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Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by Brian_K_White on Monday August 06, 2018 @01:38AM (#17695293)
I would not like to put random people on the spot like that. That is frankly a supremely inconsiderate thing to ask along the lines of "Are you wealthy?" "Do you have a lot of sex?". Fine if your answer happens to be yes, or fine if you happen to be quick with some deflecting come-back about the metaphorical "interesting times". At least now, thanks to this post, I can -slowly, haha- develop an angle on an answer, along the lines of "Well it might have been uniformly bland today, but now it's got at least one bad bit to break up the monotony, being asked an inconsiderate personal question like that, especially with you not being my mom or my therapist." Or maybe just ask right back "Is your wife's sex life a rich tapestry?"
Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by fjsolwmv on Monday August 06, 2018 @08:05AM (#17696902)
Therapists are people to you pay to talk to you when you've got no one else. Why spurn free therapy?

It's a great question because if it draws out a rude response like yours, the questioner knows to not waste more time on small talk.

Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by Brian_K_White on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @01:12PM (#17708472)
Therapists are people you request for such help. Parents are among the very few other people with any right to offer it unsolicited.

Would you really accept being asked my imaginary question about your spouses sex life from any ordinary aquaintence? Why not? It's free help! You should always want your spouse to have as full and rich a life as possible, and it's too easy to forget that a big part of their life is actually subject to your level of effort and imagination and bravery.

The original question is essentially personal on the order that we usually place on sexual or health matters.

The best word is "inconsiderate" in that it literally fails to consider, or considers and ignores, that many, perhaps most people's honest answer would have to be no, and further, the process of being asked and answering forces everyone who had to answer "no" or "not enough", to recognize that "no" isn't just a harmless answer like what flavor of ice cream you like, where chocolate or vanilla or "I don't like ice cream" are all equally fine. No they are forced to confront that "no" is a failing, and therefor that they fail at something, and that what they fail at is nothing too important, just life itself.