For that matter, what question are you tired of people asking you?
Ask me about my grand kids? You’ll be sorry you did. I try not to over indulge in this activity, really I do.
I don’t like to be asked about my health, in general. If I am sick and you bring me chicken soup, I will tell all.
I’d like someone to sincerely ask how I am or how was my day/weekend off. It’s just a common friendly question and I give the expected brief positive answer, but I wish I had someone to tell the reality to.
“Will you let me give you this bag of cash?”
“Why do you think that?”
Or if we really want to get down: “Why do I think that?”
There’s a reason people didn’t like Socrates.
“What are your thoughts on this matter?”
“How’d you get so tall?” :smack:
That reminds me, I hate it when my Son-wrekker asks me how much cash do I have on hand. Next question is "Can I borrow it?’ Its amazing in nearly the 12 years he’s been an adult he’s never paid any of it back.
“What are you reading?”
As long as they don’t ask while I’m actually doing it! I really don’t know many readers IRL so I never have anyone to talk to about it.
I’ve found that if I’m reading something really interesting, no one will ask me about it no matter how much I flash it around. If I’m reading something a little embarrassing, (“Oh, a book by Clinton Kelly, you know that guy from What Not to Wear”) that’s when people will suddenly want to know. :smack:
Also, my husband never ever asks me about it, which I find a little strange.
Dung, my husband asks what I am reading and then promptly cuts me off when I start to tell him. Pisses me right off. I dont expect him to like everything I read, but still. So rude.
Just say “Necronomicon” every time. Not “The Necronomicon”, just “Necronomicon” and nothing further.
What would I like people to ask me more often? Damn, that’s a good one. It’s hard to come up with a non-flippant answer. Maybe, “Would you like a full time, well paying job playing music?”
Less often? “Is that a cello?” (I play upright bass) Or the king daddy of them all: "What are you doing next (random date)? That’s usually a prelude to asking me to do something I might not want to do, and then I can’t really say no, because I already told them I’m not busy.
“Lack of gravity on my home planet.”
Good one. I am sole caregiver to my 96 year old mother. She is very independent, and I am able to do quite a bit of socializing, volunteering, etc. between taking care of her needs. My personal internal joke is that I should wear a t-shirt that has two words on it: “She’s fine.”
Nobody ever asks how I am.
“Would you like me to give you a million dollars?”
I wish people would ask me “Why do your hands shake?” more often.
Most folks just make assumptions, and they’re never right.
I will remember this for books.
I have a small silver box on a cord that I wear around my neck. It has Celtic knots on it. I don’t know why it irritates me that people ask what’s in the box. It’s tiny, like maybe a half inch cubed. I don’t know what they think could be in there, but they ask. I have started looking these askers dead in the eye, and completely expressionless, respond, “The souls of my enemies.”
Tired of is easiest so I’ll hit that first — “are you OK”. I’ve had a few health issues and I am not all that shy about it. But the result is every time I stop for a second someone things I’m going to go all Fred Sanford The Big One and drop down right then and there.
Want — “how’s your Dad”. He’s been dead for 17 years and I am at the age where I am old enough that folks just assume my father would be dead. But I miss him every day and I miss being young enough that it was one of the usual questions to get asked.
Not asked but I will answer anyway; most dangerous question to get asked — “what’s your opinion”. Rarely does the person asking want my opinion; they want some form of theirs parroted back. Sorry, that just isn’t my style for the most part.
Asked more (or ever): Me and my sorority sisters are having a contest, would you be the judge?
Asked less: Do you know how fast you were going?
Netflix and chill?
“What was it like in ***?” I’ve traveled to 150 countries and nobody ever asks me about my experiences or what Ive seen or done there or even about travel in general.
Second: “Can I buy lunch?”
Wish they would not ask: “Where did you lose it?”