Disliking ''How are you?''

It happened in an unexpected way as always, the end of reasoning and final conclusion to ''Why I don't like being asked how I feel'' stopped me on a way to the toilet. Stuck out tongue

I know why now. It does not matter if I'm good or bad at the moment of being asked, and it was leading my reasoning astray, I was wrong to think I don't like it only when I'm not good. The truth is, I would never be allowed to give full answer. It would have been interrupted with one of many reasons, e.g. stop complaining, you're weirdo, and giving half an answer is misleading. I've felt bad after, or worse than before, and I couldn't tell why exactly, or what I feel, but  I identified that feeling at last, as feeling like a liar.

It's funny as most of the time any answer to that question is a lie, and they keep forcing us to do it. So, the answer was right in front of me, congrats Mr Hilary

I begun to practise dodging answering, we'll see how it goes.

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  • I usually just reel off the same reply, fine thanks! And I never am. Very occasionally I will say ‘not great’ and enjoy watching the response. Of course that’s when I’m talking in person. In text, IGrimacingm more inclined to say it as it is. They can either respond or not. I don’t care anymore. I’m used to the ‘no response’. I’m struggling particularly right now. I have to go to work shortly, and everGrimacingne will be asking me ‘how are you’ etc. Today they’ll be lucky to get a response. I might even manage a jumbled string of unrelated words. Who knows? GrimacingJoy

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  • I usually just reel off the same reply, fine thanks! And I never am. Very occasionally I will say ‘not great’ and enjoy watching the response. Of course that’s when I’m talking in person. In text, IGrimacingm more inclined to say it as it is. They can either respond or not. I don’t care anymore. I’m used to the ‘no response’. I’m struggling particularly right now. I have to go to work shortly, and everGrimacingne will be asking me ‘how are you’ etc. Today they’ll be lucky to get a response. I might even manage a jumbled string of unrelated words. Who knows? GrimacingJoy

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