Inappropriate questions

I've always been a fan of the book Miss Manners, and there is something that I think back to again and again in life, and that is the number of inappropriate questions that I hear on a daily basis. Just because you want to know something doesn’t actually mean that you should ask. I’m amazed by the number of times I hear people ask (and not only to me, to the people around me?) How much are you paid? Is it real? Are you keeping it? Why aren’t you married? Maybe it’s our society and the way that every gossip magazine feels free to badger every celebrity and ask them about every detail from what they had for breakfast, to why they are breaking up with a signifigant other, but I think out society has gotten a bit out of control with questions.There really isn’t much that you can do about inappropriate questions other than to simply ignore the person asking the question and change the subject, or to say: I’m not comfortable answering that. It would be wonderful if people suddenly developed better manners, but since the only person you can ever change is yourself, controlling your response to inappropriate questions is the best thing that you can do. Here are a few that people love to ask me:Why aren’t you married?Do you workout 7 days a week?Is that hair real?How much was (insert item here) that?Just remember that it’s your prerogative to maintain your privacy, and if someone was very close to you…they would most likely know the answer to many of the questions asked because you would have told them. If not, that’s up to you as well. Just because a question is asked doesn’t mean that you must answer.