What do you say when you’re sad or have something on your mind and people ask you ‘Are you OK?‘ ?

This is the question Kel posted on Teahouse* this week. And most of the answers were along the lines of ‘I don’t say anything’ or ‘I say I’m fine‘.

So I sat at my desk and thought about it. What do I tend to do? And here’s my answer.

Until 2003, I followed the French custom of saying:
- ‘Ca va?’
- ‘Ca va.’
Which can be translated as:
- ‘You Ok?’
- ‘Yeah, I’m OK.’

And I’d say I’m OK even when I clearly was not OK at all. This got me into a bit of trouble when people discovered I was sick. I was either told that I was lying (because I’d always replied I’m OK, so I surely must be OK), or I’d get a serious ticking off for not trusting them, not sharing my problems, being a stranger to friends, bla bla bla.
But they were right. I owed them the truth.
And when they asked how I was, they truly wanted to know how I was doing.

So now when someone asks me how I am, I try to be honest. It’s not attention seeking at all. It’s simply living by the truth. I don’t go into detail every time though! lol Of course not. But I assume that if someone asks, then they want to know. And if they don’t like my answer, then they don’t have to ask again. As simple as that.

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Tell me, what do you say when you’re not feeling great and someone asks you how you’re doing?

EDIT: Monday April 6th 2009
I’m sorting and renaming some of the Subeta images on my site. Some will not appear until I have updated the code with their new name.
Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience! <3

EDIT: Wednesday April 8th 2009
I killed my layout! Ha ha! lol
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The Spazland doll maker was revamped. n_n So I had a little play around with it. And the doll on the side is me, Spazzland-ified!

And for those who are curious to see what I ended up drawing for Ferny, take a look at my art portfolio for the avatar and signature I drew her. n_n

Site wise, I’ve added a new page with the picture and name of the items needed to create the Frankencluck and Frankenpie. Check out the Franken pieces page and tell me what you think.

And I’m pretty fond of this particular feature that I’ve included into my main Subeta gallery. It’s a section entirely dedicated to Subeta Error Pages*! lol

Still Subeta related, the equine type animal, Hikei, went through with it’s revamp this week. It’s quite a popular species to adopt but hopefully it’s updated art will please the majority. You can still find the previous Hikei versions* in the archives gallery, and the current and new Hikeis* in the main gallery.

More of a personal blog next time; right now I’m feeling really tired. Oh and please do take a look at Kat*’s new layout. It’s been up for several days already but it’s really nice to look at and browse her website with.

Bunch of hugs to you all out there,
xx Jo