How do you politely not answer a question?
17 Amazing Tricks for Dodging Unwanted Questions
- Enlist the help of a friend. Sometimes, you just know someone is going to ask you an unwanted question.
- Restate—and reframe—the question.
- Deflect with a joke.
- Offer advice instead of an answer.
- Deflect the question back to the asker with a compliment.
- Turn the tables.
- Address a related, but safer, personal topic.
How do you gracefully deflect a question you don’t want to answer?
How to deflect
- Anticipate the difficult, direct questions you are likely to be asked. There are times when we are asked questions we don’t want to or cannot or should not answer.
- Develop deflecting questions.
- Practice deflecting questions.
- Anticipate responses to your deflection questions.
- Prepare to defend against deflection.
How do you deny a question?
Useful Expressions to Handle Uncomfortable Questions
- I’d rather not say.
- I’d prefer not to talk about that.
- I’d rather not get into [this topic] at this event.
- I’d prefer not to discuss this right now.
- I’m sorry, that’s private.
- That’s a little too personal.
- That topic is too difficult to discuss at this moment.
How do you say it’s none of your business in a nice way?
Here are some options that are civil and suitable for anyone, though tone will decide whether you sound hostile or friendly as you say them:
- “I don’t want to discuss that.”
- “I’d rather not answer that.”
- “That’s not a topic I’d like to dwell on.”
- “I’m sorry, but I don’t want to talk about that.”
How do you say mind your business in a nice way?
5 (Polite!) Ways to Get a Loved One to Mind Their Own Business
- Start With “We.” I think if you’re partners, in love or in business, it’s kind of important to speak using partner terms.
- Ask Yourself Why.
- Focus on the Future.
- Turn on the Charm.
- Or Just Let ‘Em Butt In.
What can you say instead of none of your business?
Synonyms for None of my business
- not my concern.
- not my business.
- not my job.
- not my place.
- not my case.
- not my problem.
- nothing to do.
- nothing to do with me.
What does I have nothing to do with it mean?
be nothing to do with (someone or something) To be unrelated or irrelevant to someone or something.
Who said what you think of me is none of my business?
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What is a word for not caring what others think?
careless, casual, easy-going, flippant, happy-go-lucky, heedless, insouciant, nonchalant, reckless, swaggering, swashbuckling, unconcerned. care for, carve, cadre, car.