How to politely tell beautician not to repeatedly ask ...

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FurnitureUpcyler · 26/04/2024 23:10

I've been going to the same beautician for years and she's really lovely.

We like a chat while I'm having my treatment but every visit she asks me the same questions. For example "does X still live at home", "how is your friend's shop doing", "have you heard anything from Y down south since you fell out" ( we fell out in 2019 & she still asks even though I've said its dead in the water!)
It feels a bit like she's on autopilot.

I try to get in first with different subjects but it always seems to come back to the same tiring scenario, I reached the point where I considered going somewhere else but I really don't want that.

Is there a kind way to say " Please, no more! You're driving me nuts!"? 🤦‍♀️

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WigglyVonWaggly · 26/04/2024 23:18

Really boring. She probably thinks she seems like a very attentive person with a good memory, but the same questions on endless repeat for years are dull. I think I’d make it a bit more emphatic. “Do you not remember me telling you that I’ve not seen Y for four years? I’ll never see her again. You’ve asked a few times over the years so I wondered if you’d forgotten.”

”Same. Still living away from home.”

And then for really tedious stuff, kill it dead. “No idea.” Or, if the mere reason for asking you such bloody boring stuff makes you crabby, ask “Why?”

Happybirthdaytotheground · 26/04/2024 23:15

Can you tell her you need to listen to an interview/podcast/training audio for work and put your headphones in?

MsFaversham · 26/04/2024 23:11

Take headphones and say you just want to chill out today. Rinse and repeat.

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