"how are you?" response

I don't say excellent of fantastic even if I feel so. You can also say 'okay' and that is quite normal to say it if you are not feeling good. If I feel good I will say 'good' for sure or sometimes 'very good'. If I am sick and hospital, I won't say 'fine', I won't say I am bad either. Instead, I will say I am sick and getting better.

i am used to reply with "i am fine. thank you". i don't know, maybe that's what i also hear from other people most of the time. well, it really depends in the situation. who will answer good is someone would be asked this question and you are really not in the good mood or not feeling good. to be safe, i am fine would be better. well, thank you for asking.

Yes, when you get out and about and meet people and chat with them, it can really raise the spirits, especially if like me you work alone a lot. I am a therapist, and people come to me with problems all the time. I recognized many years ago, that I need interaction with other people who are just willing to pass the time chatting about various everyday things. _Derek

It depends. Acquaintances, Fine and then move onto whatever we need to talk about, same with business people. Friends, I actually tell them how I'm feeling. Which is like my life is up in the air and I'm dependent on trying to figure out how to pay the next bill.

Since things are bad, I say "I'm hanging in there." Then they say, "We all are. That's all we can do." I say this because I'm letting them know that I won't give up, I won't surrender and that I'm fighting to make things good for me and others.

i would answer, i'm fine, thank you. how about you? :D that's my usual answer when someone asks me that kind of question. this someone is curious in my condition that's why i also need to care/curious on how he/she is. that's the way it goes for me. happy mylotting

i'm fine thank you, just a little bit tired but fine. haha, that's a very common answer, most people would say the same even if they are not really feeling well.

This is the one question that always stumps me. The truthful answer could be very long and boring. But I don't want to lie. I usually say "I don't know" or "I think I'm alright, but let me know if you hear anything else". I try to avoid being asked how are you whenever possible, or I cut them off and ask "How are YOU"?

Yes mostly peoples gave their answers excellent, fine, good, well..etc.. but if you asked me.. then i will gave you answered in my own Hindi language.. "DUAA HAI AAP KI".. means i am good.. as on your pray from God..have a nice day and keep mylotting always..

Fine, thank you, what about you?

hi my friend! don't feel hurt about that what I am going to say, but if you want to post quality discussions, you better choose more reasonable questions :) I mean, not like these where people can only answer " yes, I have" or "Fine". Try to be creative ! And yes, i have been asked this question and I just answer "fine, thanks"

Cintoy: Hello. I'm doing great! Thank you! When I saw the title of your discussion I thoght it was going to be about how can someone answer fine when they really are terrible or something like this. Then you really surprised me talking about answering with more enthusiasm and raising my spirit and other person's spirit too. I think from tomorrow on I'll answer in a more possitive way. On the other hand, my husband always answers he is very very good! And he has been these 2 days very sick, in bed, with fever and high blood pressure. But in spite all of this when his friends call he says he is very good! I was thinking, they are going to think he is just pretending to be sick or something if he keeps saying that, but I can see now, he is just trying to be possitive! Well, have a very nice day Cintoy! Libna.

everytime somebody asked me how i was i would say im ok, i dont want people feelings badd for me if iam not happy. i rather have a nice conversation rather than the other person feeling uncomfortable due to my problems. so yea your right its always better to say your fine to raise your spirit

fine thank you

i'd say, "i'm doing good." but i guess it depends on whom i'm talking to. if i'm really close to the person asking me that question, i'd usually talk way too much than just saying i'm good or i'm doing good. :D

I think it's better to respond the way you do because other people don't want to hear about your problems. That's what I was taught, anyway. When somebody asks me how I am, I respond with "fine", "okay", or "all right". I think it's all right to respond like this, too. I hope I don't come across like I'm bragging but I've always been considered a friendly person and I do respond when somebody asks me this. So many people will start telling you about their problems when you ask them how they are and I, as well as some other people, don't care to hear about them. Some people will respond with "tired" when you ask them how they are and I don't like to hear that, either. When I go to my doctor and she (I go to a woman doctor) asks me how I am, that's a different story. I tell her what my problems are because that's why I'm there. Kathy.

I am fine thank you. By the way what's up with you?

hello "i am fine thank you " is so usual answer that the most of us told and it is like phrase that we don`t need explain to others and just we say it i think you are right on the psyhological level but it doesn`t mean like you understand

i always said fine thanks, only that. or just said not bad. :-D.

feelin good, nothing better than today...