We have said that it is not sinful for a widow to remarry, but there is more to Paul's warning about young widows. Some younger women become restless and spend their time visiting friends instead of working (1 Timothy 5:11-13). The idle life leads to idle gossip (2 Peter 5:13). Peter joins Paul in warning against such spreading of negative news (1Peter 4:15).
That kind of sharing does not please God. The book of Ephesians gives us a standard for speech. "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers" (Ephesians 4:29).
I have been taught and learned from experience that though we think the person we are sharing with is trustworthy, and they may be, our negative words tend to come back to bite us.
