Gossip ruins relationships. You can say one thing that can ruin a lifetime relationship. Let me explain a time where I've gossiped and ruined a relationship which was later hard to repair. A close friend of mine shared something very personal to me. The fact that I was the only one that knew kind of drove me a little insane. I shared it with another friend of mine that wasn't really one to trust. He later told my friend that I shared her personal information with him. My friend was so upset with me it took months for us to move past this bump in the road. Gossip is a messy thing