So, don't talk to you about your PhD at all? I understand someone would expect his close friends not to ask those questions, but you can't seriously hope the av

So, don't talk to you about your PhD at all? I understand someone would expect his close friends not to ask those questions, but you can't seriously hope the average people will know what to tell you. You could just ignore the "wrong" question and answer it properly: a) When are you going to graduate? - I can't know for sure, but I hope it will be in two years or so. b) Do you have such and such holiday "off"? - No. And no matter what you tell me, I can not accept you saying that "you must be so much smarter than me" is offensive. Even if I don't like hearing that myself.