Stop! You're getting too personal

By Toni
@toniganzon (72532)
Philippines
August 17, 2012 5:41am CST
When I chat with people on my messenger, I usually talk about fun things to get the conversation going. I don't get too personal because I haven't met this people and I respect their privacy. I don't want them to ask me personal things too because I really don't know them that well. But here's this guy who would usually ask every single personal questions he could ask and though I've told him it's something that I'm not comfortable with, he would still continue. How do you deal with this kind of person? Me, I just show him that I'm no longer interested in conversing with him. It's no longer fun for me. It's really annoying.
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20 responses
@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
17 Aug 12
Normally, I used to discuss most of the topics except (s*x). Also, being personal is not an issue because here we don't know anyone much better and even talking here won't make any difference also. There are so many people come as man and man as women and we talk to them just assuming there is a person behind it, and nothing know more of them. At the most, there will ba an avatar picture and we cannot evaluate anything looking on the photo of a person. But from the 'trend' of discussion, we can make out much of the person's background like his depth knowledge, interest of topic etc. However, considering the activity what we do here, we can talk anything within the limits of restrictions initiated by myLot and the rest everything is depend on the person. Also, if someone is not intersted in follow-up with certain unwanted questions and discusison also explains how decent and what cultured they are. Nice topic. Good day!
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• India
20 Aug 12
You are right to an extent. We can communicate by online, if we know the people earlier or within the kown people and the sites like myLot and such community sites with firends just for on-line discussions are not 'necessary' that they are how they are wirting. Still, from a long-terms discussions and interations, we can evaluate a person when compared to the long-time relations and it is ok. I am having few people who got 3 years of continuous discussions and relations. Still, we don't know who is he/she and we are much familiar here in myLot, but it is quite unfortunate that if we happened to cross over on the roads or happend to see each other cannot make out that we are the 2 people who talks each other for several eyars via online...
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
Right. But i'm not referring to mylot. Trust cannot be gained easily especially from people we meet online.
17 Aug 12
It is probably due to the fact that they can ask you anything they like as they cannot see you in person. It is easy to ask to know about one's personal life that would be difficult to ask in face to face meeting. However, if you are only looking for some fun to pass time online and you come across people who want to get to know you in just a few minutes then that is annoying. I would not be interested in them to talk with any longer.
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@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
If they are that interested in you, they must wait till you are ready to give out that information. Trust takes time especially on people you meet online. There are a lot of crazy people who could do you harm online even if you don't meet them. I had online friends whose paypal account got hacked and all the money disappeared. All because they trusted those people they met online easily. I only have four people I met through Blackberry messenger that I can say can be trusted, but i still don't give too much information.
• Portugal
17 Aug 12
i understand you ^^ that happened to me too. mostly when you talk with guys. some always like to ask if you are virgin or not. i dont even reply. i mean thats a very personal thing that you shouldnt even ask. neither to people you know in person. i like to talk with some people online bcs some are funny and sweet. its always good to have friends but when someone starts to ask pervert things or too personal like if im virgin or not i dont like it. you better delete the person^^
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@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
When a person is a pervert i would block him immediately and never ever talk to that person again. There are a lot of people who don't know what personal questions are that's why they keep asking them thinking it's just a good way to start a conversation.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
17 Aug 12
Well, even I almost think like you. Actually, it's much more time I do not chat. However, when I did, I tried to talk about topical issues, a little of everything, but still very general way. I never wanted to go into the personal thread. Certain conversations, I could just keep them with close friends, maybe even knew personally. So I can perfectly understand your annoyance towards this person who would like to talk about things, perhaps too personal. My advice I can give is to try to make understand him do it politely. If this does not work, then let him alone.
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@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
I have tried that already but he would still ask things i'm not comfortable with. You see I think I have mentioned that I've done that but he would still just continue. So ignoring is the best thing.
• India
17 Aug 12
Hi friend, i am also in your sort, not interested in sharing my personal information with unknown persons, if some of my online friends asking my personal information, i will avoid sharing it with them, as we don't know who is good and who is a fake person in online world, if still the person continue asking i will block them, as i am not interested in continuing friendship with an annoying person
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@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
Yes you are right. Trusting people online takes time, not just a couple of days or weeks or even months. Sometimes it would take forever.
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
I would tell him I don't like to discuss such stuffs and so I must leave.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
Hassle free, simple and direct to the point. But what if he would still send messages?
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
No need to go that far.
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
Then tell him you're a hacker and you can mess up his account (hehe!) Remove him from your chat list. If he sends you mails, moderate your account. Put some filter. Those who are not in your contacts can't get through your inbox without your permission.
@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
17 Aug 12
Ignore and leave.
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
exactly! why is it that you need to waste your time in dealing with those nonsense things. Look! Who lose at the end? You and you alone. Since it gives you stress and heartaches.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
I just ignore but cannot leave.
@inedible (768)
• Singapore
17 Aug 12
I had someone do that to me on Facebook. It was a stranger who added me for games, and not someone I knew in real life. I answered all his questions with either lies or insanity. Or insane lies. I gave out fake personal information, pretended to misunderstand all his questions, and claimed to believe in stupid things. I do the same thing to brats who hit on me in games.
@inedible (768)
• Singapore
17 Aug 12
Oh, that reminds me. Fun thing to do when someone harasses you: Pretend to be a bot. Give off-topic responses that are only related to the question by a single keyword. Repeat sentences like "I do not understand your question" or "I do not know what you mean" often, and exactly the same each time. Say things like "Illegal non-unicode characters" or "Syntax error. Please use standard sentence structures." instead of replying normally.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
No matter how much I am annoyed by those kind of people, I don't like making up stories about me. I'd rather ignore. But i like your style. Just can't do it myself.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
28 Oct 12
hi, in chatting in yahoo messenger and other chat application i don't usually tell about my personal life because as you said i don't know the person and i only met him/her in chatting,and if the conversation will go through that topic i will ignore that person and not to chat with him.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
28 Oct 12
Yes. It's better to ignore those who are like that.
@liguoping (179)
18 Aug 12
I will leave and ignore him,it is impolite to ask other people's personal questions,it is rude,unfortunately,it is very common,many people,including my boss,like to explore other people's privacy,which make people very uncomfortable,when my boss ask my personal questions,i choose to silence,then he bored and walk away,hehe,i don't like to ask other people's personal questions,i also wish that other people will not ask my privacy!
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
The sad thing is, other people don't have any idea what personal questions are. They would even ask how much you are earning everyday and that type of question is actually too personal.
@Daisy_22 (1229)
• Philippines
19 Aug 12
I won't give them any affection for i respect any of their own opinion whether it is something bad or good.In this kind of site you have to be open-minded in accepting other opinions.Maybe i will just just to be strong enough in order to be ready of any criticism..
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
HI! I think you have misunderstood. I am not referring to mylot at all. I'm referring to messengers like whatsapp, kakaotalk and the likes. My mind is so open believe me but you don't go telling strangers how much you earn per day and where you deposit your money right?
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
18 Aug 12
From what you wrote, I can feel he is not a very good man, at least he is not the man we should show respect . You are doing right, we should never pay attention to people who annoyed us. If I were you , I would add him in my black list. I don't know whether you can do it on your massenger.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
Blocking him is the best thing to do. But he would still be on my instagram and as of the moment that doesn't have a block feature yet. He would definitely ask why I blocked him.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
I can't afford to lose my account in his expense there. I cannot delete my photos unless i delete my account and it's not just possible because i've been winning photo contests there and it's my hobby. Haven't i mentioned that i've been ignoring him?
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
18 Aug 12
Then ignore him, no matter what he asks, don't answer him. Or don't share the photoes at all, delete all the photoes. I don't know much about the instagram thing. Is it possible to delete all the photoes that you will not see him ?
@manduri20 (108)
• Uganda
18 Aug 12
i think ignoring him is good thing he will soon give up. some people are comfortable to discuss their personal life to strangers and others are not maybe he is and you are not and that is not your problem that he is
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
Yes and besides I already told him I wasn't comfortable discussing that.
@anehc12 (58)
• Philippines
17 Aug 12
There are millions of other people to talk to - dump and ignore him. Block if possible. Guys see any discussion as flirting, especially if you respond to some of these personal things - girls don't. Do not encourage, do not respond. Get out of there and teach him a lesson.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
I've already mentioned that I've clearly told him the kind of questions I won't want to be asked. And yes I've moved on a long time ago. Don't like wasting my time with idiots but it's nice to discuss it here on mylot. That's the point of my lotting, unless you haven't noticed yet
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
Right. The problem is most people are not even aware what personal questions are that aren't supposed to be asked to strangers online. Others just think it's a form of starting a conversation. Some personal questions are not actually flirtatious.
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
What are the rules then? You perceptions and beliefs are obviously going to be different - there is no right and wrong unless YOU make them known. So set the boundaries - and if they aren't respected, say so and move on.
• Philippines
17 Aug 12
If they are really persistent, then tell them that you're not going to tell them any information about yourself. They should stop asking you too personal questions. When you can't endure it, then it's better to shop conversing with them. Say goodbye, then leave. Happy myLotting!
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
I just ignore them. That's the best thing i could do.
• India
29 Oct 12
I do chat with friends, relatives and my kids/grand kids using YM, I never visit the chat rooms, i have very close friends from Davao, Cebu and Manila, some from USA too. If you don't like some one, you can delete; if he keeps adding, just block
@dmx7862 (16)
17 Aug 12
There are a lot of annoying people out there in this world. My suggestion would be simply to just ignore him. Alternatively, you should just tell him to keep his distance and not ask unessential questions. Therefore, he will get the message. As a result, he will not bother you any more.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
I think I have mentioned that I made it known to him I didn't want personal questions, but he still do ask sometimes. That's why I just ignore him. Even blocked him on twitter and when he asked about that, I said my account got hacked.
@kulisap (70)
17 Aug 12
I just usually ignore and not reply anymore. Or if I'm really annoyed I block the person from sending me any more messages. lol Works like a charm.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
Blocked him from my twitter account but he's still on my instagram and there's no block feature there. So the best thing for me is just to ignore him.
@tetris15 (539)
• Philippines
17 Aug 12
First I try to change the topic of the conversation but if he's still persistent on pushing with the personal stuff, I just keep silent for a moment then logged out. I don't like guys who are too forward especially if it's through chat.
@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
I did try to change the conversation and even told him i wasn't comfortable with personal questions, but he would just rephrase and it's still the same. Couldn't log out. It's not an ordinary IM messengers you use on your computer.
@kongno (431)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
i wonder why some people go to a bowling alley but they want to swim, is there no site for ''chatting and personalizing'' to max?