people in such ways when you don't really know anyone truly. There are just much better ideas that we could discuss rather then talking about others faults or what you find wrong with them.
• Brazil
8 Sep 09
Try nt to like it, but it's really exciting sometimes. When it doesn't harm anyone, of course.