"...the family is a dying social unit..."

Okay, admitted, this one is probably about who you think it's about. Well, it isn't about my actual family, in case you think that. But it seems like every other day, a friend withing a certain group says "someone told me that you...", and proceed to say what they heard I said/did. And not one of these things have been things I have actually said or done. And they'll never tell me who told them. I wouldn't yell at that person or hate them forever or anything, but it just bothers me to think that rumors are being spread about me (stupid ones, at that) within a circle where we are all supposedly close friends. This is one of those topics that's hard to get across without openly stating what/who I'm talking about. But I'm talking about a group of people referred to as "my family". And even when I don't know who's saying those things about me, it's really irritating to think that people are being so catty and hurtful in a group where we all love each other. I mean, we say we do. But talking badly about people behind their back and spreading lies is immature and just plain nasty. Family doesn't do things like that to each other. No...family doesn't.