Rumors about yourself?

[Gizmo]

There is one around now that I'm a prude and will rat anyone out for any bad language at all. Its partially true: I did notify a supervisor that someone shouting swearwords down the office really loudly when people could be on the phone wasn't much appreciated.

School rumour wise, I can only remember one: - This one was actually started courtesy of my sister who kept going back to the school even though she'd already left and told the choir teacher than one of my parents had 'banned me from practicing one song at home for a show (which they had: In normal parent/child frustration jokingness). Somehow this morphed into my parents were evilly stopping me from choir and I got chewed out by them - for something my sister started and had repeated the morphed version back to them!

I'm sure there were more - I wasn't a popular child as I was too withdrawn and not involved in any antics played by the other school kids as I didn't see the point in them. Didn't make me popular.

[PepperElf]

Well she could've caused the condom to break

That's assuming they were even using condoms though. But it's easier to blame "a witch" I guess vs I dunno... taking responsibility for their actions?


In fact, I've noticed a common thread for many of the more vicious rumors.... they all seem to center around trying to hurt the victim, possibly even destroy whatever relationship or reputation the victim has. And most often because the person starting the rumor is butthurt that the victim has something he/she wants.

Kinda like how some girls will automatically call another girl a "slut"... not because it's true, but because ... it's easier on their egos to think ... say something like, "Christine Daaé is a SLUT! That's how she got Erik's attention when he should be MINE!" etc.

Really most rumors come from jealousy or a desire to hurt.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Kinda like how some girls will automatically call another girl a "slut"... not because it's true, but because ... it's easier on their egos to think ... say something like, "Christine Daaé is a SLUT! That's how she got Erik's attention when he should be MINE!" etc.

Pretty much. In my case, there were two factors involved. One was the fact that I found it so easy to talk to the boys; I have three brothers so I've always been a bit of a tomboy so therefore the fact that I regularly talked to the boys from our brother school (my school was an all girls school) must make me a slag! The second was, I think, just old fashioned jealousy. I already was sporting a bust at the time when most of the other girls were still wearing vests and training bras; I was about the only girl in my year to be rocking a proper bra. So of course the natural thing to do when you're jealous of the girl with the breasts is to... label her as a slut!

[Geek King]

Strange how detailed some of the totally false rumors get, isn't it?

In high school, apparently I was leading the local satanic cult, and we met on hole nine of the local golf course every full moon, and sacrificed stray cats.

The fact that I did my best to present myself as scary as possible to get people to leave me the hell alone probably didn't help matters.

[Jester]

Oh, lordie. I can only imagine the rumors I never found out about. The rumors I HAVE found out about were amusing enough.

So, if you were told you that I was gay, had disarmed a drunk and depressed friend who was armed with a loaded handgun, was having sex with my best friend (a female), was a druggie, ran for mayor of my home town, was physically abusive to my girlfriend, worked at a clothing optional bar, slept with my boss, skinny-dipped with a famous movie star, and slept with many of my female friends, which of these would you believe?

Throughout my life, due to various factors, including my friendships with many women, many people have thought I was gay. I am not. I am very into girls, as many of you probably know. Oddly and amusingly, no one has ever asked me if I was gay when I've been at a sports bar watching football and yelling like a madman. I'm not saying there is any correlation, but this does amuse me.

Also, those very same friendships have caused the reverse rumors, i.e. that I was sleeping with those female friends, including my best friend. These were just not true. Amusingly, people's assumptions got so pronounced that, when I worked with my best friend at the brewpub, she would introduce us to new hires as, "Hi, I'm Neets, and this is Jester. He's my best friend. No, we're not fucking." I HAVE slept with two of my female friends, and dated one, but this was years after thOhe rumors, and oddly, no rumors sprang from the actual relationships. Go figure. Also, in high school, while dating one of the most gorgeous women in existence (go me!), there were rampant rumors about me being involved with another girl who I was friends with. I wasn't, but it was rampant enough where even my girlfriend at the time had some questions.

I've been dogged by rumors of drug use for my whole life. Even before I knew what getting high was, or what drugs were. Why? Well, my eyes only really half open. So I pretty much look permanently stoned. So I was having people ask me if I was high when I was as young as 6, and had no idea what that meant. Also, because I do have some allergies (mostly pollen and ragweed), I have been known to have the sniffles, and to rub my nose. In a town like Key West, where many people enjoy a certain white powder, people often assume that I do as well. In fact, I have never touched the stuff. Amusingly, I have experimented with various drugs in my years, but the one people assume so often has never been one of them. (I have smoked pot, of course, but when that happens, my eyes go from half open to almost completely closed!)

And apparently I beat my girlfriend. That Vile Woman, aka my worst girlfriend ever, was such a ridiculous con artist that she had many people believing that I physically abused her. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I've only ever hit two women. My older sister, and my younger sister. And no one really seems to have a problem with that. But that didn't stop That Vile Woman from spreading rumors about me that I was such a horrible person that I beat her. (In point of fact, the worst thing I ever did to her was once, in a very drunken stupor, tell her "either I'm going to marry you, or kill you." And considering all the conversations we had had about serial killers, she had to know that the second part was meant as a joke.) I actually wondered why one girl I worked with was such a bitch to me, until I found out later that That Vile Woman had told her these very things about me. That former coworker and I now get along famously, both disgusted by all that That Vile Woman did.

Oh, and apparently I slept with my boss. For years, Rockin' Manager had an apartment right by The Bar. One day, she and I were out drinking together (nothing unusual there, as she drinks with much of the staff). I got so drunk that I could not drive home, so I crashed on RM's couch. The next morning, my hangover was severe, my head was pounding, and I knew that (A) I had to retrieve my backpack from The Bar, where I had left it the night before, and (B) there was blessed Advil in said backpack. So I walked right into The Bar while the day crew was setting up, and when they asked me where I was coming from, I made the mistake of saying, "RM's place." 1 plus 1 equaled 69, apparently, and for about a year or two, I would hear the rumors about RM and myself. Utterly ridiculous.

Honestly, if half the rumors about me that got back to me had been true, my social life would have been far more entertaining than it was. I can only imagine the rumors about me that didn't get back to me.

And for those of you scoring at home, yes, that means that I actually DID run for mayor of my home town, disarm a crazed friend (scary shit!), work at a clothing optional bar, and go skinny-dipping with a famous movie star. The last one is especially amusing, because one time when I was telling the story to some close friends, one of them accused me of lying. I just looked at him and said, "Dude, if I were going to lie about this, I would say I FUCKED her, don't you think?"

I have no reason to lie. As much as so many rumors about me are false, my actual life is already entertaining enough. Hell, I couldn't make some of this shit up if I tried!

I gave birth to my son (really my baby brother) on the table in the home ec room on the last day of 8thh grade. All of this while being as skinny as a rail when I walked into school that morning wearing tight fitting clothes

Since when has reality had anything to do with school rumors?

For that matter, since when have middle schoolers been all that bright when it comes to biology?

A rumour that went around my high school was that one of the librarians had, MANY years earlier (I'd guess she was late 50s when I was in school), posed for Playboy.

Not that unbelievable, especially in light of the recent case of a former porn actress being fired from her job as a middle school teacher.

Ah! The (in)famous "boy who goes to a different school" exists! Maybe there really are girlfriends who "live in Canada" too.

I think you mean "the Niagara Falls area."

[protege]

I'm sure there were more - I wasn't a popular child as I was too withdrawn and not involved in any antics played by the other school kids as I didn't see the point in them. Didn't make me popular.

You too? You know how every school has that one kid that everybody picks on? Yep, I was that kid. No wonder then that I keep to myself. Hell, I was largely invisible in high school--so much so, that many people in the senior class...had no idea I was one of them.

Another rumor, involved me supposedly getting kicked out of elementary school. In the early 1980s, the local school system sucked. The principal of that place said some things that *really* angered my parents. He said something to my dad about how I was stupid and "wouldn't amount to anything." Hey asshole, it's not *my* fault that you won't get computers because you "got burned on home-ec." That was sometime in first grade. That was my last year of public school.

[PhiSigGirl1988]

I had a rumor about me being a lesbian (common theme in this thread). It was spread by a guy who supposedly liked me and was bitter about me rejecting him. He even went as far as to make a very poorly drawn Microsoft Paint picture of two girls using a strap-on and pasted a picture of my head as the head of one of the girls, and the other girl was my best friend at the time (not anymore...dumb bitch).

[PepperElf]

The last rumour that had gone around about me is that I was some sort of homewrecker because the guy I'd been seeing before I moved to where I am now was married. Um, yeah, it did turn out he was married but he presented himself as being legally separated, and if he was so married why did he regularly spend the night at my place? Um, yeah, that one blew up and the guy ended up owing me a LOT of apologies. I also told him that he'd best tell the truth to EVERYBODY because I wasn't the one who ruined his marriage - he did by lying to me in the first place!

I had that happen to me. A girl named Paula started spreading rumors - even to my face! - that I had been trying to steal her husband Paul*. Because... I'd gone out with him ONCE. Before they were even a couple.

Looking back I'm wondering if this was a factor in their messy divorce. If she accused ME to my face what did she say to him?

Oh and then she started a rumor that she'd stolen my boyfriend. Like before, she refused to believe the truth... that I'd already broken up with him and that I didn't care who he dated. (although I did pity him a little for dating her cos he ended up reporting that she used him)

* not their real names but yes, they DID have matching first names.

[Lace Neil Singer]

In high school, apparently I was leading the local satanic cult, and we met on hole nine of the local golf course every full moon, and sacrificed stray cats.

What, you too? XD Tho the rumour about me was started purely cuz I was a Marilyn Manson fan, unpopular and wore black on non-uniform days. Therefore, I just had to be a devil worshipper!

[Dasota]

So while I was in middle school, my parents lived on almost completely opposite sides of the country. (Mom on California, Dad in western New York.) This caused me to bounce back and forth a few times between them during the school years, but I kept coming back to the same school district in New York.

There was a rumor that popped up twice where I was pregnant and left to go into "hiding" before I started showing and give birth.

Once when I was 11, the other when I was 13. Apparently the 2nd time it was twins.

Nevermind I was a virgin until I was 17.

There was the lesbian rumors, which always confused me since I was out as bi since 14, and had a girlfriend at 15, but had many crushes that were SUPER obvious on quite a few guys.

[sms001]

There was a rumor that popped up twice where I was pregnant....There was the lesbian rumors,....

Yes. 'cause, you know, pre-teen lesbians are always getting knocked up.

But most rumors would go nowhere if we stopped to really think about them I guess.

[draftermatt]

I've heard that I've been on drugs numerous times, mainly because my eyes are very dark. Permanent circles if you will.

I have been "beat up" numerous times "heard you got punched and ran like a little bitch".

And I understand that myself and a coworker are sleeping together currently. News to me...