when i ask “how are you” that’s actually shorthand for “how are you still waking up every day and going about your daily life when it feels like society is disintegrating like a nature valley bar”
I just saw this qoute that said “i’m glad we don’t talk anymore but I still think about you on your birthday” there're so many people I outgrew, lost connection with, or cut ties with but I always remember them on their birthday and I probably will, for the rest of my life.