DH has told me of a rumour...

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DH is a teacher and just called on his way home to say there's a rumour in the year 10 and 11 class that he's an item with a female teacher in his department (he's the only male in his department).

Now, I have OCD and get very anxious about this kind of thing. He's been at the school less than a year, but I still think it's weird. Especially as he says people know about me. I also have a video that went somewhat viral and so the kids at school have mentioned seeing me on that (nothing weird or bad). So it feels odd.

Is this just typical jokey kid rumours or is there something more to this?

In a professional capacity I’d be very surprised if any teachers would ‘fake’ a break-up
One of my former colleagues joked about dumping me when students accused him of being on a date with me the night before when they saw us in a local cafe. It was a light hearted comment and the students knew it was a joke. It was a know your audience comment.