"Gossiping" stems from a primal form of communication from when people had no other way of keeping tabs on what was going on in their world.
It's very difficult for people to shake that habit now that it tends to be more destructive than constructive.
I assume anything that I put "out there" will be eventually revealed. Therefore I try not to do things I will have to keep secret from anyone.
What I don't get is why people actually ask others to keep secrets for them. To me, it seems like people are testing their friends when they do that. Which is as evil a motivation as gossip is perceived to be.
Telling a secret about yourself to someone else is really gossiping on yourself. So that makes one a hypocrit, no?
Jennifer
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