<p>It gets really frustrating. If you’re truly uncomfortable with a question someone asks you, you could just tell them that you’re not comfortable with giving the answer out, rather than completely ignore him/her, as if s/he never even asked the question in the first place.</p>
<p>(although I have to admit that I sometimes do that too, since some people do try to insist on extracting the answer out of you if you say that you’re not comfortable with responding). and even i must admit that i sometimes ignore minor questions since i hope that they’ll forget that they’ve ever asked the question (in a year they might), whereas they might notice more if you say that you’re not comfortable in giving it out. or i hope that they thought that i didn’t notice the question that was being asked (if it was in a chatroom or email and combined with other messages)</p>
<p>I’m guilty of doing this, but people have to understand: no means no. So many people can not understand this concept and incessantly ask “Why?!” that it gets so annoying that ignoring becomes really the only option I have.</p>
<p>Questions can either be open-ended, like “Who do you like?”, or they can be yes-no types, like “Wanna go to the mall after school?”, and I’m not sure which one you’re asking about, but I’ll assume the former. I’d say dodging questions would be somewhat easier/less awkward than saying that you’re uncomfortable answering. By saying that you’re uncomfortable answer the question, it indicates you have something to hide or w/e. And people might think it a bit shady, especially when they don’t ask deeply probing questions. Not only that, but perhaps the question involves something personal. Perhaps people don’t want to reveal personal things, especially to people they don’t think will care much for it.</p>
<p>I think the reason you find people dodge questions a lot (relative to you) is because you’re (relative to others) more open to disclosing objectionable or odd answers (answers that violate social norms). </p>
<p>Then again, because you are like this (if you are like this…I am assuming), I would think other people might notice this, that they might see you as someone who wouldn’t judge them based on their answer(s). So it’s a bit puzzling. But maybe they are just in the habit of avoiding certain questions. Like questions that I dodge are usually questions I’ve dodged before. They are questions that I sort of dodge instinctively without fully evaluating the situation in which they arise. (because more likely than not, I will not be comfortable sharing, so I just adopt that automatic response).</p>