When people come to me with gossip I bury the trash (gossip) in the dirt to stop it from traveling from my line of communication. Gossip is a huge turn off. If you gossip about someone (whether you know them or not) I will cut you from my life permanently. Regardless of what I hear about a person I will always let them present their true selves to me in their own way. Only then can I tell what is truth and what is rumor.