Betrayed by someone you considered a GREAT friend....

I worked as a payroll adminstrator . One day I received an email that a manger in another state was going to be terminated. There was a time difference, so I knew before this person knew. I casually mentioned this to a person I thought was my friend and could be trusted. She decided to tell someone, who told someone else and it ended with my boss knowing about it, he was in the state where the termination was going to take place. When he got back in the office the next day, he called me in his office, and asked why did I divulge confidential information and who did I tell. I told him who I mentioned it to, afterall she was on the distribution list for terminated employees. Had she not spread it around, there would have been no problem. When he called her into the office, she lied, and said that she had received an email. She asked me, what did I tell the boss, and I said I told him the truth, she said she was sticking to her email story. Well, that caused tension between me and my boss, I felt like he thought he could not trust me anymore with sensitive information. How I handled this with my friend? I kind of kept my distance from her, I did not have to let her know why, because she knew. Slowly we eased back to being friends, but I would never tell her anything else that was to be hush hush. In your case, I think you need to confront her, let her know that you are not pleased with her talking about you behind your back, and that you thought you could trust her with sensitive information. I wouldn't let it sly, because she will think that it did not get back to you, what she was spreading around. Talk to her, get it out in the open. If you think you and her can remain friends, that's good, if not, just move on, and be careful what you tell and who you tell your business from now on.