What others think about me is none of my business." I think it's a great way of looking at situations like this. I try to make it clear that what you get from me is straight from the source, and what you hear from others is like whisper down the lane-- it often winds up being something entirely different at the end, and some even screw it up on purpose just for amusement. They can either listen to me or believe what they want to believe. If I know someone is doing it on purpose, depending on the nature of the problem, I may confront them and see what's going on. Yes, it can really piss me off if someone is saying untrue things about me or trying to portray me in a way that makes me look terr