Private things are exactly that – a blog is for bringing about things that YOU want to post on, and shouldn’t have to be a place where you deny rumours or whatever. Your post is very level headed considering the situation you appear to be in, believe me. The very best of luck in shrugging all these wastes of space off your shoulders for good and getting on with your life!

How to stop church gossip

Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church’s
morals, kept sticking her nose into other people’s business.

Several members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but
feared her enough to maintain their silence. She made a mistake, however,
when she accused Frank, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw
his old pickup parked in front of the town’s only bar one after noon.

She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that every one seeing it
there WOULD KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING! Frank, a man of few words, stared at her
for a moment and just turned and walked away. He didn’t explain, defend, or
deny. He said nothing.

Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred’s
house … walked home… .and left it there all night.

(You gotta love Frank!)