If someone's going to ask me such personal questions I make my displeasure known:
Why you don't have a social life,
"Because most people I know are twats, that's why."
never have had a boyfriend/girlfriend,
"Why, are you interested?" << really tends to annoy them, that one!
Or don't have any friends?
Ditto with: "most people I know are twats".
My mom has been yelling at me for this ever since I moved back home and I don't know what to say. At first I just sort of laughed it off and made a joke, but now she's been asking me seriously and gets mad at me when I'm not serious. What am I supposed to say?
Say the above. None of them are actually her business. If what she's driving at is, 'why do you still live at home?' then she needs to say so. I'd say that the answer to questions one and three are true enough even if they are 1/2 in jest. So if she tries to get you to answer them truthfully, repeat the answers. She'll get the message.
She doesn't even know about my SA and thinks that I should be a 'normal' person.
Ah, my other half's dad is like that. According to him there's no such thing as mental illness, depression, being upset or anything like that. As far as he's concerned, some people just start moping around for some reason. As far as
I'm concerned, for as long as he insists on taking that view, he doesn't deserve a proper response.
I can't even begin to tell her the truth, because the truth makes me feel like an idiot. Is there a...polite, sort of vague thing to say to these types of questions that doesn't make you come off as rude? Ugh I hate trying to be normal.
Just be direct, mate. If someone's going to be that rude to you - including the 'rents - then be just as rude back. Don't try to be vague, be firm about it. If you don't feel comfortable around others, it's your right to feel that way. If you're annoyed that you're at a stage in life where you feel like that, it's your right to be annoyed about it.
Those are your feelings and they're valid. State them. And if she has a go at you for it, tell her I made you do it