Gossip is the worst thing people do to each other. I knew that some gossip had been going around about me for the last three years. I had parents at my kids’ school tell me that something was being said. But until recently I didn’t know what it was. So I was trying to ignore it. However I finally did find out what was said. It turns out that another parent was telling people that I was a thief. Three years ago while I was overseeing a fund raiser for my kids little league someone stole an amount of money from me. We never knew who did it, and I took care of the matter. Although I don’t remember saying anything, I must have told this particular parent about it. She, knowing that we were struggling finacially with just having kicked out one of our roommates, assumed that I must have been the thief. And started telling ppl that I would steal from the PTA if given half a chance.
To say the least I was appalled that she had been saying this. The parents who had told me that something was being said also said that it was stupid and to just ignore it, so I did. However I couldn’t ignore this. It also explained why everytime I tried to do something at the school, I was blocked.

I’m not the first parent to come under the fire of this parents gossip. And alot of parents will have nothing to do with the PTA because of this woman. So I sat the PTA presidency down, I’m the VP, and explained to them about this little matter and talked with them about why in the world they would have believed this crap and not have at least brought it to my attention. Turned out that most of them didn’t give it any credit. They all are aware of how much this parent gossips. We as a group have finally taken steps to talk with this parent about her gossip, and to our amazement, she just didn’t realize what her mouth was doing to our group. She was surprized to learn that one can be sued for slander. Which I have threatened her with if she doesn’t knock this off. Not that I would do that to her family, but hopefully this will open her eyes to the fact that telling stories you are assuming to be true is not ok.
I hope she can learn her lesson, soon, cause if the stories I heard in return from trying to clear my name are in any way true. This woman has a serious problem that may tear her family apart. And if she keeps this gossip stuff up, when her kids get to middle school and high school the stakes go up and the parents won’t stand for her nonsense and she just may end up in court.

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