Gossip, Misconceptions

(This was originally posted on July 29th)

It's sad how a friendship can sour due to miscommunication, rumours and misplaced trust! Rumous, spread by usless people in the name of gossip to such people who are in my terminology "eternally gossip-hungry", can cause such utter confusion that a long-standing friendship can just break!
You think i'm talking about gossiping girls, well, you're sadly mistaken. Guys are the ones who are so desperate to stay in the loop that they'll believe anything they're told. Atleast the girls are sensible, and know enough to spread the true rumours! okay fine, maybe not true but atleast not hurtful!
Hmmmm.... "A true friendship should last the trial of any hardship", "A true friendship is not bothered by comments, false stories and the like". Maybe, theoretically, but is it so, practically? I dont think so. As much as we may say that we couldnt care less about what other people think, we do care! because we live in society and unfortunately for us we have a need to be accepted!
This truly sucks. I would never want to lose a friend just because some jobless idiot decided to make up a story, and an even more jobless idiot heard the story and decided to pass it on to his friends! In my opinion, this is the silliest way to forgo a friendship!

Gossip is dangerous, whether its true or not, it can really hurt a person's feelings and scar him/her for life! be careful about what you say, think twice about who you are talking to!
Kavya