Nasty rumors you've heard about yourself (in real life)

[KSUViolet06]

My parents like to take vacations, so in 12th grade when my mom and stepdad went to Mexico for a week, I stayed home from school and went with them (my grades were good enough that they didn't care). Then I went to LA to see my dad for Christmas and came back with 2 Coach bags.


In reality, I'm not rich, but my family works hard so we got to take an extra vacation that year. I only get to go to LA because my dad is there (reminder: everyone in my HS is from OH, so LA = rich people to them because they've never been there). And really, I only got 2 Coach bags that year because my birthday & Christmas are in the same month and I turned 16.


A couple of my friends wanted to go to LA with me, but their parents said no (for whatever reason). So I guess they were mad about it and over Christmas they started talking to other people about me and how "snobby" I was.

After Christmas, a rumor had started that I was "totally rich because my Dad is a big drug dealer."

This was a really hurtful rumor, that even got me called down to the counselor who was "concerned about my family being involved in illegal activities." It even got back tomy mom (via some other kid's parents hearing it). It was pretty embarrassing.

The rumor eventually died down, but I haven't talked to those girls since.

[tld221]

ive always gotten the bad rep amongst my friends' parents that i was the "bad influence." hmm. i didnt sleep with every guy on the basketball team, hook up with dudes in the locker room, or drink/smoke/do drugs. but i sure did graduate at the top of my class and go to college.

damn me and my rebellious ways.

now, the word on the street is that im just a mean b!tch. theyre hitting home with that one, because that's somewhat true. but when it comes down to it, i wouldnt bust a grape in a food fight.

and there are people who are putting $ on the day i come out. and when i say "people," i mean "family."

[FlaGirl07]

Someone told my boyfriend that i made out with some guy at a frat bar for free drinks recently. Too bad school consumed my life all summer and i haven't been out in forever. Free drinks would be nice though!

[KatieKate1244]

From Middle School/Early High School: I supposedly was one of the most powerful voodoo priestesses in the state.

From High School: That I had had multiple abortions. I went to Catholic HS and walked out of class (several times, actually) because I didn't agree with the way my theology teacher was presenting the anti-abortion section.

[OneTimeSBX]

oh i forgot one...i had my boobs done...and i went "too big" lol!

ummm no. i had just had a baby. and i was nursing her so hell yeah, they were were huge!

[Scully]

Junior year, a GDI told my sisters that I had slept with him. Ummm, no.

[LttleMsPrEp]

in high school there was a new rumor every year..

sophmore year apparently i was the lesbian whore of the school all because my bff that went there was a lesbian and her and I hung out alot

Junior year supposedly I didn't wear underwear under my cheerleading skirt (attendance for football games were pretty high that year)

Senior year I was a spoiled bitch that was conceited...they were right about the bitch part but i wasn't spoiled i was just able to afford more than the average family..

in college.. the rumors are mainly about me being a bitch.. (although i prefer opinionated)

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by LttleMsPrEp

in college.. the rumors are mainly about me being a bitch.. (although i prefer opinionated)

"I'm tough, ambitious, and I know EXACTLY what I want. If that makes me a bitch, then okay." - Madonna

[AlwaysSAI]

When my parents got divorced and my mom moved out we didn't have a lot of money because my dad worked as a landscaper. And, frankly, he wasn't that nice to us. Either way, my sister and I wore a lot of hand-me-downs and honestly, really looked a mess the whole time. We were smart kids, but didn't have a lot of cooth because we had basically been raising ourselves and staying at home alone since the fourth grade. (My parents got divorced in 7th grade but our home situation wasn't great when they were married either.) So, because of our lack of cool clothes, et al we were always the subject of nasty rumors. At one point, it was rumored that we were having a three-some with my best friend from elem school. I'm trying to paint the picture of two bright girls who always go to school and have their homework done but may sometimes be inappropriate and look un-kept. Obviously, it wasn't our fault our home life was crap and we had no one to teach us how to be polite.

My eighth grade math teacher had a son a year older than us, a son a few years younger, and her husband was the principal of the high school we were about to go to. (I'll never forget this and maybe it doesn't really count as a rumor.) We were at a baseball game one afternoon because going to games and such kept us from having to go home. We were talking to the math teacher's younger son and she called him over to her chair. From where we were, we could hear her telling him not to talk to us.

It kills me that she thought we were going to corrupt her precious little son. It amazes me that WE were going to corrupt her son, but the basketball star son only survived one year at NC State before dropping out to work on Mommy's farm.

Me & Steph were able to overcome our situation and are now both about to graduate with degrees (she in december and me in may). Steph has been an active member and successful officer of Alpha Gam and I am currently holding my 2nd office in SAI, have an office in Phi Sig, am a manager at my job, got a scholarship, was awarded a prestigious internship with NC State Gov't and recently got Dean's list. Sometimes, I really just want to let that math teacher know that we could hear her and make sure she knows how successful I have been here at school.

[Sadfly]

Congratulations to both of you!

Living well is the best revenge.

[Senusret I]

^^ Sometimes breaking someone's kneecaps is also good.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

During my senior prom, I was on "too many drugs" and that was why I was throwing up in the bathroom. Never mind that I had a nasty stomach bug, and had dropped nearly 10lbs because I couldn't stop throwing up everything for 2 days before hand.

[BetteDavisEyes]

There was a rumor during my sophomore year of high school that I beat up this guy at a party. The truth was that I was walking down the street and saw him fall off his skateboard, crash into his moms car and fall to the pavement hard. I ran to help him but the moron who started the rumor just saw me running thus ASSuming I was the culprit. Since then, everyone at school thought I was a bad ass and didn't bother me.
Even better was that at our 10 year reunion last year, they did a before/after slide of us and what people thought you were going to turn out to be. Most of my high school peers voted they thought I would be a corrections officer or bounty hunter. They were shocked to find out I was a kindergarten teacher.

[jrleaguer]

I get really bad migraines and have very specific migraine medication (Imitrex) when I get attacks. My MIL was staying with us for a month or so when she was sick and I was taking care of her. When she moved out she told my SIL that I was on "heavy, powerful drugs" and I still think they don't believe me, thinking it must have been painkillers or whatever. I never knew why she said that because no one would know when you take Imitrex -- you don't get tired, excited, or anything else. I suppose she was reacting to the way I looked when I had a severe migraine or what I did (retreated to a dark room and tried to sleep).

My MIL always talks badly about the other person when they're not there, so I was the victim then. When she visits now, she talks badly about my SIL. I never respond because I assume she talks that way about us when we're not there.

[CarolinaCutie]

Well, I don't think this falls under the category of "nasty" rumor, but it's pretty random.

A few months ago, I parked my car in a parking lot across the street from my neighborhood bar, and attempted to cross the street. Except I got hit by a car. I was fine, it was super embarrassing (and NOT my fault!) and it was pretty much the talk of the town (well, of the bar patrons, at least) for a couple weeks.

Around this time I heard the rumor that I was wasted and that I had a cup of beer in my hand, and when I got hit by the car, that my beer did not even spill. WTF? Who makes something like that up? For the record, I was completely sober, considering I was DRIVING, and I didn't have a beer in my hand because I had just gotten out of the CAR. Gah!

(Oh, and the person who told me that he had heard this rumor was completely serious, and seemed to think that the person who passed it on to him was being serious as well)