You don't have to say "i'm doing fine" unless it's someone you don't want in your business. If it's a good friend who could lend you support I would say "I'm doing as best I can under the circumstances. " That leaves the door open for more if they want to offer. "I'm fine" shuts them out.
Thx kml! Sometimes the mind is too boogled even for the simplest of answers. I wanted to go more on the “you have no idea how messed up he is path” but held myself back. I liked “doing the best I can under the circumstances”...leaving the door open if he wanted to ask more....I really wanted to ask “what did H tell you” but I also didn’t want to turn it into an online written laundry airing session...in the future if he reaches out I’ll see where that goes.
