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Hi Neha, People are always going to talk trash about each other; there really isn't a way to stop it. What you can do is: 1) don't get on the chat sites and engage in this type of behavior yourself and 2) ignore comments made by people whose only goal is to upset you. Getting involved in people's petty problems only makes it worse. Just smile and ignore those who want to bring you down- it is the only mature defense!

-- Contributed by: Charlotte Gerber

Sometimes people chat about me which is untrue. How do I stop this?

-- Contributed by: Neha

Hi Becky, Thanks for sharing your story. What you say is absolutely true- things may be bad at first, but eventually the gossip will die down! There is always a new target just waiting in the wings.

-- Contributed by: Charlotte Gerber

I also know how it feels to be the talk of the town. Or rather, school. A couple years ago people were gossiping and saying that I was a lesbian & had french kissed this girl at a pool party. Well, for one thing, I am not a lesbian. But...I was at a pool party, & there was this dare. But I was young and crazy then. Just typical teenage girls at a slumber party...I never thought about what I was doing, or that the next day the whole school would think I was disgusting. No one let me explain, no one respected me. I thought I'd die..I wanted to switch schools! I didn't think I could handle having such a bad reputation....but as time went on the talk faded, and no one cared about it anymore. I lived through that awful situation. So to all those girls out there who are being gossiped about.....the secret is....just don't let it get to you. Whether the rumour is true or not. None of those people know you, they can't make you who you are. Just dust your shoulders off and don't pay no mind to the bullsnot that girls like to pass around!! If I honestly didn't spend all that time worrying as I did those years ago, I would have realized that I shouldn't have been so caught up in the situation and just lived my life. That would have been the best thing, & I know that now. We all learn from our experiences and if we all didn't have to go through something then gosh....many years later when everything is dealt with and over...what would we live to tell our grandkids about?

-- Contributed by: Becky

When people are talk about you you can't let it get to you. Not all gossips lies, or sometimes it starts out as truth and gets expanded and twisted to something totally ridiculous. But whether it's true or not it still sucks to have people talking about you. I know first hand, over the summer I drank a little too much which led to activities with a guy that definitely wouldn't have taken place if I was sober. When I came back to school I knew some people would have heard about it, but it wasn't a big party it was only 15 people or so, I didn't realize just how many people would have found out. My school has over 3,000 kids in it, but SO many people knew. The guy who I hooked up with is pretty popular(not to mention totally sober when this happened,asshole much?). But the point is a lot of people found out and people were asking my friends about the rumors they heard. Some people know me as the slut who slept with this guy. At first it bothered me and I felt bad about it but after I realized that it didn't matter. I was hearing stories about it that weren't even true about how we were hooking up in random places around school and all this stuff that wasn't even remotely close to what actually happened.

I figured if people were that pathetic that they have to make stuff up about your life then at least you have one. If shit is being talked about you do your self a favor and don't let it get to you. Laugh it off. Thats all you can do, don't let other people get to you. When I hear a dumb rumor about me now I laugh, sometimes I'll go along with it just to mess with the person.

DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLES MOUTHS GET YOU DOWN! IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

-- Contributed by: Been There
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