Qualities and Characteristics of a Gossiper?

Question

Tell me what kind of person gossips? A sad, depressed one?
Do they usually have a family, and children or friends? Are they mentally ill, and what kind of jobs do they hold.

I speak here of a SERIOUS GOSSIPER bent on people's destruction, and malicious slander.

I want to know. I knew of a gossiper who was alone. miserable, depressed alcoholic. She was married one week and the family threw her out, because she was toxic to her husband. She likes to destroy people through her sulfuric tounge and says she enjoys backstabbing people.

Answer 1

Wow. She sounds really bad. I've never seen anything go that far, but I have seen co-workers come to pretty bad blood.

I've seen both sides of the "gossiper" spectrum. I personally cannot stand it. It's judgemental and non-constructive. I've seen miserable people who seriously needed help that gossip as well as those who appear to have no reason not to want to talk bad about people except they choose to be s#!t starters.

I always ask God to deal with people with issues and everything always turns out well in the end.

Answer 2

I know many gossiping types. The one type you speak of, the malicious slandering type, I know one of them and sadly I'm related. I believe it to be a control issue in her case. She wants to manipulate people around her to believe she is better than whomever she's speaking ill of at the time. She wants to be right and wants everyone to think the way she does and will get her point across by any means necessary, ie lying her face off. I also think its a form of seeking attention as well, either playing the victim or just having something to talk about with anyone who will listen. Theres nothing that can be done about it and its quite disgusting that people behave this way. The woman I'm talking about, her own children don't even speak to her and that still isn't enough to correct her actions. The only thing other people can do is disconnect any part of their lives from someone like that and give no acknowledgment to such BS.

Answer 3

I admit, I love to listen to gossip, but I dont repeat things I hear...EVER..I swear... But I know of people who say things whether they are true or not just to feel better about themselves or simply are not intelligent enough to carry a conversation of substance, but can only repeat what they hear or make up dumb stuff. They usually dont have a life of their own either. I hope you werent a victim of this malicious person!

Answer 4

Someone with low self esteem

Answer 5

they are miserable and they want others to be miserable as well