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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So far the politest way has been to ask "Why do you ask?" that usually stops people dead in their tracks and they start backing off and babbling.
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I'm a new poster here, and I have a child conceived from donor egg w/ husband's sperm, so I don't have the up front lesbian couple / different races issue but I do get a lot of intrusive questions - some of which DD is not ready for. And while not at all shameful, I need to protect our privacy (all of us, not just DD's). I say, "What can I help you with?" or "How can our journey help you?" and in a very polite way. I want DD to feel the love in the lengths we took, but not the burden - and I don't want anyone intruding or asking nasty questions (seriously, graphic questions are common). And I have found that people would rather share their story then hear about mine anyway.[/quote]

I am probably being dense here, but if there is nothing obvious blinking out that your child is from a donor egg, how do people even know to ask graphic, intrusive questions? 
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