Hi Miss Emily,

It all started yesterday when I was talking to my boyfriend, and we were talking about this guy in the neighborhood who is kind of a stray, chatting to all the women he sees. My boyfriend knows his girlfriend. They work at the same place. Okay, my boyfriend once told me how, back in the day, he tried to get with this girl. I never forgot that. So, yesterday, my boyfriend tells me he was at work and he and the girl were talking, and she showed him a photo of her baby from the guy I just told you about that likes all these women. Someone who also works there, at their job, told HER boyfriend about it and I guess her boyfriend confronted her on it, accussing them of messing around. I see this guy often, and he has never came to me with this situation. I hear it from my boyfriend. The girl comes back and tells my boyfriend how her boyfriend confronted her about it. I really want to know who this person is that saw them at the job, because that person felt the need to tell her boyfriend and I want to know why. Should I ask this girl myself about this? Do you think something is going on? Do you think I should ask her boyfriend since I see him in the neighborhood often? What do you believe is happening here? Looking forward to hearing from you!

---------------------------------Miss Emily's advice-------------------------

It's hard to know what's happening with this cast of characters. You've got a neighbor who tries to engage any woman he sees -- no loyalty there. You have his girlfriend showing off pictures of their kid and, then, somehow, some busybody thinks it's her business to tell the girl's womanizing boyfriend. I think the whole group of them have nothing better to do with their time than act like gossipy, teeny boppers. Rise about it. I don't think you have to worry about your boyfriend if he's the one who told you about this silly drama. Troublemakers are a dime-a-dozen, and you can't know the motivation for this girl at work going to your neighbor with this info. She could be trying to stir up trouble because she has an ax to grind with the girl at work (the one talking to your boyfriend), or has a thing for that girl's boyfriend.  I'd let it go until something else comes along to give you some legitimate suspicion. If not, you're going to add to the trouble, and you don't want to look insecure or become nasty about this saga -- because I don't see much smoke to start a fire. Not yet, anyway. Emily