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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am very responsive, clear, prompt and polite with the vast majority of people in my life. If I am evasive or don’t engage, it is because the person contacting me is notoriously obnoxious and doesn’t respect “no,” doesn’t respect anything other than what they want/what they want to hear, and is generally unable to take no for an answer or read social cues.[/quote]

I understand that some people do this, and I as well, but there are some people just itching, and they tend to be adversarial, no matter how simple or inoffensive the question. It takes the form of wanting the person who asked the question to look like the bad guy - a deflection/projection, from asocial respondents. They respondent is difficult, and lacks communication skills, so they scapegoat the person who is asking a simple and inoffensive question. If you pay more attention, you can see it in certain (usually predictable) situations. After a while, it becomes a game of Bingo. [/quote]

…where is all this coming from? I’m not talking about intrusive questions about health, personal business or anything like that. I am talking about responses to invitations. Some people simply can’t take no for an answer, or want a reason and then argue with it. That’s what I’m talking about. Why you’re twisting yourself into a pretzel about “inoffensive questions” is beyond me.[/quote]

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