Stopping at fine

There comes a point where asking how someone is doing becomes rude and annoying.

It’s not the first attempt.

‘Hey, are you ok?’ the first time is sweet and thoughtful.

But if you don’t take ‘I’m fine’ as a legitimate answer and you continue to interrogate for a confession then what was once considered considerate can now be classified as intrusive.

There is a fine line between trying to help and respecting when people don’t want to talk about it.