Friend: How are you?
Me: Do you want an honest answer?
Friend: Uhhhhhh
Me: I’m well 🙂
Friend: Good!
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Jun15
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Friend: How are you?
Me: Do you want an honest answer?
Friend: Uhhhhhh
Me: I’m well 🙂
Friend: Good!
…
a2eternity 
Yeah this is a surprisingly difficult question. Whether to blurt out the truth or tell the person what they want to hear.
I must say that rather than saying “I am well” I will say “Not too bad thanks” if I am feeling less than good. Or I will use “pretty well”. Most people take both of them as a “I am well” anyway.
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I will usually say I’m “ok” or “alright” if I’m not well. People assume I’m well no matter what I say, so I don’t find it matters much.
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That’s funny! 😀 If I can’t honestly say that I’m (doing) awesome, I try to come up with something funny….
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I’ve worked in customer service my whole life, so I also know how messed up that question can be when asked by a stranger or even coworkers sometimes. I always have an internal debate about the best way to answer. Sometimes I want to be honest, just so people realize how loaded that question can be, and then of course when I really should say I’m having a bad day to my support system, I don’t.
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