Not long ago I was ‘lucky’ enough to be embroiled in some Mama Drama. I’m about the least dramatic, open book, comfortable with confrontation, honest kinda gal you could ever bump into. A mom stirred up some drama, I was open and honest with all parties involved and it boiled over. The timing was bad, I was quite pregnant and in no mood for the junior high school type antics that were flying. I felt hurt, sad, disappointed. I was not entirely innocent - I wrote a post, on here, that offended a mom. I take responsibility for my words, then, now, in the future.

At the time all of this was going on something occurred to me about the way (women in particular) people use gossip, secrets, etc. like a sort of social currency that they can use to higher their status with a given other friend(s).  read more »