I am a member of hair club for men (wigs, toupee, etc).

If a new "friend" asks me in front of several others if I am bald, how should I respond?

My basic premises are: this is personal; this is humiliating; this is "low" tactic.

Some options I considered:

1. Accept it eventhough I am hurt, offended, and want to slap the person.

2. Accept it and inform the person that I am hurt and offended and that he/she should put himself/herself in my situation. Ask if he/she would ask that same question publicly if a person has breast implant or penile implant.

3. Tell the person that he/she is inappropriate, uncultivated, improper, vicious, etc (give me some more vocabs). That is attack a little.

4. Tell the person that he/she is "whatever" that is appropriate to that person (fat, stupid, short, ugly, etc). That is fire for fire.

5. Deny it and see how long I can get away with it.

6. Joke about it somehow?