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__**TRISHA’S PROBLEM SITUATION **__

Emily and Trisha are friends at the same high school. They are both on the volleyball team and hang out together after school as well as on most weekends. Trisha started to date Josh about a month ago, and now she begins to spend less time with Emily. When Emily tries to make plans with Trisha, Trisha cancels them or says she’s doing something with Josh.

One day, Emily sees Trisha talking to Brian, who is a good friend of Josh’s. She sees Trisha smiling at Brian and laughing. Emily is still angry and hurt that Trisha is spending so much time with Josh. She decides to tell some of the girls on the volleyball team that Trisha is cheating on Josh with Brian. The rumor eventually gets back to Trisha. What should Trisha say or do?

=ISSUES IN THIS SITUATION: =

===**GOSSIP – ** Spreading malicious rumors or stories, whether they are true or false, with the intent to harm. ===

===**FRIENDSHIP – ** A relationship with someone with whom you can share your thoughts and feelings unconditionally and whom you trust implicitly; a relationship based on mutual esteem that brings pleasure and companionship to both people and in which one person will not try to hurt the other. ===