Do people gossip about YOU?

[Robb]

Poll question: Do people gossip about YOU?

I learned over the weekend I've become the hottest gossip topic in town, what with the looming divorce, my new (cough) traveling companion, the ex's (cough) pre-divorce extracurriculars, and what-not. Between the watering hole and the hair salon, it's all-Robb, all the time. :D

Do folks talk about you when they gather and whisper?

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. I certainly hope they do.

:evilgrin:

[no_hypocrisy]

2. "It's better to be talked about than not talked about." Oscar Wilde

[dolo amber]

3. Good grief, if people can find nothing

of more interest than me to talk about...well, it truly is the end times...:eyes:

[Gothic Sponge]

4. Nope, i'm a recluse

I live in a cave.

[Maeve]

5. Why? What have you heard??

:scared:

[amber dog democrat]

6. I am not well thought of

at my last place of employment. But it was such a cut throat place that I don't mind.

[mrboba1]

9. Ha! I am not well thought of at

my current place of employment.

But these people are so petty and small, I actually enjoy it!!

[amber dog democrat]

11. I am a strong believer that

the Best revenge is a life well lived. Petty, small, insecure, and dishonest people are more numerous than I would like to think.

[eyesroll]

7. I am weirdly paranoid.

I don't really care if or that people are talking about me. But they need to do it in one of three ways -- inconsequentially ("Oh, I had coffee with so-and-so last night, and I told her I'd be seeing you today so she says hi"), right in front of me ("There's a rumor going around that you're X/Y/Z, is it true?"), or so far behind my back I will never find out ("Psst...traveling companion..." "Yes, Robb?" "There's this paranoid chick on DU").

That said, I intellectually know that my life usually isn't interesting enough to be gossip-worthy, and most gossip-that-will-eventually-come-back-to-me (i.e. the kind I hate) is between my mother and sister and about when and whether I will pop out babies. Still, my ears burn constantly, and although I don't care what most people think about me -- for the majority of people in the world, whether they think I'm the coolest thing since sliced bread or horrifyingly annoying doesn't matter, but I still want to know which one they do think.

:crazy:

[dryan]

8. I sure hope so.....

after all, "it's better to be talked about than to be forgotten" per Pamela Harriman.

[terrya]

10. I don't give people anything to gossip about.

:-)

[ElectroPrincess]

13. They used to but not anymore ...

When we moved into our new house a few years ago, of course, the neighbors were curious. I decided to preempt any block party invites by mowing the lawn in a sort of get-up that John Murray wore as grounds keeper on CaddyShack.



The act above and my incessant talking to and nurturing of a sick maple tree in our front yard (that sports only two branches) ... well, my harmless "strangeness" keeps the nosy Mrs. Cravat's type gossips away.

My family believes that it's best to select one's pals rather than allowing the neighborhood socialites to rule. :-)

[Nikia]

12. They did at work for a while

Maybe they still do. When my best friend worked at the same company that I did, people talked about that. Evidently some people thought that we were having an affair. They couldn't really believe that a man and woman could actually be real friends.
I don't know if there is anything else going around about me. In some ways, I am a mysterious person. I didn't grow up around here. I don't have any family here. I don't go out to the bars like most of them do. My husband and I don't have children yet. I am college educated and am not absorbed in pro football or NACAR. Most of them don't understand what I do for the company either. Considering most of them gossip a lot about other people, there is probably other stuff going around about me. I just haven't heard about it yet.

[AmandaRuth]

14. people i work with like to talk about me being a

left leaning democrat like i am a carnival novelty. There ain't many of us out here....

[SarahB]

15. Not yet...

But I suspect I will be soon. We don't live in a huge town and we have a lot of acquaintances. Once Mr. Belle and I go to splitsville in the next few months, I suspect I'll be in similar shoes. People love to just guess about other people, but people don't really understand about the intricacies of a marriage and why it can break about, at least in our circumstances. I suspect we'll hear a lot of "But he's so nice...." or "She's so nice....I can't believe it." We are "nice", but nice doesn't always make for a compatible and healthy relationship. Life is complex and so are relationships. I rarely talk about much in regard to personal stuff with people, so it'll be a huge shock for many.

[Jokerman]

16. Home town rumors about my sexual activities.

Just after high school, one of the "popular girls" from my class set her sights on me. I couldn't stand the vacuous little skank so I spurned her advances.

Whether because of outright malice, or a serious delusion that she was too hot for any "straight" man to turn down, she started telling everyone who would listen that I was gay. Soon the small town rumor mill was buzzing with claims that I had been caught in the act with another man.

It bothered me for a little while, particularly when people I'd known since kindergarten suddenly wouldn't even speak to me in public. It didn't take long until I decided that my sexual preference, whatever it may be, was none of their damn business . If they were bothered by rumors about my sex life, that was their problem, not mine.

Having been part of the "in-crowd" during high school, this experience gave me insight into how cruel people can be to anyone they think is different. Hopefully, it has made me more compassionate toward anyone branded as an "outsider" for whatever reason.

Fortunately, I was already in college and would soon leave that stink-hole of a town behind for good.