rhetorical questions and answers no one really wants to hear.

"are you okay?"
"how are you?"
what did you expect to hear, really?
what, would anyone reply anything else?
who'd ever say:
"no i feel like shit right now, and my life is 100 shades of fucked up at the moment."
it's one of those questions where there's really no other answer.
you're practically programmed to say "i'm fine."
know why?
cos that's what everyone wants to hear
or what everyone thinks they should be hearing.
it's just an answer no one really cares enough about to pay attention to. 
it's out of politeness, ease of conversation that they ask such things.

i say i'm fine namely cos
a) i really don't want to talk about it.
b) i don't trust you enough.
c) it's too hard to explain why i feel a shit as i do.

maybe there are people who really are fine.
who knows?
i'm saying this based on...
a hella a lot of experience.

but i do wonder tho...

why ask a question when you already know the answer?

- Dina x