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Do you ever get brief emails saying something like, 'Are you OK?' or 'How are things?' etc. To which I'm expected to give an account of my life's recent events.
I do, and they drive me nuts. I'm tempted to reply an equally curt, 'Fine thanks', but that would sound rude don't you think?
What would you do ?
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No, but when I contact anyone I say a few more words in general than are you OK.
Does it not occur to you that you are expecting someone to write an account of their circumstances and saying nothing. I think it comes from people who are bored.
Writing is quite different from speech. It isn't to my mind the same as saying to someone you meet ' How's things?'
only on AB ! ter daah !
It depends - I suppose - one I see ( in personam) regularly so we just continue where we left off
I get far too much ( as Chris Buen also gets) - that man over there says he was at school with you: do you want to speak to him?
J M Keynes The English would far more prefer that someone fails conventionally than succeeds unconventionally
kinda weird as he was a pillar of the establishment - came form a reesh family and was a Cambridge don ( and was tray reesh himself)
Emails and texts are 'instant' commiunication, Khandro - a bit like posting on AB. It's like having a conversation face to face. If I bump into someone I haven't seen for a while I just say , 'Hello, how are you?' What do you say? Do you hit them with a run down of your recent life history before asking them how they are?
The person I'm contacting may not have the time or inclination to go into detail...or hear about what I'm up too. Short and quick allows for them to go further if they desire. It's opening the door, while letting them know I'm there.
Be glad they are asking after you. Would you be happier if they didn't bother?
//If I meet someone and they say: 'You're looking well', I immediately think what must I look like to prompt them to say that.//
Reminds of the movie Papillon when he's been in solitary for months & is on the point of death from starvation. He asks another prisoner how he looks - "Yeah, you look fine!"