Dear Dan,
I love to hear a piece of juicy gossip as much as the next girl. However, also like the next girl, I hate when gossip is being spread about me!
I have a family member with whom I feel thinks everything is just news to be passed along to other relatives and friends. I really don’t appreciate the details of my life, whether sordid or boring, being published abroad without my approval.
On the other hand, when this relative has gossip about others I’m all ears.
Yes, Dan of the Day, I’m aware that I am being hypocritical in this matter. I want to hear the latest gossip from this relative without her turning around and gossiping about me. If I say something to her about her gossiping ways she may stop filling me in on the details from the lives of others! So my question for you is: How can I have my cake and eat it too?
Mrs. Somebody
The Den
Funny thoughts on hypocrisy
11.15.2012
“Judge not, lest ye be judged,” I tell people as I eat my bucket of cookie dough.
10.1.2012
Why did the Charlie Brown gang always pick on Pig-Pen for being dirty? All of them wore the exact same clothes every day.
9.6.2011
I’m allowed to have double standards and you’re not.
6.10.2011
One of my pet peeves is when people talk about their pet peeves. Nobody cares! Another is hypocrisy. Practice what you preach!
12.13.2010
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Or be surprised when their neighbors watch them get dressed.
