SMALL TOWN GOSSIP
I ran into a distant friend that was in town for a while the other day. She was asking me how had I been doing and how my daughter was. Then she ask me how was my DH kids and grandkids. I told her I never see any of them(Thank God) and as far as the GD'S I never see them either. She why do you not see any of them . Well I told her everything that was on my heart that day. I told her how DH DIL'S are to me and my daughter and how SK"S are a trip through hell. She was in shocked of how DH'S family is. She called them pure evil. About a week later my friend had told a good friend of her's which was good friends of SK'S and DIL'S about how my SK"S needed the hell beat out of them and etc. SK"S and DIL'S call DH telling him I was out running my mouth and telling lies on them. They said all the shit that was told on them was lies and they hate me. LOL. I told DH I have no regrets talking to my friend that day . She ask me a question and I told her the truth . Simple as that. if my SK'S and DIL'S had been my friend or if I was considered family then our conversation would have been different. SK;S are mad because the truth is being told on them . They call me the small town gossip lady. I just dont care what they think:)
You sound like you're right
You sound like you're right on top of the situation - keep telling the same thing to anyone that asks for confirmation.
Yeah, I agree with this. You
Yeah, I agree with this. You certainly have the right to talk to whomever you wish and about whatever you'd like, but I'd watch out for someone who goes carrying tales like that. Sounds like that person was out to cause some drama (and succeeded) at your expense. Not a friend. (I also agree that while you know what YOU said, you have no idea what she might have told others.)
I agree. If she were your
I agree. If she were your friend why would she tell them what you said? Not much of a friend. If one of my 'friends' did that to me I'd dump her in a heartbeat.
You were not the one
You were not the one gossiping, you were simply informing your friend what's going on in your own life. SHE was gossiping when she repeated it to her friend.
The SKs don't want the truth out there about how they are so, of course, they are going to call you a liar and start crap. How dare you tarnish their reputation with the truth!
If you did not expressly tell
If you did not expressly tell your friend that your discussion was in confidence and she told her friend then I think there is no issue with gossip.
When I am asked to not speak about something and to hold it in confidence I don't speak about it..... except to talk about it with my bride. We have no secrets.... for the most part.