If the speaker genuinely wants to know how you are, they vary the format.
When someone asks if you re okay. We females love it when we're asked if we're ok, especially by the males. Another was she asked how i was and i said '' yeah i'm ok i guess'' she replied. I get asked if i’m doing ok when i’m speed walking down the halls.
And so it’s understandable that it may be difficult for someone to open up straight away. If you're asking someone that, you can already tell that they're not. When would you ask someone if they're okay?
That's why it helps to have some funny replies ready in order to keep the conversation light and carefree. People always seem to ask me if i'm okay at the totally wrong time. We love knowing that someone out there actually cares about how we're feeling.
This could be anything from “how are you?” with emphasis to show sincerity, to a change in the script such as “how. We females are naturally emotional. They usually ask me when i'm tired, antisocial, sad or spacing out.
Admitting you aren’t okay is tough. If you can't think of anything good to say, here are some of the silliest replies to use. When someone asks me if i’m ok, it ruins all the work i did to protect myself from my feelings.
There has been a few occasions where she has asked if i'm ok after she sent me two text i didn't reply to for a day. Of course, if you don’t actually “love” the person you’re asking “are you okay” to, then this might not be for you. Usually it’s just my coworkers genuinely wanting to step in and help if they can.