"How many acers do I have?"

[SolocamShooter]

Wow the stuff some people get offended by....

[wisco-hunter]

[QUOTE=SwampRabbit;10583961]If you don't really care, then why ask such a specific question? QUOTE]

Never really thought why, I guess just out of curiosity. But point taken by the rest of the posts, people are way too easily offended...I will keep on asking

[DXT_07]

This is the first I have heard of this. Never thought about it I guess. We have land and several cows and it has never bothered me that people ask how many head we run per acre. I always thought it has more to do with the amount of rain we have had and the weather than being nosy. JMO

[Palmetto]

It's never bothered me, but after reading this thread, I think I will start getting offended from now on. Just to mix it up a little.....

What really bothers me is when you buy something new, and someone asks what you paid for it. I usually just say "100 million thousand dollars". LOL.

[cj7zrcool]

17 acres, 2 cows, 2 calves, 2 llamas, 1 dog, 1 cat....a few goats and a couple more cows to come.

[SwampRabbit]

It's never bothered me, but after reading this thread, I think I will start getting offended from now on. Just to mix it up a little.....

What really bothers me is when you buy something new, and someone asks what you paid for it. I usually just say "100 million thousand dollars". LOL.

Then there is the inverse... the guy you has to tell you how much he paid.

[Limbwalker]

I think the more personal question would be, did you buy all that yourself?

[Bullseye07]

I ask that question all the time and only one time did someone get offended and they said it was the equivalent of asking them "how big his wife's tata's were"...

I was blindsided by that to say the least and once he finally answered I followed up with the tata's question out of curiosity

So the important question is how big were they?

[Fmjag64]

Not offensive at all in my opinion

[SwampRabbit]

[quote=wisco-hunter;10584103]

If you don't really care, then why ask such a specific question? QUOTE]

Never really thought why, I guess just out of curiosity. But point taken by the rest of the posts, people are way too easily offended...I will keep on asking

People are people. Like I tell my son... sometimes it is not what you say or ask... it is how or when you say or ask.

[Graysonhogs]

It's never bothered me, but after reading this thread, I think I will start getting offended from now on. Just to mix it up a little.....



What really bothers me is when you buy something new, and someone asks what you paid for it. I usually just say "100 million thousand dollars". LOL.

I usually don't ask, I'll just Bing it later if I wanna know.

[Jmh05]

I was just in a converstaion with a guy and he ask me how many acres I have. I guess I'm a little old school. In my mind asking someone how many acres they have, or how many cows do you have, is like asking how much money is in your bank account. I think it's rude. What do ya'll say? How do you answer that without being rude? Who agrees?

I agree with you. It's our family business. We are all involved to some degree in ownership and financially. I personally do not like to discuss numbers. A lot of the time I just say "a few sections" and "enough livestock to keep us busy full time".

I think it's rude to ask how many acres you have.

[Jmh05]

I think somebody else made a valid point. It's dependent on timing and place of the conversation and how it's being asked too. There's an appropriate time and manner to ask and answer that.

[denimdeerslayer]

94 acres and 30 mommas. How is that rude?

[Tex]

If that's all you have to worry about, you don't have anything to worry about. Not rude at all in my opinion.