Opinion - a view or judgement formed about something, not
necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
Rumour - a currently circulating story or report of uncertain
or doubtful truth.
Humans talk, don't they? You're walking through a school
hallway, going to the next classroom and you hear something you wish you
didn't. Someone commenting on your hairstyle, or the funny way you walk - or
maybe something they have heard. About you, of course. Who else could it
be about? Apparently she said that you said that he has weird clothing. Or that
you slept with her ex boyfriend and you just can't do that, right?
Rumours. Opinions. Apparently. Apparent lies. These are all
little mutations of the human nature that create fire within society.
Things that were never meant to be said, but you only told your best friend because
it's only one person, right? Well this is how it goes. We as humans thrive
off knowledge, gossip, knowing what is going on - even if it means
that someone's rep is in jeopardy or someone could go to jail for doing
something wrong, we have to know what is going on.
It's just human nature, to learn little tidbits of information
that others don't want us to know. But dealing with rumours is a different
story.
Firstly think about who is spreading the rumour. If you know it
isn't true, then there is no point bringing it up into conversation if people
aren't talking about this. I have seen this many times before, and basically if
you want the rumour to go away think of it as a fungus on your toe... you
aren't exactly going to discuss that with people, now are you?
When people say bad things about you, it is normally because
they are jealous or are below you. As Taylor Swift taught me, people throw
rocks at things that shine. Remember this, people will support you, but they
don't want you being better at things than them. Rumours start because people
either want to bring you down, or haven't realised what they are doing is
hurting you.
Rumours aren't always from the source, as they get around they
become more and more fabricated, and when they get back to you - it's almost
like they were never to do with you in the first place, but people added
bits and bits to the conversation to either wreck your reputation, or because
it's a tricky game of chinese whispers, fun.
Don't believe everything you hear, the less you talk about the
rumours, then they will die down. You are above the people wanting to bring you
down.
Indy
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