How are you doing??
Everyone keeps asking me "how are you doing?" Partly, I think it is a knee-jerk reaction because everyone says that when greeting each other. However, it has been 3 weeks since my baby passed (at 39 weeks) and I've started seeing people more often. I've noticed that some people are doing this...
Them "How are you doing?"
Me "Oh, you know, just devastated, tired"
Them "I know. It's just terrible... but... other than that... how are you doing? Are you healing up ok physically? Are you feeling better after time?"
What am I supposed to say? Yeah... other than being really, really bad, I'm good... ?!?
It seems like people won't stop talking about 'how I'm doing' until I admit that I am ok or doing better than yesterday. They want to hear me say that I am fine. Like, they can't stop talking about it until it ends on a positive.
IDK what to say. I want to be honest, but I also want that part of the interaction to be over!