I believe that all involved have their own version of the story and then there is the truth. People process things differently and will tell the story based on how they view the issue. Personally, it comes down to how serious the issue is or how well I know the person sharing the information. Most of the time one sided stories are a form of gossip, which I don't entertain.

I consider the source, always. There are people whom I love whilst knowing they tend to exaggerate. There are others, like my brother, who do the opposite. When he would tell me about things he saw as a cop, I knew he was sparing me the details.

I believe each person has their own perspective. And none of the perspectives are right.

No two people are the same.

Pass a story around in any group of people and it's not the same story at the end of the group. It's called the telephone game apparently.

There is always another side, but there are people I trust more than others.
The ones who tell everybody and their Uncle every sad story under the sun for attention are the ones I try to avoid and usually don't believe anything that they say.

I generally accept there are always two sides. If I need to empathetic about it, it usually doesn’t matter though.

Im starting not to. Everybody who tells me something can’t all be the victim 🙄 somebody had to have done something.

I don't listen to stories that people tell about other people. I will shut them down right then and there i'm not interested in hearing it.

There's usually 3 sides...🤷🏾

There’s always another side, and someone willing to tell it.

Sometimes there’s only one truth.

I personally have no time for gossip.

Some one-sided stories, yes. For example, I believe Hitler was pure evil.

I consider the sources

Open mind and stuff

I'll take just about anything with a grain of salt

Observe everything, believe nothing.
There's always another version of the story.

Everyone wants their side of the story to be believed.

Depends on my bias towards the person

Depends on the source and the story.

It depends entirely on what is being claimed and who is claiming it.