80 interesting questions to ask besides “How are you?”

Stumped by small talk? Here are dozens of interesting questions to ask when you want to unlock deeper conversations, form ...
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35+ Ways to Respond to a "How Are You Text?" (Beyond the Basics)

No matter what kind of app you're using to chat, you can pretty much expect that people will ask about how you're doing. The thing is, how you respond to a "How are you?" text can change the entire ...
Time

How to Respond to ‘How Are You?’ When You’re Not OK

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. If you would have seen Nora McInerny at her 35-year-old husband’s funeral, you might have thought she’d ...
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6 things to say when someone asks ‘How are you?' and you're absolutely not ‘fine'

Unprecedented times are starting to feel like the new normal. What we need to get through these times is social support. But in order to receive it, we have to stop "surface acting," or feeling ...