Letters to the Editor
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Enjoy the silence
“When I was growing up, both of my parents taught me that gossiping is good for you, that it makes you feel like part of a community, and less lonely, even if what you are doing is pointing out how alienating other people are.”
Funny, my mother told me the opposite. She said, “If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all.” My father was even more succinct. He said, “Shut your frigging mouth.” Other common phrases I heard growing up included “It’s none of your damn business. Loose lips sink ships. Don’t rat on your friends.” Furthermore, as I grew I learned about the nature of lies and the people who tell them. A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth gets its pants on. And that is what most of gossip is, LIES! Or at best gossip is a big ball of lies surrounding a tiny kernel of truth which no one hardly ever gets to see because of all the embellishments people like the article writer pass on when they just have to run their damn mouth. I guess it is different when you are a girl. I mean what’s the worst that can happen to you if you say the wrong thing about the wrong person at the wrong time. Usually not much, not so for a man. To each his own I guess.