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I realized I was addicted to gossiping, so I quit. But after four months, my friends think I'm a narcissistic bore -- and all I want to do is dish some dirt.
  • some goddess

    Afro Goddess:

    "I gossip, and I enjoy the power that comes with exchanging and withholding information at various turns. The thing is, gossiping can help or harm you depending on how good you are at doing it.

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    The best gossipers are smart about it. We know what to tell what person and not to tell another

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    The plain truth is that gossiping is wrong. It can hurt people's feelings, and it can ruin reputations, including your own. .... While gossiping is enjoyable, you have to be careful with that kind of power because you might just get cut like a $10 hooker working wrong street corner. LOL"

    You typlify the gossiper mindset. Gossiping is "wrong", but what the heck, you persist because need the "power" you derive from trashing others. It seems too you get a thrill from the inherent danger of the gossip backfiring.

    I don't know if you realize how unpleasant, nasty and insecure you and the other gossip confessors sound to those who don't gossip. Why don't you grow up finally and get a life instead of destroying other lives. You are all just profoundly creepy women (sadly it seems to be a female thing).