I know this can be a touchy subject, but I am curious, as I have been the victim of all sorts of rumors growing up - I just didn't know about a lot of them until years later. They were started by jealous girls, or boys, lying to each other. When I hear some of the crazy garbage, I can't believe anyone would believe it, but people believe what they want to.

When I get frustrated about something I hear like that, I always feel better to think of the people who have come up to me, or a family member, years later & said that I was the only one who was always nice to them, despite what anyone else did. I have a hard time accepting that people would want to believe bad stuff about someone they don't even know, especially when they are given the chance to find out the truth for themselves, but don't!

Anyway, there's little to be done about it. There will always be rumors & spiteful gossip. It's human nature that some people will want to drag others down to make themselves feel better in some way. I would prefer to be judged based on my actual actions, but it seems, at times, that is wishful thinking.

Do you have any experience with this? Are you willing to share a rumor someone has spread about you? Maybe you have spread a rumor & not realized it wasn't the truth until later? How did you feel about that? less

I know this can be a touchy subject, but I am curious, as I have been the victim of all sorts of rumors growing up - I just didn't know about a lot of them until years later. They were started by jealous girls, or boys, lying to each other. When I hear some of the crazy garbage, I can't believe anyone would believe it, but people believe what they want to.

When I get frustrated about something I hear like that, I always feel better to think of the people who have come up to me, or a family member, years later & said that I was the only one who was always nice to them, despite what anyone else did. I have a hard time accepting that people would want to believe bad stuff about someone they don't even know, especially when they are given the chance to find out the truth for themselves, but don't!

Anyway, there's little to be done about it. There will always be rumors & spiteful gossip. It's human nature that some people will want to drag others down to make themselves feel better in some way. I would prefer to be judged based on my actual actions, but it seems, at times, that is wishful thinking.

Do you have any experience with this? Are you willing to share a rumor someone has spread about you? Maybe you have spread a rumor & not realized it wasn't the truth until later? How did you feel about that? less

I know this can be a touchy subject, but I am curious, as I have been the victim of all sorts of rumors growing up - I just didn't know about a lot of them until years later. They were started by jealous girls, or boys, lying to each other. When I hear some of the crazy garbage, I can't believe anyone would believe it, but people believe what they want to.

When I get frustrated about something I hear like that, I always feel better to think of the people who have come up to me, or a family member, years later & said that I was the only one who was always nice to them, despite what anyone else did. I have a hard time accepting that people would want to believe bad stuff about someone they don't even know, especially when they are given the chance to find out the truth for themselves, but don't!

Anyway, there's little to be done about it. There will always be rumors & spiteful gossip. It's human nature that some people will want to drag others down to make themselves feel better in some way. I would prefer to be judged based on my actual actions, but it seems, at times, that is wishful thinking.

Do you have any experience with this? Are you willing to share a rumor someone has spread about you? Maybe you have spread a rumor & not realized it wasn't the truth until later? How did you feel about that? less