As many of us pack our bags to head home for the holidays this week, do you guys have any advice for handling nosy relationship questions from family and friends? (Particularly: Have you met anyone special?? Have you set a date? When do I get a granchild? etc., etc.) What's the best way to handle those questions with maximum grace and minimal humiliation?
Reformed Player says:
I just politely demur. If they keep it up, I ask them about the cyst or how the AA meetings are going. That usually gets the point across.
Funny Guy says:
I've found that arming myself with a super-soaker -- filled to capacity with warm cat urine -- does the trick pretty nicely.
After unleashing on one or two nosy aunts the rest of the fam seem to get the message.
"Anyone else got some motherf*ckin questions for me?!"
Mystery Man says:
Being a fairly blunt and basic family, the usual response to nosy questions is a surly grunt and a snapped "Shut it."
Wise-Ass says:
I just give them The Look. Everyone in my family knows The Look, and they know that The Look is my way of telling them what they can do with their annoying questions.
Gal Pal says:
Instead of shutting them down, I think it's more fun to encourage your relatives! If they want a story - give them one. Go on and on about the seven men you're currently engaged to and which two of them may or may not be the baby daddy to the alien child you're likely to birth this February. Then end with, "And how about your love life, Aunt Jane?"
Ladies - how do you handle nosy questions from relatives?
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