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The Gossip Mantra

The dictionary defines gossiping as " conversation or ​reports about other people's ​private​ lives that might be ​unkind, ​disapproving, or not ​true." For me and most of the population, gossiping is a medium to vent. My friend recently captioned one of our pictures as "When you don't have anything nice to say about anyone, come sit next to us." True indeed. I meet up with my girls and we vent about our studies, troubles, boys, relationships and life in general. A huge part of our lives are made of people and there is no better feeling than to find that you and your friend have a mutual hatred for someone. Hence, starts a long, deep and unsettlingly satisfying bitching session. The best part is your feelings are out without any major standoff. Whenever I gossip, I tend to ensure that the person I am talking about doesn't get to hear it. In a derogatory sense this is known as back-bitching or back-stabbing and I don't agree with it. It isn...