When someone asked u a question that u dont want to answer what will u say?
By ronacruz2007
@ronacruz2007 (650)
Philippines
October 4, 2008 7:50am CST
Recently, someone or a stranger suddenly approach me in the street while i was waiting for the service going to the office. This strange looking guy approach my direction and then asked me if that is my son , pointing to the direction of my son inside the gate of the house. TO my shock and because i don't know what to say because i was caught off guard i suddenly replied " why do you asked ? looking directly at him without batting an eyelash. Then he just said
because he looks like you 
. Hello , i am in the middle of rushing and just waiting and this guy asked me this question ? I don't know if i am just being rude about it but it seems appropriate for me for someone whom i dont even smile or looked at to asked me that question. Is that a proper answer ? the way i answered him ? or i should not have answered at all? How about you what would you do when someone asked you a question that you dont want to answer what will you say ?
. Hello , i am in the middle of rushing and just waiting and this guy asked me this question ? I don't know if i am just being rude about it but it seems appropriate for me for someone whom i dont even smile or looked at to asked me that question. Is that a proper answer ? the way i answered him ? or i should not have answered at all? How about you what would you do when someone asked you a question that you dont want to answer what will you say ?2 people like this
19 responses
@fatmansmommy (751)
• United States
4 Oct 08
i guess i would feel a bit creeped out, but only because that is how we are "trained" to be nowadays. it seems like maybe he was just trying to make polite conversation, as strange as it may have seemed. :) sometimes if i am in the mood i will comment on the pretty earrings of the lady standing next to me in line, or whatever. it makes you feel nice to be nice to others- maybe that's what he was trying to do. i know sometimes it feels like people want to talk at inconvenient times... lol. but i do understand where you are coming from, though.
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@ronacruz2007 (650)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
but he seems not being nice i mean i have that creepy feeling about him and usually i am right about that. humm
@fatmansmommy (751)
• United States
6 Oct 08
yes, if you are feeling like there is something not quite right about him, then definitely go with your gut instinct. that is something us moms can trust to usually always be right! :)
@Lindalinda (4111)
• Canada
4 Oct 08
You did the right thing. It must be really unsettling if a total stranger makes enquiries about your child. There are so many evil people around and these days you cannot trust anybody. I hope you alerted your babysiter about this strange guy.
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@ronacruz2007 (650)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
yeah i know i am right about what i thought of him and i dont want to risk anything for that guy . i know he is not just making friends he is into something.
it happens and strange it may sound but it is good to shift the mood and change the line of discussion with some great idea!!
t will save embarrasment to both!!
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
4 Oct 08
well if someone came up to and asked about one of my kids, and he looks somewhat creppy i wouldn't have been as nice as you were. then i would make time to call the police and let them know a stranger was asking me about my kid.
to me that's just isn't right how people are these days, maybe if it was in store. but waiting a bus stop, naww i wouldn't have been too nice about it.
i would had to say something smart, like so is that big dog in my back yard waiting for a fool to go in my yard.
@ronacruz2007 (650)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
Maybe i am bit lost that time to think of what better thing to reply to that guy. but atleast i made a point on him about "own business".
@danrunsfast614 (1396)
• United States
5 Oct 08
I just say "I'd rather not answer that." Or if I was angry "F you"
@benita2008 (102)
• China
4 Oct 08
Generally speaking, I'll answer every question honestly. I mean, I try to be honest and don't hope to make myself understood especially when the person who raises the unexpected question is my friend or any other person I don't dislike. But if someone really asks me the question I don't like, what's my answer? It depends, I think. If he/she is good, I will tell him/her something a little about it. If not, I'll just look at him/her with a smile and then move to another topic naturally.
@ronacruz2007 (650)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
but the guy is a stranger that is why that is my answer if would have been a different one if i know the person
@shana123 (2095)
• India
5 Oct 08
Did he go mad or what i mean the stranger , i would have been more rude i dont speak much to strangers on the road , i dont think you were rude , i dont know sometimes even i have come across such situations , i think inside me really what bothered them? i wont answer but since he asked about your son surely anyone might be shocked and answered im no exception
@thuhuong (823)
• United States
5 Oct 08
Just say 'Thank you. Pardon me I'm sorry I have to be somewhere.' Caught off guard, thanking is good enough and go about what you were trying to do. Just doubting what just happen is going to only make you suspicious of any activity and worse angry. We all have our days. :)
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
4 Oct 08
That's not so bad.
If you were lame you might have said " I don't know " or some such silly thing.
I think this was a good response.
When in a difficult situation you always ask a question instead of answering.
@rajueie (204)
• India
4 Oct 08
hi frends...if some one asks me a question...which iam unable to answer or which i dont want to answer...then i will say them clearly that i dont want to answer ur question...if they ask me repeatedly...they i will get angry..and i willl tel them that its not ur business....or elase i will simply ignore those kind of persons....thanq...happy mylotting
@Lee_Rites (845)
• United States
4 Oct 08
I would have been a bit more rude. I don't like when strangers ask questions about my kids but your answer was probably more appropriate.
@jelai24 (221)
• Philippines
5 Oct 08
not of all days you are a good mood...like me if i don't talk someone else i'm just being quit in the corner...and if there is someone ask me question then I will answer them "i don't know, you will ask other"...lolz I'm so rude ewwwww....no its just a joke....ahmm its depend in my mood..
@lucy67 (819)
• China
4 Oct 08
if a strange-looking person asks me a strange question like that, i will feel a little afraid and leave him as quickly as i can. i don't know what i will say on such an occasion. but i don't think it will matter because i don't want to have any communication with him. but it is another case if a kind-looking lady asks me the same question. what she wants to show is just friendliness.
@qianlizhifeng (468)
• China
4 Oct 08
Life is full of such strange affairs .Sometimes I will receive strange calls just as you meet a guy in the street who asks you such questions .For the first time ,I might reply to him or her ,but if such questions attack me frequently ,I will get bored .Why not show our real feelings ?So I will just tell him or her that I have no time .
@cossacks10 (502)
• Morocco
4 Oct 08
You did right.May be he had bad attention,specially to you, why he didn't ask other people?? why exactly you??
What you've done was correct and every body should do , beside it was your son the subject , something private in my mind , so he doesn't have any right to know any thing about him , specially in this case , a strange !!
Don't trest and be caution. That's my opinion, if I was in your place I would do the same thing.
@PrarieStyle (2486)
• United States
4 Oct 08
When it comes to your child you can never be too careful. In this case I believe you did the right thing. But most of the time if someone asks me a question I don't want to answer I usually plead the 5th.
