Rumors. How to Splat them! Help Plz!

[LadyTrinity]

One of my neighbors is a very bored girl and she talks negative about me and my family. She has said some things I do not wish to repeat here in the thread but a recent issue has come up and advice would be wonderful!
She was pulled over by two cop cars today. I was coming home from grocery shopping this morning with my son and my spouse and I saw her sitting there. I didn't know what she was pulled over for, I assumed speeding.. well later on today rumors had spread across my neighbor hood and my neighbors were telling me that she blames me for the cops catching her. Apparently she had no road test experience and no license ever recorded and was introuble for that. Because she has no beginners and got caught its my fault!!!!! Ugh. I dont like putting much energy into her cause she is jealous of me big time, but I hate being the target when something in her life goes bad. I just wish she could move on with her little pathetic life! Plz advice. Thanks! *Sigh* :hahugh:

[MysticWitch]

:foh: What is her problem anyways? I would just give her a _wedgie_
Sounds like she deserves someone giving her one of those.

Ignore people who try to put you down. When it gets to the point when someone tries to make your life hell by turning people who know u against you, they are just :crazyman:

Good luck :hugz:

[Brenda]

Have you tried talking to her?
There must be a reason she's acting like that.
But some people will never change, just ignore all her gossip :)
:hugz: :hugz: :hugz:

[ILOVEAUTUMNS]

brats just like gossiping.....

does she have any friends that you are also friends with that could smooth things over between you two?

[Sun Sprite]

Ignoreing her won't make her stop, she will just continue to use you as a target, figureing you condone it. Don't enable her. Other than knowing ignoreing her is wrong, I can't tell you what to do. Hopefully your neighbors know you and her well enough to know who is correct.

[Jolixte]

Wow, that's just stupid on her part.

[arianrhods_daughter]

What a little brat, she needs to be put in her place big time. My advice is to have a stern word with her or if shes young then her parents at the way shes acting, other than that Id recommend ignoring her for the most part but in doing so don't let yourself become a doormat, let us know how it goes :hugz:

[MysticWitch]

I agree with everyone here. I would just ignore them and if one of your neighbors is rude to you or says something about it.. just say "Oh really?" I dont know anything about it". Don't let your neighbor eat you up. Ignorance is bliss :hahugh:

[Philosophia]

I agree with Mystic Witch. People like that thrive on being the centre of attention, regardless of who they injure in the process. Just don't give her the satisfaction of knowing if it hurts you and try to blow her aside. She's just not worth your time...

[Graelwyn]

There is always a reason for peoples' behaviour and I don't believe I will judge this person without knowing why they are as they are...it is wrong to judge anyway, but that's just my thoughts.

The best advice is to either try and talk with her and find out why she is behaving this way...why she feels she needs to have an issue with you...or to simply ignore the behaviour and act as if there is nothing out of the ordinary, as basically, when we get angry, upset etc with someone, we give them power...tho it is sure difficult at times to overlook others behaviour. She will learn in time, I am sure. :)

[-Ember]

I want you to picture the following:

Neighbor: "Bratgirl says X"
You: "*sigh/shake head* I really don't know how she comes up with these things *roll eyes*"

Dismiss her rumours to yourself and others. It is hard to take a rumor seriously that the person isn't irately denying.

[Kalika]

If they are just rumors... ignore them.

Gossip-mongers like the attention they get - especially the negative attention from the people that they are talking about. If you give in to that, she gets what she was looking for.