{"id":142185,"date":"2021-10-29T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=142185"},"modified":"2021-10-29T08:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:39:38","slug":"how-are-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=142185","title":{"rendered":"How are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t understand why this is such a charged question. Most of the time when I check in with someone who’s been absent due to illness or for some reason I am not aware of, I get a defensive responsive such as “Why do you ask?”<\/p>\n

So if asking how are you or how are you feeling is so charged, what’s a better alternative that’s less likely to elicit a defensive or aggressive response? <\/p>\n

And what sort of person gets defensive about this sort of innocent inquiry? Or is there something weird about me that’s weirding people out here? <\/p>\n