by J. Doyle

Created on: July 25, 2008

Hometown drama, where all the action is. We all have a hometown and the size of that town has little to do with what is going on in town. We have all played the game "tell a secret in a circle", and it is never the same when it gets back to the original person. This is hometown life in a nut shell. Most towns do grow and change, but the people don't. You can be away from your hometown for years, be back a day and know exactly everything you have missed.The drama of a hometown begins with the people. I myself find gossiping to be one of the worst things people can do. However, it never fails to walk into the grocery store and see a few people standing there talking about the real reason Jane left town. Let's not concider the fact that she is really off checking out a few colleges to see what they have to offer. How about the fact that John has been offered a great promotion in another area and is really off researching the area to see if it is right for him first. Yes, it's the 21st century and this still happens! In the last 20 centuries people still haven't learned their lesson about gossip and how it hurts.I can say that it really does hurt. I had been away from my hometown for about six years when I went back for a visit. While I was there I looked up and old friend, to have her tell me over coffee that everyone said "I left town because I was a lesbian". I know I didn't date a lot in my hometown area but that was the last thing I expected to hear. After all I came from a split home and actually had two hometowns, in two different states. I surprised everyone when I showed up with a husband and new son in tow. There went that theory!This is a mild tale to some of the ones I know we have all heard over the years. Hometown drama is right. That is exactly what you get when you have been gone and return. It doesn't matter if it was a weekend or a year. There will be something to be said about it. The sad thing in the case of this kind of drama, is real people do really get hurt. There have been cases over the years of people moving away, going to court, or committing suicide over something that was passed around about them. You would think in this day and time with as much technology as we have, actually showing we do have brains, that this kind of thing wouldn't still be happening. We haven't come near as far as we would like to think, if this can actually be a topic of interest to people still today. I say "quit worrying about what your neighbors are doing and worry about what grief you are causing them by being so nosey to begin with". If your life is so boring that you have nothing better to d!o then it's time to take up a hobby, go back to school, or get involved with your community. I am sure there is a volunteer needed some where!

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