Dairy - August 10, 2019 The power of Gossip
Gossip, which is the thing I always do not like to do, while recently I heard a terrible thing from my newly-met friends.
Below is what it is.
My friend Way and Ning who are a couple, were told that Ning(the wife) kept meeting Kuan(another male who already married over seven years) several times. After Kuan knew this, he was as mad as hell. He then rushed to Pau’s(another friend who is divorced and living with his two daughters) home who he thought is the person who spread out the disinformation. When Kuan arrived Pau’s home, he broke the door and frightened Pau’s two daughters. Pau clarified that he was not the person who spread out the disinformation, there must be someone else. Pau became furious because Kuan behave rude and he scared Pau’s daughters.
After hard work, Pau found Hung(another person they know) was the person who had spread out disinformation on purpose. Hung did not like Pau and Kuan. It is lucky that they found the truth with no time. If not, Way and Ning may feel despair or hopeless to these friendship and would not willing to contact them anymore.
I feel the power of gossip is very strong. It makes related people get hurt. Communication between people is interesting. We all wish to make friends who we trust and have honesty to each other, but not wish to be hurt by others on purpose. Being clever to this espect is important. We can avoid the harm which actually is not necessary.
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Diary - August 10, 2019 The power of Gossip
My friends Way and Ning, who are a couple, were told that Ning (the wife) was frequently meeting Kuan (another man who has been married for over seven years). After Kuan found out about this, he was as mad as hell. He then rushed to Pau’s home (Pau is another friend who is divorced and living with his two daughters), because he thought Pau was the person who spread out the misinformation. When Kuan arrived at Pau’s home, he broke down the door and frightened Pau’s two daughters. Pau clarified that he was not the person who spread the misinformation, so it must have been someone else. Pau was furious because Kuan had behaved rudely and scared Pau’s daughters.
After a lot of effort, Pau found out that Hung (another person they know) was the person who had spread out misinformation on purpose. Hung did not like Pau and Kuan. It is lucky that they found out the truth in no time**. If they hadn't, Way and Ning may have felt despair or hopelessness about these friendships and would not have been willing to contact*** them anymore.
I feel the power of gossip is very strong. It hurts the people involved. Communication between people is interesting. We all wish to make friends whom we trust, and to be honest with each other, but we do not wish to be hurt by others on purpose. Being thoughtful in this respect is important. By doing so, we can avoid unnecessary harm.
*Or "new-found"
**It would be better to say "so soon" or "quickly", because if it took a lot of work, it wasn't really "in no time". "In no time" implies that it was easy.
***Or "keep in touch with"
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Dairy - August 10, 2019 The power of Gossip
Gossip, which is the thing I always do not like to do, while recently I heard a terrible thing from my newly-met friends.
Below is what it is I heard.
My friend Way and Ning who are a couple, were told that Ning(the wife) kept meeting Kuan(another male who was already married over seven years) several times. After Kuan knew this, he was as mad as hell. He then rushed to Pau’s(another friend who is divorced and living with his two daughters) home who he thought is/was the person who spread out *the disinformation. When Kuan arrived Pau’s home, he broke the door and frightened Pau’s two daughters. Pau clarified that he was not the person who had spread out the disinformation, there It must have been someone else. Pau became furious because Kuan behaved rudely and he scared Pau’s daughters.
After hard a lot of work, Pau found out that Hung(another person they know) was the person who had spread out disinformation on purpose. Hung did not like Pau and Kuan. It is lucky that they found out the truth with in no time. If not, Way and Ning may feel have felt despair or hopeless to about these friendships and would not have been willing to contact them anymore.
I feel the power of gossip is very strong. It makes related people get hurt. Communication between people is interesting. We all wish to make friends who we trust and have honesty be honest to each other, but do not wish to be hurt by others on purpose. Being clever to in this espect is important. We can avoid the harm which actually is not necessary.
*Maybe US usuage is different but in European English I would use 'spread out' to mean to cover evenly an area. For example 'the soldiers spread out over the mountain.' or in cooking ' spread the sauce out over the bottom of the dish'.
Pretty well written explanation of a complicated situation.
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