Gossip and the Writer

Does it have a place?

Photo by Johaer on Unsplash

The other day, my son started to tell me a story about someone he knows, and then he cut himself off and said, “No, it’s his story to tell. I can’t,” and left me hanging.

I wanted to know: What happened?

In our sensitivity-aware society — or at least we pay lip service to the idea that we are! — I’ve been hearing this…