8 Ways to Handle Unwanted Questions to Make Sure You’ll Never Hear Them Again

Fareeha Sheikh
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4 min readMar 19, 2023

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Some people ask very intimate inquiries that they anticipate an answer to for a variety of reasons. They feel antagonistic towards you and want to shove you up against a wall, which is one explanation. Yet occasionally people don’t realise that what they’re asking can make you uneasy. It is up to you to inform them that you are not in any way responding to their query.

We want to present 8 strategies for deterring prying eyes from your business.

1. Turn your answer into a parallel question.

It is not only intrusive but also offensive to ask questions about your marital status or general aspects of your personal life. You can just ask a parallel question rather than getting defensive and creating a passive-aggressive debate. Those who are just nosy shouldn’t require your defence of your personal decisions. A related query may draw the focus to them, and they may come to the conclusion that their life choices weren’t as wise as they had believed.

2. Be direct and straightforward, even if that makes you rude.

Some people might think it’s disrespectful to respond in a direct manner, yet doing so reveals your actual feelings. So, you can inform…

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