My Pet Peeve Question!

Hey Vanessa! Yep, I can see why he's an "ex" now, LOL!!!!

I think my pet peeve is when people who don't know you had surgery compliment me and then ask how I lost the weight. I know this is a very normal question and I may have asked it myself in the past. My problem is the people you don't know well and don't care to share the surgery with them, what do you say? I just can't seem to NOT tell them as it feels like I am not being truthful. I guess I worry too that they will talk to someone who knows I had the surgery and they will feel like I lied to them in a way. Any suggestions for a reply?

I think my all time favorite column from Dear Abby had this response about nosy questions: Say to the person, "If it were any of your business, you would already know the answer to that question." And then change the subject. There is no end to rude and nosy questions people will ask if you don't stop them in their tracks. DeeDee p.s. You can say this with a bit of a wry grin and twinkle in your eye so it doesn't come across rudely but certainly gets the point across!

Rhonda, I know what you mean. It puts us in a weird spot for sure~it always catches me so off guard! Sometimes I just say I had "surgery" and see if they catch on or not, LOL and sometimes I just say "I've been working really hard at it"~which is true, LOL! I don't mind talking about it with most people, but there are some people that you just really don't want all up in your business! Tracy B 328/164/150