Why Do Some People Never Give You a Straight Answer to a Direct Question

Is it really that hard?

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Have you ever asked someone a question, just to receive a vague, non -response back?

You thought you were clear, you re-read your text or thought about what you asked, and nope there should have been no confusion there.

Or maybe you even followed up with another question, just to get more of the same and total avoidance of an answer.

Perhaps the response you got was a question to your original question and you still never actually got an answer.

There are times in which we just need a simple, succinct, but direct answer, is it a Yes or No and maybe one other piece of simple information.

Are you coming to this event and what time should we meet?

Do I need to pick someone or something up?

What time will you be home, be arriving, are leaving ?

For some reason, for certain people when you ask a specific and direct question, nothing earth shattering, you’re just waiting for a simple reply and yet…you get nothing!