We all know someone who needs to learn this.

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In my early years, my older relatives were a big influence on who I grew up to be. I am sure many others are familiar with this. There were things I was taught that were very impolite to ask, and a person should never ask them of anyone. They were questions that seemed to be an invasion of privacy, somewhat nosy, and sometimes just downright mean. As years have passed, I still try to follow those rules. What were some of those things? How much did that cost? How much do you make? Did you gain weight? Why aren't you married yet? Are you pregnant? Are you ever going to be? Don't you want children? Oh, wow, what did you do to your hair? You look different, did you have something done to yourself? And if someone was over 40-50 years old, you never, ever asked their age. You never asked why if they don't have grandchildren. You don't ask them why they are still working if they are of retirement age. You never, ever ask ''Don't you think you're too old for that?'' And you never, ever said ''You look great for your age!'' There's more, but these are the ones I remember. Invasive questions are often not kind. I've heard my share of them in life, and no doubt you have, too. More than once, I have asked ''why do you ask?'' or ''why do you want/need to know that?'' And the nosy questions that people asked me when I filed for divorce were nuts. It simply wasn't anyone's business. Do you get upset when people ask invasive or just plain nosy personal questions?