That's the crux of the biscuit. The recipient doesn't KNOW if it's true and therefore should not spread it. I was REALLY UPSET when I was told sommat by a friend of a relative at a family function at that relative's house. It about ME! About MEEEE! It was totally false. I was enraged... I asked where she heard it. Of course, it could only be from that relative who could have only heard it from one person and I shant discuss that. She was obviously shaken and trying to backtrack when she said she had just assumed it and I said, "Then you are a fucking idiot." and walked away.

Gossip is NEVER okay.