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people desperately trying to protect their privacy or 'personal space'
Well, that one rates a resounding "huh"? A little more detail?
But, it does relate to something that annoys me: people trying to 'read' you. There is one person I work with who does that incessantly. If you don't walk in with a cheery grin and "tally ho everyone! isn't it a wonderful day!" she makes it her mission to find out what is wrong, even when told that it's none of her business. Therein follows a line of 20 questions: didn't you sleep well; did you have a fight with your spouse; maybe your iron level is low - here, take one of my One-A-Days. If you do walk in and have a cheerful manner, she wants to know what happened that made you happy - even to the extent of *smirking* and saying "boy, I bet you had some great sex before work, didn't you?"
It really makes you want to break out the duct tape for her mouth and then tie her to a chair and leave her in the closet until the end of the day
(Sorry, I don't like making two posts, but when I tried to edit the previous post time ran out )
People who can't accept your life choices.
We were transplanted from the Midwest to the Southeast two decades ago. At the time, it really wasn't a choice; more dictated by circumstances (the economy. sound familiar?) Now, we love it here. Yet, going back to visit family, we encounter some who just can't imagine that we like living in a totally different part of the country, far from family. It's always "boy, I bet you miss your folks" (ummm, not really. we see them often enough and actually appreciate the time more because it's rare). "Well, That Place is sure nothing like your home town. C'mon, I just BET you miss a lot of things! And besides, how can you leave your poor mother back here on her own?" (The woman has another son and a whole herd of grandkids to dote on! They keep her quite busy).
And then there's the decision to be childfree. Oh lord. Spouse and I are 59 and 49, respectively. We never wanted kids; never regret not having kids. Yet there are people who insist that we must regret our decision; that if we had it to do over again we would have had kids; that our lives must be empty and without value because we never had kids. Oy, I should have dropped a dollar in a jar for every person (in real life and online) whom I ever had to deal with over that issue. We'd have a large sum of money
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A little more detail? 
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