People Asking Personal Questions - Page 5

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@occasionalrain wrote:
The OP'S daughter was rude and that will be passed along. She could have been polite without disclosing private information.
Knowing that a person is going to talk about me, I make sure what they say is flattering.

But the Gladys Kravitz of the neighborhood wasn't when she asked the question?

San Antonio Gal · ‎05-18-2017

@Somertime wrote:
My response to questions I chose not to answer is simple: I look directly at them and do not respond. Sometimes they will repeat the question but my response is always the same and I don't walk away..........they become uncomfortable and walk away. Works every time. Just because you are asked a question doesn't mean you need to respond.

This is strange.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

People can be unkind and mean spirited, or they can just not know any better. Why not give someone the benefit of the doubt?

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

@KingstonsMom wrote:
@occasionalrain wrote:
The OP'S daughter was rude and that will be passed along. She could have been polite without disclosing private information.
Knowing that a person is going to talk about me, I make sure what they say is flattering.
@occasionalrain

Sorry, but I disagree, based on what a therapist told me years ago. "You wouldn't care so much what people think of you, if you realized how seldom they do."

How could the therapist possibly know what people think or how often?

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

The lady in question probably just wanted to set you up with someone. The most annoying people seem to have nosiness and lack of tact as their love languages.

When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Malcontent · ‎05-24-2015

@CrazyKittyLvr2

Unless this person pays your mortgage (or rent)…none of their business.

Drythe · ‎07-09-2011

@CrazyKittyLvr2

I think Your DD gave a great reply.

"Animals are not my whole world, but they have made my world whole" ~ Roger Caras

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

@Porcelain Oh, she tried the match making thing awhile ago.

Seems there are a lot of older single people in the area and Peggy approached me about getting single folks together every month for either dinners or maybe day trips.

She said, "doesn't that sound like fun? There are really nice single men in town." I politely declined, however, in my head was, "hell no, it dosen't sound like fun, I'd rather get a root canal."

tiny 2 · ‎03-10-2010

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
@Porcelain Oh, she tried the match making thing awhile ago.

Seems there are a lot of older single people in the area and Peggy approached me about getting single folks together every month for either dinners or maybe day trips.

She said, "doesn't that sound like fun? There are really nice single men in town." I politely declined, however, in my head was, "hell no, it dosen't sound like fun, I'd rather get a root canal."

@CrazyKittyLvr2,

dex · ‎03-09-2010

@Cakers3 wrote:
@CrazyKittyLvr2 Just smile and walk away. Or ask her "Why do you want to know?"

No matter how you answer, the town gossip will make her rounds, and will include you.

Do what is comfortable. I wouldn't call her a nosebag or a pill, though.

Really-how important is this? Handle it without rancor and snark. There are better ways to deal with a person who asks personal questions.

She may not mean anything by them, either. She is who she is.

(Haven't we all asked how somebody is? Haven't we all asked a follow-up question?)

Yes I call that conversation...