Name: How To Deal With Nosy People? Smart English Phrases To Avoid Answering Unwanted Personal Questions
Uploaded: 2020-04-13T18:01:51.000Z
Duration: 10 min 2 s
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And today we are going to look at different ways to avoid unwanted questions or to avoid nosy people that there were so many people love to be nosy.

They want to know how old I am or they want to know.

Why do you want to feed your snooping mind with my details?

So there are so many people who tend to get details from you and you just want to keep some things personal, like your work.

Your relationships are your money, right?

So we are gonna look at some ways that you can avoid such nosy people.

You can just answer by saying not important.

So someone asks you that why you're not getting married, just say not important.

So probably this person would get an idea that you don't want to share the details.

Okay, The next one that we have is changed the subject.

Well, if someone comes and stays Oh, honey, why not having babies yet?

Okay, I really don't want to answer that.

Oh, I completely forgot to tell you about what happened last weekend.

I hope this person forgets about the question asked.

But that's one of the ways that you can avoid this nosy question.

Okay, The next one I have for you is repeat the question.

Since I'm on now, maybe your work colleague comes and asks you Hey, Marika up.

And I really don't want to share that with him.

So I would repeat the question, I would say with a very surprised expression on my face, I will repeat the same question.

Did you just ask, how much money do I make?

Just look surprised and kind of change the subject so you can combine these two.

You can repeat the question and you can change the subject.

Okay, then the next one that the half for you is smart answer.

Now, there are certain ways that you can answer very smartly.

For example, if someone comes and asks you why you taking your day off?

Okay, so probably I have applied for a day off, or probably a week's holiday.

And this person, this colleague of mine, would come and ask me.

Okay, I don't want to tell you that, but then I will answer smartly.

Or do you work for FBI Are for some Goldman tax office case that this is smart.

Like you are kind of giving an idea that it's none of your business, but you're not being rude.

You're just saying, Do you work for CIA or FBI that you're asking me this question?

Okay, then the next one that I have for you is polite Answer.

I don't remember if you do not want to share your personal information with anybody, okay?

It doesn't mean like if you say, if you deny answering if you say that I'm sorry.

You're being polite to k you non being rude because people think that it's the birds.

Right to know what's happening in someone's else's life.

You could just answer politely by saying it's none of your business.

I do not want to share my personal information or Wow, that's a personal question.

Okay, so this is the way you can answer now.

So I have some more options for you that you can use when you have to answer some nosy people there.

You can always add humor to your answers.

For example, many people tend to ask, What are you doing?

Like I was reading a book the other day on this friend of mine.

Well, of course I was reading, but how I answer to that question.

I said, I'm reading a book on antigravity, and it is very difficult for me to keep the book down.

Well, that's kind of smart and humerus, right?

Then you are in a movie theater on Do you bomb into a friend?

And they're like, Hey, what are you doing here?

Well, but of course you're not going to say that.

I was thinking that I'll just go take around in the park.

Okay, so here you are, adding humor again, right?

So you can always add humor to your answers.

The next one that I have for you is answer like a politician.

They like to give a very indirect answer.

So at times, you really have to be a little diplomatic.

Well, you can say on a very indirect manner.

You can say, uh, pretty enough to pay off my taxes or pretty enough to buy my breakfast.

So this means I make pretty good money, okay?

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