Counselor Family Marriage

The rumor mill is also alive and well in this profession, so my husband heard through the grapevine that Daddy would consider taking the job, and insinuated that he’s having marital problems and that would influence his decision.

In the past three years, one of my stepsisters have died from a drug overdose, and another is constantly getting into trouble with drugs, not holding down a job, and she’s lived with my dad and stepmom off and on (she’s in her twenties), so they have had a strain on their marriage.

Is it wrong for me to ask questions to try to find out if this is true? Yes, I am burning with a need to gossip, but if it’s going around in my dad’s work and beyond and it weren’t true, wouldn’t he want it stopped?
Asking my sister will be a short conversation. Either she knows something or she doesn’t.

Asking my dad would turn into a two hour discussion, filled with “don’t tell your sisters” or “don’t tell [your stepmom]” or “don’t tell [your husband]” (this happens EVERY freakin time we have a candid discussion) and if it’s true I’ll have to listen to him justifying it. I know my dad, and I would almost for sure side with my stepmom.

Vanessa