What are the best ways to avoid a question without being rude or edgy?

[Ayanle Farah]

I have a problem, I like to be transparent, that's how I live but there are somethings I want to keep to myself depending on who I'm talking to and if I'm asked a specific question I tend to give information too easily.

My solution is usually to try avoiding the person asking the nosy questions because I know I'll give away too much and the only way I know is to basically tell them it's none of their business.

However, I don't want to be edgy, certain times I need to keep somethings private without offending the other person.

This happened at an event a few hours ago which is why I made this thread because I finally recognized it's a problem I have to fix.

Although I really don't like them, when I got home I started looking at videos on politicians answering questions and I have to admire their ability to move around a question and keep things ambiguous.

I need that in my personal life.

How do you go about keeping nosy people at bay?

 

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[AgainstAllOdds]

It's not rude to not answer a question. Saying something along the lines of "Sorry, but that's something I'd rather not share" just is what it is.

Answer what you want. Don't answer what you don't want. No one on this forum is offended for progress threads not sharing what they're doing. People understand. Same with questions that shouldn't be answered.

On the other hand, what's rude is not answering questions that aren't secrets or at no detriment to you for answering.

 

[masterneme]

Whatever you do some people will be offended, that's the world we live in now, just be polite about keeping your privacy so when it happens you will know that you didn't do anything wrong.