Harassment

How do you keep people at arms length and to stop digging into your personal business without offending them? 

Parents
  • My family is very nosy. I just tell them I won't talk about this topic. They try their tricks to make me talk. But there is silence. Then if they ask me if I hear, I answer with a flat face "yes, I do. But you can't hear, I already said that I won't talk about it". Silence works for me. It's not easy at all. But this way I win even my very very nosy mom.

    People at work are also curious but not so pushy.

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  • My family is very nosy. I just tell them I won't talk about this topic. They try their tricks to make me talk. But there is silence. Then if they ask me if I hear, I answer with a flat face "yes, I do. But you can't hear, I already said that I won't talk about it". Silence works for me. It's not easy at all. But this way I win even my very very nosy mom.

    People at work are also curious but not so pushy.

Children