evil
hurtful
mean
caddy
cruel
naughty
indulgent
ridiculous
Why?
Why would grown women indulge in frivolous gossip.
Seriously, the PTA is a strange entity.
I don't care ...
who bakes the worst cake
who sells the most magazines
who is late with their dues
who said what
what her daughter did
who is kidding who?
Seal you lips.
Get over yourself.
Jump out of the rumour mill.
Don't feed the beast.
Be a better person.
Take the high road.
Set an example for your kids.
Love and respect your neighbours and friends.
Shhhh
Silence is golden.
Don't be a Gossip Baby.
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Amen! You would think you would have to deal with less drama as you get older, but it seems it just gets worse and worse doesn't it?
So, I heard there was this woman with a blog...
Wait, crap, I almost spilled the beans.
Sorry you have to deal with that. It really isn't fun.
For the record...I'm not the victim of these crazy chatty women.
I just don't get the need to bash each other? Put each other down when we should be supporting and building each other up!!
If you need to gossip go start a blog! lol
Hear hear!!! Gossiping is such hurtful and destructive behaviour yet it's something we all seem to find so difficult not to do sometimes. The worst offenders are usually the ones with so little going on in their own lives they have to belittle others!
Great post, and thanks for following me! I'm following you now to!
LBM xx
Thanks for following me back, I'm a huge fan of your blog! And I agree, gossip is just plain not needed! Take the high road, indeed!
The PTA here was the very same way. I chose not to be involved.
I have to say that any organization I've been in has this going on to some degree though. It's so frustrating to those of us who don't care to be a part of the gossip mill.
Couldn't agree more.
This is so perfect!
Great post! I agree.
Also I love the thing you said 'put each other down when we should be supporting and building each other up!!'
Couldn't agree more.
Have a great Friday!
Can you come and do a speech at my school please. Maybe a public service announcement?
i completely agree.. i once thought that once high school was over that it all ended... oh boy.. how wrong i was!!
have a wonderful wkend!
Well said! I agree 100%. It seems like anytime you get a group of women together for whatever the reason, though, gossip becomes an issue.
So sad that we have to continue dealing with this drama into adutlhood. Ugh. So exhausting.
Recipe for a drama free life, No Gossip.
Not to gossip or anything but I heard someone, maybe you, might have gotten something over at my blog. Hmmmm. Just a heresay!
Ugh, I'm so with you on this. I'm very active in our school's HSO/PTA and I just keep repeating to myself "I'm doing this for my son". Awful.
Too funny...but true. I am a first grade teacher and I hear it all the time! Love the blog!
great advice, if you want to gossip, start a blog! ha! thanks for enjoying the poem over here, feel free to copy it for your enjoyment.
That is too bad about the PTA. How mean.
The really sad part is this would not happen with a group of men. Why only with women?
Oh by the way, did you hear that....j/k
Ditto and amen!!!!
I don't know how they found out about how I bake the worst cake! Oh well, I don't really care!
Good for you for not buying into it.
Hugs!!
Some women never get over the HS drama. It's horrible getting sucked back as an adult. I can't stand that crap and would rather be considered the unfriendly one then be privy to that nonsense.
Well aid..Amen sister!!!!!
I completely agree! :)
Amen to that. It gets so tiresome hearing the buzz buzz of gossip... enough already! But alas, some thrive on gossip.
Really great post. I just stink at small talk so this post speaks worlds to me.
APPLAUSE!!!!
We are still several years from PTA but our son is already in a private school. He is only 2 and their is one Mom of one of his classmates who is just CHOCK FULL of constant chatter about other parents, who is divorcing, custody issues...blah blah blah. It is both annoying and quite juvenile. My husband said he heard PTA is about the same, only much more volume.
Neat.
Setting a good example for the children is one of the highest duties of parenting.
Secretia
Amen! There is nothing cattier than a group of women trying to "do good". Yuck! I quit the PTO years ago!
Isn't that the truth! I see moms gather in the school yard in their little cliques and talk about others. We are small town here, people over hear what is being said...because they are anything but discreet!
I totally agree. People need to just let others be.
I agree, I often listen to something and stand thinking "how is this helping?"
Ps Award at mine x
LOVE IT! especially when the gossip comes from supposed friends. just found out that one of my really 'good' friends has been talking smack about me to her husband and then he has been sending mass texts about it to all of his friends. i can't even confront her b/c the person who told me swore me to secrecy. gossip does nothing but come back to bite you in the butt.
Amen! I hate gossip and as a result, I have never had many girlfriends. I have three good girlfriends and one of them is my sister and another is my mom. Icky stabby backy girl gossip. I can do without it.
Some women love to talk nasty about others. And, they have a hard time being happy for someone else's success. I try my best to just stay away from negative people.
Is that what happens at PTA meetings? I think I'm better off out of it!
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Good for you! **standing on my chair and applauding** Your post reminds of a phrase I repeat in my head if I'm ever tempted to join in...
"Silence is golden and seldom repeated."
it's important for us all to remember:
Mamas can be Bitches, too.
Such a great post : )
Girls are so gossipy. It gives me a headache!
You came over and said Hi to me and I didn't get a chance until now to say hello back!
Hello!
You are too cute! I want to hear these competitive, life in the burbs stories! That is why we are moving to the mountains, so no one cares... except how much booze I can get down their throat in one visit. That is all we really care about! haha
Love your blog so far!
But then they wouldn't have anything else to do! Except maybe get a life but thats never gonna happen :)
Yeah, pta stinks, lol. I used to be president of one for a couple years.
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