They might not admit to it, but moms gossip about each other just as much as their kids in school sometimes. Australian blogger and mom-of-4 Constance Hall wants to put an end to it, and recently penned a powerful Facebook post that encourages moms (and everyone) to re-evaluate how they treat each other.
It all started when Hall began noticing a rather ‘posh’ mom turning up to pick up her kids after school. Observing the woman’s pulled-together demeanor made her question her own self-confidence, and before she knew it, she was swept up in a wave of gossip with other moms. What happened next, however, gave her a “big reality check,” and inspired her to share a story that now has more than 82 thousand likes and 7 thousand shares.
Find out how this woman rose above the negativity she felt, struck a chord with moms everywhere, and created a motto worth living by below, and tell us what you think in the comments!
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Australian mom and blogger Constance Hall decided to fight gossip among moms by sharing her own story
It all started with an encounter she had with another “posh” mom at her kids’ school:
Hall, a mom-of-4, successfully rose above the negativity around her, and coined a motto worth living by
Her post also struck a chord with other moms, many of whom came forward with their own stories
What do you think? Tell us in the comments below!
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Share on FacebookTo be honest, I expected a facebook war instead of this nice ending. What a pleasent plot twist.
Dear fellow introverts, it's a solid advice for all of us. Get the courage to speak to someone you admire, this small act might be the start of a life-lasting friendship.
I wish I was just an introvert and didn't have mind numbing social anxiety, lol. I miss making friends.
Load More Replies...Why is this going viral??? First impressions can be misleading - I thought, that's general knowledge. So she decided to talk to a stranger; wow, that's groundbreaking. Except... it's not.
You are obviously not an introvert. Believe me, at least half of the population would find this extremely hard.
Load More Replies..."we b***h about our men together" Oh well, she has just directed her same gossip into a different direction
Bitching about your husband and gossiping about a stranger are not the same. One is saying "I swear if he leaves the empty milk carton in the fridge one more time I'll kill him" the other is saying "Look at that perfect stranger and how awesome their life looks, I bet they are way too stuck up to ever speak to someone like me, so I'm going to talk s**t about them".
Load More Replies...The saddest part about this is that the author would rather someone be struggling in life with addiction and relationship problems than to simply be cold to her. She'd rather a person experience all of those hardships than to deal with a cold attitude from that woman. Her line of thinking is like, "Oh, your marriage is struggling and you were addicted to meth? Phew, good! I thought you didn't like me!" How pathetic and selfish.
Those to words describe Constance well. She's been known to block those who disagree, and have the occasional meltdown where she airs her dirty laundry to all her followers. And yes, it usually involves her husband, so he gets to have his personal life splashed all over Facebook for thousands of women to read and gossip about. It's horrible.
Load More Replies...I'm so tired of people giving life lessons on social media. "I've figured out the true meaning of live and am generous enough to share it with you along with a very enlightening selfie."
some friendly advice then, stay away from the internet. its basically all about people sharing their stories and taking heart in not being alone. you seem like you are a bit cynical to enjoy just hearing about someone trying to be a better person.
Load More Replies...omg, the person turned out to be a person, wow who could have guessed, how about everyone just tries to be polite and not be a******s, to begin with? I literally, give therapy and talks to abuse/ trauma people about this, and you know wut you find out? everyone is a person with a life, some a bit worse, but everyone is the same
"Talk to the woman not about her" and yet "we b***h about our men together". What wonderful double standards.
Again, usually women b***h about their men after they've already tried to talk to their men :')
Load More Replies...This Mom's Personal Story Is A Perfect Reminder That People Require more Validation than ever when they do any human activity
I'm convinced if the world could be like this there would be no wars. Poverty and Hunger wouldn't even exist and we'd all be much more relaxed and healthy too. 💝 😇 😁 👍🏽 😊 💝 😇
I'm constantly judged, to the point where I avoid being seen at school functions. My parents take my kids, I sneak in the back row, and dip out quickly. I meet them afterwards. A medical condition (MS) makes me walk as though I'm drunk when I'm actually stone-cold sober. Treatments (steroids) cause facial hair growth, and I can't even keep up with it. Nothing works. And then to top it all off, I had a bad car wreck that broke my teeth off, and has left me labeled as a "meth head" even though I've never done drugs in my life, not even once. I live in an area where kids are judged, by other parents and by fellow students, by their parents. I refuse to see my babies labeled because of me.
I would like to see that statement changes to "talk to the person, not about them..." Take gender, sexual preference, skin color and everything else out of it... we are all human.
This woman didn't 'successfully rose above the negativity around her, and coined a motto worth living by'. The only person who was being negative was HER. She wasn't 'swept up in gossip', she was the one who tried to instigate gossip and then she was told not to talk about other people by the mother who was not going to be dragged into her gossip.
When I started university there was a girl in my class that some of my friends talked to but I just couldn't get on the same page with her. When said friends dropped out and only the two of us stayed of that circle, we somehow had no other choice but to get to know eachother. Now, 9 years later she is one of my best friends and has helped me through a lot of bad things and helped me to a couple of close friends. Also I had been told before that people thought I was cold and reserved and snobby without any sense of humour and that they were pleasently disappointed to find out that this was not the case (I'm just introverted and full of doubt about myself). Everyone is on both sides, because noone is without insecurities, so, really, before you paint a picture of a person in your mind, just talk to them :)
she gets together with her new best friend and they "b***h about their men together"... Take that other woman's advice. Talk TO your man, not ABOUT him. What a hypocritical load of horseshit.
Women are sacred beings...we need to build each other up. You never know when you will meet someone amazing!
Talk to someone, not about them. Solid advice and a good reminder to myself when I judge others out of my own insecurities.
If we would only love & care about each other more this world would be a better place.
reminds me of this quote from Madeleine Albright, There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.
I think what she did was brave and was something to be proud of. It's nice to share life lessons with one another, to learn from one another.
I'm so happy that I'm not a women and can meet my fellow men without gossip about people. "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
My beef is boring evident "feel good" stories coupled with omnipresent narcissism and the excessive need to be told that they are a good person. Fortunately internet is not only that.
Basically I just wanted to make a point that there's this misogynistic stereotype that gossiping is "all" women do and that's definitely NOT true. Most of us bond over shared politics, religion or lack of religion, movies, shows, books, personal hobbies, etc. You know, regular things humans bond over. And like I said, men gossip too. It's not just a "woman thing".
It's so true. I see men whisper to their gf's all the time. Not young men either, but women do have this thing where they say stuff like "I just don't like girls" or "all my friends are men" and this is a HUGE RED FLAG FOR ME. If you don't have women friends, then you must have some serious insecurities and you will probably burn anyone if it makes you feel better.
Load More Replies...I have news for you Melody... Men can be just as bad as women. I work with all men. My wife works with all women. At her office they all get along, have no drama and have a nice work life. They even enjoy spending time together outside of work. There is constant drama at my lab with all men. Men can also be catty. You should start judging humans on their characters, not their sex.
Load More Replies...To be honest, I expected a facebook war instead of this nice ending. What a pleasent plot twist.
Dear fellow introverts, it's a solid advice for all of us. Get the courage to speak to someone you admire, this small act might be the start of a life-lasting friendship.
I wish I was just an introvert and didn't have mind numbing social anxiety, lol. I miss making friends.
Load More Replies...Why is this going viral??? First impressions can be misleading - I thought, that's general knowledge. So she decided to talk to a stranger; wow, that's groundbreaking. Except... it's not.
You are obviously not an introvert. Believe me, at least half of the population would find this extremely hard.
Load More Replies..."we b***h about our men together" Oh well, she has just directed her same gossip into a different direction
Bitching about your husband and gossiping about a stranger are not the same. One is saying "I swear if he leaves the empty milk carton in the fridge one more time I'll kill him" the other is saying "Look at that perfect stranger and how awesome their life looks, I bet they are way too stuck up to ever speak to someone like me, so I'm going to talk s**t about them".
Load More Replies...The saddest part about this is that the author would rather someone be struggling in life with addiction and relationship problems than to simply be cold to her. She'd rather a person experience all of those hardships than to deal with a cold attitude from that woman. Her line of thinking is like, "Oh, your marriage is struggling and you were addicted to meth? Phew, good! I thought you didn't like me!" How pathetic and selfish.
Those to words describe Constance well. She's been known to block those who disagree, and have the occasional meltdown where she airs her dirty laundry to all her followers. And yes, it usually involves her husband, so he gets to have his personal life splashed all over Facebook for thousands of women to read and gossip about. It's horrible.
Load More Replies...I'm so tired of people giving life lessons on social media. "I've figured out the true meaning of live and am generous enough to share it with you along with a very enlightening selfie."
some friendly advice then, stay away from the internet. its basically all about people sharing their stories and taking heart in not being alone. you seem like you are a bit cynical to enjoy just hearing about someone trying to be a better person.
Load More Replies...omg, the person turned out to be a person, wow who could have guessed, how about everyone just tries to be polite and not be a******s, to begin with? I literally, give therapy and talks to abuse/ trauma people about this, and you know wut you find out? everyone is a person with a life, some a bit worse, but everyone is the same
"Talk to the woman not about her" and yet "we b***h about our men together". What wonderful double standards.
Again, usually women b***h about their men after they've already tried to talk to their men :')
Load More Replies...This Mom's Personal Story Is A Perfect Reminder That People Require more Validation than ever when they do any human activity
I'm convinced if the world could be like this there would be no wars. Poverty and Hunger wouldn't even exist and we'd all be much more relaxed and healthy too. 💝 😇 😁 👍🏽 😊 💝 😇
I'm constantly judged, to the point where I avoid being seen at school functions. My parents take my kids, I sneak in the back row, and dip out quickly. I meet them afterwards. A medical condition (MS) makes me walk as though I'm drunk when I'm actually stone-cold sober. Treatments (steroids) cause facial hair growth, and I can't even keep up with it. Nothing works. And then to top it all off, I had a bad car wreck that broke my teeth off, and has left me labeled as a "meth head" even though I've never done drugs in my life, not even once. I live in an area where kids are judged, by other parents and by fellow students, by their parents. I refuse to see my babies labeled because of me.
I would like to see that statement changes to "talk to the person, not about them..." Take gender, sexual preference, skin color and everything else out of it... we are all human.
This woman didn't 'successfully rose above the negativity around her, and coined a motto worth living by'. The only person who was being negative was HER. She wasn't 'swept up in gossip', she was the one who tried to instigate gossip and then she was told not to talk about other people by the mother who was not going to be dragged into her gossip.
When I started university there was a girl in my class that some of my friends talked to but I just couldn't get on the same page with her. When said friends dropped out and only the two of us stayed of that circle, we somehow had no other choice but to get to know eachother. Now, 9 years later she is one of my best friends and has helped me through a lot of bad things and helped me to a couple of close friends. Also I had been told before that people thought I was cold and reserved and snobby without any sense of humour and that they were pleasently disappointed to find out that this was not the case (I'm just introverted and full of doubt about myself). Everyone is on both sides, because noone is without insecurities, so, really, before you paint a picture of a person in your mind, just talk to them :)
she gets together with her new best friend and they "b***h about their men together"... Take that other woman's advice. Talk TO your man, not ABOUT him. What a hypocritical load of horseshit.
Women are sacred beings...we need to build each other up. You never know when you will meet someone amazing!
Talk to someone, not about them. Solid advice and a good reminder to myself when I judge others out of my own insecurities.
If we would only love & care about each other more this world would be a better place.
reminds me of this quote from Madeleine Albright, There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.
I think what she did was brave and was something to be proud of. It's nice to share life lessons with one another, to learn from one another.
I'm so happy that I'm not a women and can meet my fellow men without gossip about people. "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
My beef is boring evident "feel good" stories coupled with omnipresent narcissism and the excessive need to be told that they are a good person. Fortunately internet is not only that.
Basically I just wanted to make a point that there's this misogynistic stereotype that gossiping is "all" women do and that's definitely NOT true. Most of us bond over shared politics, religion or lack of religion, movies, shows, books, personal hobbies, etc. You know, regular things humans bond over. And like I said, men gossip too. It's not just a "woman thing".
It's so true. I see men whisper to their gf's all the time. Not young men either, but women do have this thing where they say stuff like "I just don't like girls" or "all my friends are men" and this is a HUGE RED FLAG FOR ME. If you don't have women friends, then you must have some serious insecurities and you will probably burn anyone if it makes you feel better.
Load More Replies...I have news for you Melody... Men can be just as bad as women. I work with all men. My wife works with all women. At her office they all get along, have no drama and have a nice work life. They even enjoy spending time together outside of work. There is constant drama at my lab with all men. Men can also be catty. You should start judging humans on their characters, not their sex.
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