"Mind your own business."
I was wondering how people feel about this phrase? Have you said it? Or have you had it said to you? Obviously a large part is in the delivery and the situation, need to be taken into consideration.
I witnessed a woman come upto another today, and enquired something that seemed fairly personal about her relationship. They obviously knew each other, the other woman looked taken aback for a moment, but then quietly told her "My marriage is none of your business". This woman didn't like that and stated "There is no need to be rude about it".
There were a few people stood close in a line and heard it all, which I felt wasn't pleasant for her, and she had flushed after the woman had left. I thought the woman who had approached her was out of order to begin with, in my opinion she was being rude. I thought she delivered it in a calm way.
How about if the phrase was used in an agressive way, meaning to tell someone to back off? Do you consider it rude then? At what point is anything actually someone elses business? The marriage is between the Husband and Wife.
Interested to know peoples views or any anecdotes relevant.
I was wondering how people feel about this phrase? Have you said it? Or have you had it said to you? Obviously a large part is in the delivery and the situation, need to be taken into consideration.
I witnessed a woman come upto another today, and enquired something that seemed fairly personal about her relationship. They obviously knew each other, the other woman looked taken aback for a moment, but then quietly told her "My marriage is none of your business". This woman didn't like that and stated "There is no need to be rude about it".
There were a few people stood close in a line and heard it all, which I felt wasn't pleasant for her, and she had flushed after the woman had left. I thought the woman who had approached her was out of order to begin with, in my opinion she was being rude. I thought she delivered it in a calm way.
How about if the phrase was used in an agressive way, meaning to tell someone to back off? Do you consider it rude then? At what point is anything actually someone elses business? The marriage is between the Husband and Wife.
Interested to know peoples views or any anecdotes relevant.