Some Things That People Have No Automatic Right To Ask You...

I believe there is a picture of Jesus on the Shroud of Turin. As far as his nationally is concerned, his mother Mary was from the tribe of Judah that still exists today in Ethiopia and is black. By blood, that would make Jesus a black man or at least partially. If you know the bible at all you would know that Jesus was single his whole life that was devoted entirely to accomplishing the work that his heavenly father had prepared for him beforehand. There was no sexual history. What you can harness is the power of the Holy Spirit.

I missed this thread's resurrection yesterday. It's a good one, well worth the disinterring.

My humble opinion is this: People have the right to choose whether to share personal information. There is no obligation to do so.

People also have a right to ask any question they like, not that they should though. Some maturity and consideration should go into determining whether it is appropriate to ask a given question, and whether to consider a response necessary in that context.

One caveat I will toss in, which was hinted at in the OP: a mutually-agreed dating situation is fundamentally different than a casual social interaction. There is a time for all things, though it isn't Everything Right Now.

This reminds me of something that happened about a year or so ago...I went to this Meetup group and they already were not very inclusive to begin with and I am sitting here feeling awkward not knowing what to say. Well, one of the leaders, after like ten minutes of ignoring my presence, then proceeds to ask me what I do for a living...what?? It seems to me, that when people ask that right away, that they are trying to determine if you are 'cool enough' for them, based on what you do and I hate that. I don't mind people asking me that once we have talked for awhile, but I found it rude to just ask that when an appropriate thing to say would have been asking what other groups I been part of, how long I been in the city, etc. I was off put by this question and made a hand motion that said I didn't want to discuss that and then I left...I was SOOOOOOOO mad! LOL

Each and everyone of us may share things people dont want to know or ask questions people dont feel comfortable answering...

personally, I dont usually have issues answering pointed and sometimes very personal questions...but there is nothing wrong with refusing to...
I try not to ask someone openly something personal unless I know them well enough to know they are ok with such a question being asked...

theres a time and place for everything...but not with everyone