Negativity, anyone??

I'm sure in your life, somehow or other, you'd encounter a negative person. This is a person who has nothing positive or good to say and some of the extremely negative ones can even turn a positive event or seemingly innocent situation or person into a hateful, spiteful one. These are the people with invisible rain clouds above their heads, which follow them wherever they go.
I've met a few of this kinda people. Whenever you sit down for a conversation with them, they won't settle for something nice or warm or meaningful. They have the talent of digging up something bad to say, even if it's uncalled for. I remember this girl I used to know. Whenever she ran out of things to say, she'd bitch about people e.g. "Oh, do you remember this girl Vivien in our first sem English Comm class? Remember she wore a ugly white singlet and shorts to class and freaked out, screamed and ran out of class during presentation?" or "Hey, remember the time where you lost a bet but you were such a bad sport, you got angry and huffed and walked away?"

Yes, these kinda people. They think talking about people's embarrassing situations and constantly reminding people of their blunders make them interesting and funny. Coz they make other people laugh. But I don't think these kinda behavior is healthy and nice at all. So, now you know why I used to know that girl I mentioned above and not anymore. I simply do not want a person like that in my life. I don't need the negativity.

So, what makes negative people negative? What makes them have nothing good to say? It is bad childhood a need to win approval from everyone they know or simply they're just born without any positive bone in them? Rather than having nothing or boring things to say, they choose to make fun or talk bad about people to make their friends laugh and make themselves seem interesting and feel accepted and popular.

Another type of negative behavior is putting down other people. Commenting that a colleague is fat or a passer-by's dress looks horrid is the commont trait of these kinda negative people. Why do they do that, I wonder? Is it they're insecure about themselves and constantly putting down other people makes them feel better, more superior smarter and more beautiful? I really don't know.

But the worse category of negative behavior is constant gossiping. Meet up with friends for coffee then start a major goss session. Talking about people behind their backs. Spicing up stories and creating rumours in the process to make the entire gossip session seem more productive and interesting. I honestly think gossips who love talking about other people's lives have no lives of their own. Their lives are so boring they have nothing interesting about it to share with their friends, hence, they talk about other people's lives. What makes these gossip mongers' day is a juicy scoop of inside story or secret about other people. Believe it or not, there are negative people like these living amongst us. Scary, huh?

My way of dealing with negative people is simple. Just stay away from them. Kick them outta my life. I don't need a friend who has a habit of making a joke out of my expense, sharing humiliating stories of me with other people just so they look good, or constantly tell me I'm too fat or my fashion sense is awful or sharing my secrets with the whole world and talking about me behind my back. This is my way. Cut them off my life. What about you?