A friend keeps asking for my email address, I only use it for business, how can I get them to understand?

There are people who do not take 'no' for an answer. Here are a few ways to handle the situation -





1. Create an email for 'friends' like them. This will allow you much peace and quiet after that. Whether or not you check on this account regularly is not of so much importance. You just need to open the account about once a week.


2. You could just change the subject every time the subject is brought up.


3. You could politely and firmly tell them that you do not want to give it to them and then just ignore their requests.





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A friend keeps asking for my email address, I only use it for business, how can I get them to understand?
There is no reason why you cant set up a seperate account for friends to keep in touch. Email accts are free, and its not like its a job to set one up. This is a time where alot of communication is done with comps, so either set one up, or bite the bullet and explain over and over why you cant give it out.
Reply:I typically tell my friends that my company has a policy of no personal emails at work. I then give them one of my personal email accounts (usually my @yahoo.com account).
Reply:Do what I did. Set up a web account like Yahoo or MSN, and give them that. I rarely ever check those and send all my junk email to them.
Reply:Reiterate it again and set up a seprate account that you can keep in touch with through instead.
Reply:I would just set up a different email account. It's not that big a deal.
Reply:I use Graffiti.net as an email address that is no linked to my home address had for about 10 years
Reply:Umm... get another one? Do none of your other friends email you?
Reply:set up a hotmail or yahoo account