Comment on I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change?
dennis5wheel@programming.dev 5 months agoactually I don’t agree.
To me this is deflection: they ask me something I don’t want to answer, I lie to them and try to stay away from them: I don’t disclose anything about me, they don’t feel offended, don’t start drama and leave me alone.
Gossips are gonna gossip no matter what I say, they need it, so I’d better disclose false information so they can attack me the least.
My strategy if they ask me again about my age if they suspect I lied to them or if they hear from other gossips my real age: lie again or say a ludicrous number. If they keep pestering me, remind them to go to work and go to work.
Sometimes I think I should work somewhere else.