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Patty*, 15, doesn't know how it all started. "I was just talking Jay a lot about this band that we both like. Next thing I knew, there were rumors that I was making him my project - that I was out to win his affection." What made the situation more complicated was that Patty's best bud has had a major crush on Jay for years. "My best friend Shiela actually believed the rumors! She got so hurt by the idea that I'd flirt with Jay even if I knew she was waiting for him to ask her out."
Shiela stopped talking to Patty, and wouldn't listen to her explanation. The story snowballed. People started gossiping about how Patty would call and text Jay everyday, and would even visit him at home. Things got even worse when the only other person who could prove everyone wrong started thinking there was some truth to the rumors. "I couldn't believe it when Jay confronted me to ask if he was really my ‘project'. He even told me he doesn't like aggressive girls. Even if he was fully aware that we hardly talk about anything but music, he began to doubt his own judgement of the situation because of all the gossip!"
Patty spent nights crying. She had lost her best friend over a petty thing that wasn't even true. She could understand the sense of betrayal Shiela felt, but couldn't fathom why her best friend would choose to believe other people over her. Shiela eventually realized that there was no truth to the rumor, but things were never the same between the two friends. "I felt uncomfortable around her", confessed Patty. "I kept remembering that she didn't trust me enough to listen to my side. Instead, she chose to believe the rumors" They eventually drifted apart.
Rating: 4 out of 5 | Number of Votes: 4
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- 1. leanne_hat says:
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i really hate people who back stab me and make me as their object and make me famous through their gossips as well as i hate talking about somebody in their back because for me it means you are weak to tell it to their face.
July 3, 2008 at 5:24 am - 2. nadinecamille_candy says:
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Nakaka-asar ganitong tao. Sasabihin pa nila ikaw nagsabi pero hindi naman ikaw..
July 3, 2008 at 4:56 pm - 3. marley says:
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gossips gossips gossips one thing people won't live without., even me i also like to gossip but truth not just humors n_n :) xoxo gossip girl oh yeah
July 3, 2008 at 5:04 pm - 4. miicqah says:
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i hate it. why there are lots of people who cant do anything but to have a trip on u .. if they are jealous of what the closeness u have to that guy .. then its not u problem nymore .. its hers. Ü
July 3, 2008 at 7:24 pm - 5. roux",++roxy++ says:
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gossip..mm..hmm..who likes it anyway..every time i walk by, i know they always talk about me..Good God!!what do they always care about..why do they always take time to have rumors about me, when i don't even have time looking at them or talking about them..all i know is that they're just jealous about me..i don't even know them for, God's sake!!
July 4, 2008 at 2:30 pm - 6. kristelle_ann011 says:
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that definitely pull out the dark side of gossips. even the merest things could actually transist for the worse.
July 4, 2008 at 6:58 pm - 7. sassy_girl12 says:
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the funny thing about people who spread gossip is that most of the time, they do it just for the heck of it, without any deep reasons at all
July 5, 2008 at 10:27 am - 8. dion19 says:
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People who spread gossips are those people who have insecurities and felt that they are inferior..some of them might felt that they are not accepted by their peers so they do gossiping..
July 5, 2008 at 3:02 pm - 9. miss_jesselle says:
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nakakasira talaga ng reputation ang mga gossip!
July 7, 2008 at 6:06 pm - 10. iloveapplejuice says:
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nakakainis ang ganyan, it happened to me one time when i was partnered with a school hearthrob for a prokect and we were always together so we became close and always joked around. a lot of girls approached me asking me if i was his grilfriend! i mean, what the.... binibigyang kulay yung frienship namin until i started avoiding him and he confronted me. pero he was a total gentleman kasi he told me that we shouldn't care about what others think as long as we know the truth. matters went from bad to worse kasi we ignored every comment and just continued being friends until one day, an upper year girl approached me and she was really mad saying that i had no right to be close to him. buti na lang andun yung friends ko and pinagtanggol nila ako kasi nashock ako and i wasn't able to defend myself since i used to be friends with that girl. ayun, nalaman nung guy about the incident and finally we made a decision to not be seen alone together for a while para wala ng manggugulo sakin. eventually natanggap din nila na friends lang kami when he got a girlfriend.
July 7, 2008 at 8:50 pm - 11. LadIe LyIanE says:
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har! we cant resist not to gossip ithink wer born havin dat hahaha dis but da only thing is dat everything we sayz should be da truth...hehehe
July 9, 2008 at 12:42 am
