Letters to the Editor

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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.
  • You're shallow and annoying as hell

    One doesn't have to read much to conclude what that you are a none-too-bright and insecure woman who dervies your self esteem from putting others down. It's annoying just to read you and your inevitable cutesy conclusion that you must continue your catty ways lest you become boring. Everything in your essay screams "I'm bad, but aren't I adorable?!". No, you're not, you're irritating as hell. One would surmise that you aren't succeeding in your work or emotional life and so you resort junior-high in-group behavior to deflect attention from your hollow self.

    Nice try to pretend that discussing finances and other practical matters must be gossip, therefore you must continue to gossip in order to function. Gossip is trivial, catty, self-righteous chatter that functions to make you feel falsely superior and pseudo-bond with others of low self esteem.