Maybe It's OK To Say "I'm Fine" Even When You're Not   Jun 27,
2013 at 10:30am | Leave a comment  “I’m fine.”  It’s the stock
response to any inquiry about how you’re feeling in this
country. You run into someone at the grocery store, you ask how
that person is doing, the response is “I’m fine.” Your partner
is curled up in the armchair with a frown, and if you ask what’s
up, “I’m fine” is what you hear.  Everybody’s doing just fine.
Like this woman, who has apparently been sucked into an
alternate universe as an Ikea staging prop.   Photo credit:  On
Reddit, someone evidently asked “Why do women say ‘I’m fine’
when they’re clearly not?” (I can't find the original thread,
which is the only reason I'm not linking/giving credit to the
poster.) I’m assuming in this case that the original poster
wasn’t referring to the social convention of saying you’re
“fine” in response to casual inquiries when the person doesn’t
actually want to know and is following a social formula (grocery
store, teller line at the bank,