Men! Gossip?
“Really?? Are you sure about it? My God…I can’t believe it. George!! Man, if anybody had asked me, I would have said that he is one happy family man.” Pause “No, seriously, I had no idea. Man, would you believe me; I was with him and his wife not two weeks ago. We met at the bar had couple of drinks and just had a great time. And, now you are telling me that they are getting a divorce. Wow, never can tell who is going through what. Hmm, anyway, did you watch the game last night….”
How many times we have heard/overheard a conversation similar to the one above and what are the chances that it was a man? I have always felt that men are the biggest gossip-addicts and they are the worst sort, addicts who have not yet realized that they are addicts. They are still in denial.
The above conversation did not continue with just the game. They had to come back to poor old George, dissect his life with a sharp scalpel and left it on the table to rot, without even trying to sew it all back together. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a hard-line feminist. But, I sure am so tired of the hypocritical two-timing nature of men, especially where gossip is concerned.
“Hey Frank, you were just now gossiping about George.” That comment raised goose-bumps and almost made Frank sweat. “What me, no way. You call that gossip. That’s not gossip. No, I was just surprised about what was happening to George. His wife is divorcing him, you know!! It could be any one of us you know.” “Guess you men just call it by a different name”, I just had to quip.
“No no, you are looking at it all wrong”, Frank continued, “Myself and Sean were just taken aback that George is going through this, especially in this stage in his life. We have all known each other for almost 10 years now. Damn, his daughter is just a year or so older than my boy. How can this be gossip? This is concern.” “Gossip is any talk about another person’s personal life. It can be malicious or just pass time. So what you were just discussing about George is gossip”. Poor Frank looked like I had just abused him with some choicest words in the dictionary. He just walked away shaking his head. I heard him muttering to himself, “She sure must be kidding me”.
How many times we have heard/overheard a conversation similar to the one above and what are the chances that it was a man? I have always felt that men are the biggest gossip-addicts and they are the worst sort, addicts who have not yet realized that they are addicts. They are still in denial.
The above conversation did not continue with just the game. They had to come back to poor old George, dissect his life with a sharp scalpel and left it on the table to rot, without even trying to sew it all back together. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a hard-line feminist. But, I sure am so tired of the hypocritical two-timing nature of men, especially where gossip is concerned.
“Hey Frank, you were just now gossiping about George.” That comment raised goose-bumps and almost made Frank sweat. “What me, no way. You call that gossip. That’s not gossip. No, I was just surprised about what was happening to George. His wife is divorcing him, you know!! It could be any one of us you know.” “Guess you men just call it by a different name”, I just had to quip.
“No no, you are looking at it all wrong”, Frank continued, “Myself and Sean were just taken aback that George is going through this, especially in this stage in his life. We have all known each other for almost 10 years now. Damn, his daughter is just a year or so older than my boy. How can this be gossip? This is concern.” “Gossip is any talk about another person’s personal life. It can be malicious or just pass time. So what you were just discussing about George is gossip”. Poor Frank looked like I had just abused him with some choicest words in the dictionary. He just walked away shaking his head. I heard him muttering to himself, “She sure must be kidding me”.
posted by Miya at Tuesday, March 01, 2005
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