Friday's Rant

Friday June 23, 2011

      I learned some interesting news tonight. We (my neighbors) were sitting on the back porch of my family friend's lodge. My next door neighbor had a little to drink (and by a little I mean he was probably 5 beers in). We were talking about school and he kept asking me if I drank at school. I kept telling him that I really wasn't into that because I live off campus and I refuse to drink and drive. I also live with my parents so that would be a big no-no.

      I grew up in a very close-knit neighborhood, and apparently there has been some rumors about me going around. When I asked my neighbor's daughter Maura why he was grilling me about it she said, “Oh maybe he heard about what Nancy was telling my mom”.

      I automatically perked up and asked, “Wait, what did she say?”.

      Maura replied, “Apparently you're a big drinker and party-girl”.

      Now, this Nancy woman is a somewhat new resident in our neighborhood. She and her husband Darrel, moved from New York just a few years ago. They are an older middle-aged couple who are very involved with the pool and neighborhood counsel. Nancy is a retired elementary school teacher, so you would think that she would be above spreading rumors, but apparently not. She has told my next door neighbor and god knows who else that I'm a “partier”.

      Why should I even care? This women obviously has nothing better to do with her life than to gossip about things she has no idea about. The part that makes me the most angry about the situation is not what she said, but the fact that she had absolutely no reason to say that to my neighbor. I did not provoke her in any way. Like I said, I have always been very nice to her and her husband. I consider my next door neighbors my second set of parents, and I feel like she was trying to get me in trouble.       

     How awful is it that this 40+ year old women is pathetic enough to make up some rumors about my life. I have spoken to her probably four times for a total of twenty minutes. Obviously from those twenty-ish minutes she figured out that I was a crazy wild party animal. Anyone who knows me in my neighborhood knows that I am the farthest thing from that. Even if I was being obvious about drinking underage it is still absolutely none of her business! Hopefully she can grow up and worry about her own issues.