Stop Saying 'I'm Fine' - Ways to Respond to 'Hello, how are you?'

In school you learned to say "I'm fine, thank you, and you?"
This lesson will show you better ways to answer "How are you?"
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[aintgonnaletuknow]

omg "I'm fine thank you and you?" is such an international thing 🤣🤣 teachers all around the world taught like this.

[dementos]

"You alright?"
"Yeah, i'm alright, you alright?"
"I'm alright"
"All righty then! right, i'm off"
"alright, see ya"

[mykhailohoy]

"Alright?"
"Alright. Alright?"
"Alright."

[patrickhodson]

I had a teacher who always answered “I’m doing way better than I deserve” and I like that one a lot

[kelvinho]

"They ask u how u are, u have to say that you’re fine, when you’re not really fine, but u just can’t get into it cuz they wouldn’t ever understand"

[giangquynhtrang]

Other ways to say " How are you?"
+ How is it going?
+ How are you doing?
+ you alright?
+ you okay?
+ alright?

+ what's up?
+ what is the matter?
+you alright?
+you okay?
=)pay close attentions to intonation.

Other ways to answer:
"I'm fine, thank you"
+ yeah, I'm good/great/pretty good
+ yeah, I'm alright
+ yeah, doing well/good
Well, I'm a bit tired/sleepy/I'll
I 've been better/ better days
Not doing so well

[dakdakgoos]

Haha, My sister had a Japanese boyfriend. When I first met him I was kinda depressed at the time, so he opened with "What is wrong with you?"

[imperiallarch]

American here: when someone asks "How are you?" in a situation where you don't want to make small talk, it is totally acceptable to reply "Fine, thanks." If you're talking to them for a reason, you can immediately follow up with it - for example, if the bank teller asked how you're doing, you could reply "Fine, thanks, I'm here to make a deposit." Or if you don't have a reason to be talking to them, and don't want to, you can just stop there - for example, the person next to you on the bus says "How you doin'?" and you reply "Fine, thanks, " and pretend to check your phone.

Some people won't take the hint, unfortunately, and will keep talking.

Also note that it is always okay to say that you're "fine, " "okay, " "alright, " or even "good" no matter how bad you actually feel. 95% of the time "How are you doing?" is just a casual greeting and they don't really want to know how you're doing.

[thenyougothit]

My favorite is “still breathing, thanks”

[compagniaelvira]

- How are you?
- I was better before you asked me.

[Mr.Nichan]

My whole family dies after they murdered all my friends.
Q: "How's it going?"
A: "I've been better."
Englishness mastered.

[monsieurcoba]

Friend: You good?
Brain cell 1: I'm good
Brain cell 2: I'm okay
Me: "I'm gay"

[amandadossier]

meeting someone in brazil:
A:"hey, how are you?"
B:"hey, how are you?"
they hug each other and no one answers

[hoshistan]

"we're British, we don't have feelings"
Me Brazilian with the most emotional and enthusiastic reactions for each and every situation: "oh ok..."

[anomalousdelirium]

Q : "You okay ?"
A : "It's just a flesh wound."

[raragrace]

Meanwhile in Australia:

Stranger walking past: how’s it going?
Me with a quick smile and nod: hey
Both: keep walking

Neighbour: hey, how are you going?
Me: good thanks, and you?
Neighbour: yeah I’m good, and you?
Me: yup, I’m good, see you later

Close friend: how are you?
Me extremely depressed: a bit down but okay

Super market checkout person: bye
Me: thanks, you too!

[Vitaliuz]

- "How are you?"
- "Well... My grandma died a bit."

[veliar]

“We British don’t have emotions”
— How are you?
— Well.. a bit ill
*accidentally coughs his lungs out*

[FruityHachi]

- what's your problem?
- i'm fine, thanks, you?

[jeff-ramos]

For Americans, we'd never say "Yeah" to begin the reply. In fact, most of the time people just respond with another greeting question without actually answering. 1:"How's it going?" 2:"How's it going?"

Also, if you ask someone "Are you ok?" or "Are you alright?" with any intonation whatsoever, people will interpret that as you think there is something wrong with them. Do not use these.