Gossip Girls

I really can't stand when people are gossipy! This came with age because in high school I use to be like that until one day a girl I was friends with overheard me talking about her. It wasn't that I didn't like her but the "cool" girls were talking about her so I was just trying to fit in I guess. Well anyway from that moment on I swore I wouldn't say anything bad about anyone to another person because you never know what will get back to people.

After I started work in a predominately female profession it was hard because what do women do best but talk about each other. It's seriously messed up and toxic how gossipy people can be and I hate surrounding myself with that, but it's hard because I need a job and the field that I'm in is mostly women so it's hard to avoid it.

So I made up some steps on how to help minimize the gossip that is said is said around me (because I know I can't eliminate it).

Number 1:  Don't go looking for gossip. I hate when people are like "OMG! What did she just say?!" or "Tell me all the dirty gossip about her!" Nope sorry not gonna happen!

Number 2: Just avoid it. Period. Avoid it like the plague! Don't listen to other peoples gossip. Most of the time it's just not true so don't believe it unless it's straight from the person who's being gossiped about.

Number 3: Expect that people will gossip about you. Yep, people love to gossip about everyone, including you. It doesn't mean you have to respond to it. That's just what they want.

Number 4: You have to recognized that if people do gossip about you it's mostly likely because they are unhappy with themselves and jealous of you. Bringing people down is fun to them. Well I feel sorry people who feel the need to act this way. I guess your best comeback in this situation would be just to kill them with kindness...  

Speaking of gossip- I'm really loving Gossip Girl right now! It's finally on netfilix so I'm able to watch it ALL the time! It's one of my new faves :)