Not a nasty rumor, but one that wouldn't go away. In college, had a best buddy, the guy was/is funny, we'd go hiking, bike riding, or just looking for the best dive bar. I heard the buzz was we were more than friends, I just started laughing. I have brothers, so hanging with a guy at times didn't seem weird. A girl who became his girlfriend and future wife believed the rumors, and always when he isn't around is very chilly to me. Oh, well.

middle school- Backstory: I changed middle schools 3 weeks into the school year (honestly looking back, my parents should have started me at the "new" school before our move). My new school was incredibly "snobby" and on the first day of school (for me) not a single person spoke to me (proves the snobbiness). About December-February time frame a girl named Harmony decided to write on a desk and spread a rumor that I was a "masterbating bitch". The rumor didn't last more than a couple of hours, most people rolled their eyes because, yeah as if someone could really masterbate in class (which is what she was "claiming" I had done :rolleyes:). She wasn't obviously the brightest bulb in the socket.
Whats dumb is that this whole "rumor" got started because I was carrying to much stuff in my hands, was handed more stuff and put some of the papers and crap I was carrying between my legs (to hold it quickly and get organized). I'm not sure how putting books between your thighs, near your knees, is masterbating but to her it was :rolleyes:

I just dealt with a rumor at my work. My principal had made some comments to be about coaching cheer and the head coach. I went to her with them and she told me they weren't true. Okay end of story, not. Like 2 weeks after I spoke to her she talks to me about this "rumor" she heard from some cheerleaders that I was 1) trying to take over her team the 09/10 school year and 2) was going to completely change the team. It was so dumb because she was mad at me for something I had spoken to her about. It has "gone away" now, but I'm sure in the back of her mind she is wondering. All I can do is reassure her that I DON'T want the job of head coach. That is all hers :D I have enough on my plate and I don't even want it next year. I am perfectly find co-coaching freshmen :D

One of my ex boyfriends tried to start a rumor that I got drunk and ran around a fraternity house with no clothes on 2 nights in a row.
BUT I hadn't been out in over a month because of school work and hadn't been that specific house in like 2 months.
psshh ex-boyfriends trying to cause trouble

I also had an ex-boyfriend start a rumor about me. He was IMing acquaintances of mine pretending to be this girl from another town who allegedly saw me super wasted at a party, naked, having anal sex on a pool table. Mind you, when this alleged party in Maryland took place, I was in Canada with my family, didn't drink AT ALL, and had not even lost my virginity.

I know the rumor made it around town, but I think that because it was such an outlandish rumor, no one believed it. He wasn't smart enough to make up a rumor that might be realistic.

Kind of a rumor, more of a misinterpretation by a girlfriend...I went to dated party with this guy who went to high school with one of my chapter sisters. He was a nice guy, just broke up with his girlfriend, but nothing happened between us, not even a kiss. We just danced and had a good time, hung out a few times as friends. He gets back together with his ex. The ex comes through recruitment. At the first round, one of my sisters told me she talked to this PNM who said I hooked up with her boyfriend. I am racking my brain to figure out who it could possibly be (of course, my friend's ex, now gf again). She must just be paranoid.

I ran into someone I new (the ex-girlfriend of my cousin, so didn't really know them that well) but they told they had heard I died. I was speechless, how does a rumor like that get started?

When Mike & I were first dating, we went by my sisters house and she gave me a ring to give to another sister. It was a very pretty gold ring with lots of diamonds. I put it on my hand to make sure I wouldn't lose it in my purse. I forgot about it when we went to meet his family for a graduation dinner. His cousin noticed it and rather than ask me about it, spread it all around that Mike & I were engaged to be married later that year. Apparently, those rumors really grew & grew until a month later when his mom asked me what had happened to my ring. By that point, I had completely forgotten about it until she described it in detail. I laughed and explained that it was my sister's ring and I was holding on to it for a short while. She looked immensely relieved. :rolleyes:

It was really stupid seeing as how Mike & I had only been dating for 2 months.

This happened to me at work last year. I was going through moderate depression and had lost a significant amount of weight.. The rumor going around was that I was on drugs, and that's why I had missed so many days. :rolleyes:

I'm really nice, in person.