Sorry to hear you've had such negative experiences with some very rude people! That is so incredibly intrusive of them. I wonder if it might help to have some stock responses prepared for when people ask questions? I find that helps me feel less flustered when answering. Because of my job it's mainly young teenagers' questions I'm prepared for and as they don't know any better they get a polite 'gosh, that's quite a personal question' and then I change the subject to help them learn that it's polite not to ask, but with adults who I feel should know better, they get a sarcastic 'I fell in a blender'. I also particularly enjoyed another member's suggestion I heard a while ago of responding to 'what happened to your arms' with 'what happened to your manners' :P So maybe having a rehearsed way of asking people to not touch you or invade your privacy might help in these situations?
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