Yep, small towns are like Facebook in real life.
For our 10 year Anniversary, hubby was taking me to Europe, and whilst applying for a passport, found out that we weren't actually legally married…mix up with the paperwork at Births Deaths and Marriages (nice of them to notify us).
I told one person at the local school when I dropped the kids off in the morning, and come time to pick them up, had a lady (who I didn't know) come up to me and say ' did you hear about the lady who thought she was married but wasn't, and her bastard children?'
I just said 'yes, it's me' and walked off