Have you been hearing rumours about you?
Do you feel people around you are acting strange towards you?

If your answer is yes, Well I understand how awful it can be, it can even affect you more when the carrier is your friend.

The truth is a person who starts a gossip is someone close

What you can do in such situation?

• IGNORE
  Yes, ignore. People hate being ignored.
  The primary purpose of spreading rumour is to hurt you, when you ignore that means their aim is futile, and this will hurt them not you. Some issues are not worth the energy put on them. As long as you ignore the person and the issue, the person will never get the satisfaction knowing they never won the fight.

The truth will always catch up with the lie, time is a beautiful thing

• FIND OUT THE ORIGIN
  Quietly find out the origin of the rumour. Sometimes rumours can be miscommunication and sometimes we find out about gossip through gossip, have a second thought because sometimes it might not be true.

Try not to be angry with the wrong person

There is a slight chance the person who you think started the gossip isn't involved at all, be certain before you start pointing accusing fingers. Sometimes information are either misinterpreted of misquoted as each person tells their own side of the story. But when you finally find out the source of the rumour understand that the truth will set you free.

Trying to phantom when to speak or who to speak to can be very confusing, the best thing to do is SHUT UP, No one really cares and what if they do? They can't do anything about it. so RELAX.

• DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY
  Don't take yourself too seriously, if you are accused of something, OWN IT explanation is not worth it.

• FOCUS, PRAY AND OBSERVE
  Nothing succeeds better than success, if you are not doing well no one will talk about you. Because you are doing well you can't change or control situations like this and what others do to you.

Your response is up to you