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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you not ask a date what they do for a living? Do you ask a new client or vendor about their family? [/quote]
Do you ask a date what salary they make at their job? Do you ask a new client or vendor about whether they get along with certain family members?[/quote]
Not PP, but those questions aren’t the same. I didn’t hear OP saying that parents were asking the tour guide about aid packages or about their families. [/quote]
Exactly my point. They aren't the same.

Asking a date what they do for a living is general. That kind of small talk is totally normal and fine.

Asking a date what salary they make at a job is starting to get into private details. Do you all not see the difference between talking in light, breezy generalities and prying into specifics that are none of your business?[/quote]

Asking a HS senior who is literally in the process of applying to college what colleges they are applying to is not the same as asking someone how much money they make. It just isn’t, no matter how many times you insist otherwise. I have never heard anyone of real life—parent or kid—be offended at being asked that question. I am truly flummoxed at what constitutes small talk in your world. I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. [/quote]

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