I have asked a number of questions that have no bearing on me at all. For another person or to assist another person. Good point as we can often assume an asker is asking for themselves. At times I will say, this is not for me but for a friend. Sometimes not. I often get the feeling though, that I have to read between the lines since, people might play down how important it is to them, or not want to “just come out with it”. I could be wrong though.