Quote: I did OK with not asking h if he was "feeling better" choosing instead to ask "how are you feeling"?
Don't know where this first popped up, but this is a BRILLIANT observation on someone's part (yours, perhaps?) that in answer to the question "Are you feeling better?" no one likes to respond "Noooooo" and sound like a whiner, and yet no one wants to say "Yes," for fear of cutting off any extra attention they might need!
Oh, boyohboy! I'm rarely sick, but when I am I'm down for the count, and I always hated answering the question "Are you feeling better?" for fear of sounding like a total drag, or worse, like I don't need any sympathy.