People who barely know me imply I have something to hide.
Since moving to a large city in the North, the topic of heritage has come up a few times in conversation. When people ask, I say the name of my home state. They then elaborate, asking where we come from, and I have to explain that I don’t know where my family is “from.”People here seem to find this very strange. Several have recommended I take a DNA test or investigate my genealogy, with some going so far as to ask, shocked, why I haven’t done this already.
A lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth found that out the hard way. At a charitable function in Buckingham Palace, she kept pressing a Black guest to tell where she was “really from,” despite that lady’s having repeatedly said that she was British-born. She also touched the guest’s hair, brushing it aside to see her name tag.
The racial element may have been lacking in your case, but it is nonetheless rude to press people to disclose their supposed origins, and atrociously rude to suggest that only shame could prevent them from answering nosy questions. Just repeat, as did the guest at Buckingham Palace, “I told you where I was from.” And cut off insults by walking away.: That depends. Are you a parent whose children are lounging around while you do all the work? Then you should assign them tasks.
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