How to defend against a queen sniper

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TheRealJimal
I play against a buddy, who as soon as the queens are staring at each other in early game, will just snipe the queen for no reasons other than 1) he knows how annoying it is and 2) to take away my ability to castle. Does anyone have any good advice or openings that I can try to mitigate this annoyance?
Knife_Takes_Rookie

"sniping the queen" sounds like another word for "I'm totally allowing my opponent to force the queen exchange early in the opening"

Knife_Takes_Rookie

Idk what opening positions y'all are playing but sliding your knight in front of the queen to protect from an assault usually works, every time