"How are you?": What is your response?
I am asking specifically about interactions with strangers or acquaintances. Hopefully my friends actually do care how I am.
Do you answer the question, or do you assume that the asker has no interest in how you actually are, and so no answer is necessary?
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I am always great :) sometimes I will even sing them alittle song
“Good” and I always leave it at that, even when I am the farthest from “good”. I never tell people when I’m feeling bad.
I ignore it, and take it for the greeting that it is.
I’m doing fine.
I don’t read anything into it accept what it appears to be…a person being nice!
Unless I’ve just been hit by a bus or a garbage truck, and am bleeding profusely, I take it as a greeting and move on.
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I generally respond “good, and you?” Unless I’m having a really, really, really bad day and the person asking is someone I know well, in which case I’ll say “I’ve had better days, and how are things with you?”
I typically respond with one of two greetings. “Nearly flawless” which seems to make people happy (they smile). And lately, when things are rather stressful, I say, “Livin’ my damn dream.”
I am blessed and how are you? :~)
George Carlin said his favorite response was “I’m moderately neato”.
I’m not dead yet. How about yourself?
Depends on how I am feeling on that particular day.
- Good day: “I’m great, thanks, and you?”
– Not-so-great-day: “I’m alright, thanks.”
– Bad day: “Well, I must be fine ‘cause my heart’s still beating.”
I have found that I am more inclined to lie about how I am feeling to people I actually know. There was a period in high school where if I said “I’m tired” my close friends would know that something was wrong and I was trying to get out of discussing it. I had to change how I responded to them after that.
I’m absolutely fine. Hope you are also :)
I usually answer this question with either “I’m fine thank you, you?” or “Not too bad thanks”.
What a coincidence! I just ask myself about this. However, it was sent to me by a girl. At that time, i was not in a mood to talk to her. so i said, ‘all praises to god’ and she continue to message me.wow
“Fine! How are you doin’?”
If my friend and I are out having an early breakfast someplace (Perkins) and he asked I’d might say:
“Oh man! I am busy. This one contract is a nightmare. Are you booked?”
I say “Fine.” Then I think, shit! I sound boring. But that’s usually how I feel . . . finely bored.
sometimes I would say, “I am fine” when I am not.
Depends on how well I know the person who asks, but of the time I simply say, “Good, thanks. You?”
I’ve found that’s really about all most people want/need to hear.
I say “I’m fine thanks, and you?”. It’s nearly always true. And if it isn’t, it’s not something I’d want to share with anyone but my closest friends.
Co workers: “I’m wonderful, thanks for asking- you?”
Acquaintances: “I’m well, how have you been?
Friends: I’ll tell the truth if there’s something unusual but otherwise I’m usually in the Pink.
I work as a clerk and my answers always vary. If it’s someone that I know I can cut up with I’ll say something to the effect of “well I’d bitch but, no one would want to hear it.” Or “finer than frog hair split 4 ways.” Two of my faves.
“I AM SUPER! THANKS FOR ASKING!”...Gotta luv South Park!
“I am doing just great…..I hope you are!” But you gotta really mean it. I almost always get a smile with a tiny pause because its unexpected…occasionally a “Do you really care?” but its amazing how many people appreciate it!
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