Okay, so I know it's ironic that I'm asking a question to hear your answer on this, but how do you avoid answering a very personal question or something that you just really truthfully do not want to answer? Because for me, I like to redirect the conversation. Not exactly fully change the subject, but kind of like talk my way out of it because I feel like that's what people are really wanting to know is more so the answer than the question itself if that makes sense, but yeah I would love to hear your two cents on this.
This is hard but exactly what you said I remember watching on I think I want to say parks and rec that when you don't want to answer as you just ask more questions and then they start answering their own questions but I don't know this is hard
You know, funny enough, this is not the first time I've heard that exact same advice. So if it's being told to me multiple times, I guess it's really working. Because I have to tell you, it's so insane when people are asking such personal questions and you're like, oh my gosh, like I really don't want to answer that. But to throw back in their face, I'm gonna need to think about that, but I see your point.
You could say I've either not discussed that, you could say, change subject, you could literally say that, or you could just change the subject. You could say, um, let's talk about something else. Or you could just say I don't feel comfortable discussing that. I mean, it's really all up to you. Some people just choose not the answer. I think it's important for people to use
It's important for people to use discernment when they're asking people questions that may be considered as personal or sensitive information, you know, pertaining to sensitive information. One thing that I try to use as a rule of thumb is don't ask people questions that you wouldn't want to be asked yourself. Now these variety of questions can vary from person to person because not everyone considers certain things as private or personal, but some do, so you have to be mindful of that. That's why I say you.
That's why I say use your discernment, use your discretion. You could ask somebody, do you consider questions like this personal and you can kind of gauge what you would and wouldn't ask them or discuss with them. I would say it all boils down to knowing people's habits and mindsets and how they communicate.
Hey, fans! If I like you, then I can definitely redirect a question. Not a question, but just, you know, the topic. I can change the topic fast, so people don't even realize I did it. But if you're someone I don't like, I definitely have some of my own questions to answer your question with first. Like, oh, we're gonna play 21 questions? Let me go first. I got you.
I'll never really get my mom thought she's gonna do that shit with me one day And she was like How come this that and this and the third or whatever it mean my husband? I was like oh, oh one sec one sec mom mom Remember that one day daddy came down and you called the police on him? How come how come cuz see you just triggered a memory of mine Whole conversation got shut down. I was like shut the fuck up mom leave me alone I don't like my mom so don't do that to your mom if you like her. Please don't, that's mean.
avoid answering a question okay me personally I'll be like I'm not comfortable answering that I'm very bold took a while to get here I'm glad I'm in this space now I'll just straight up tell you I don't want to answer the question or I'll change the subject and make a little tiny face expression if you don't like catch on then I will be honest and say can we change the subject because I don't want to talk about that.
OK so my dad is my dad he used to say this all the time so I have adopted it so when someone ask me a difficult question always ask them do you have an easier category And then laugh and then that's a good question girl