Alt. Profile @Th4tGuyII
It ia very much an English speaking world thing, but I wouldn’t say US-centric as we have basically the same greeting in the UK.
Yeah, that wouldn’t fly as much here either - if somebody asked how my day was, I’d be inclined to think they want a summary at least.
As others have pointed out, the problem is “How are you?” on its own is generally a greeting not a question.
As such the answer is largely irrelevant - so while it doesn’t have to be outright lie, the answer shouldn’t be longer than a single statement and shouldn’t make the other person feel like they need to be concerned.
If you want a slightly less beaming answer you could go with “Alright”, “same old, same old”, “same as always”, or “Eh, could be worse”, or any of the other suggestions already made.
I’d be honest. Life is as much (if not more) about luck as it is skill.
There are smart folks out there who have spent their entire lives working hard, probably made decent money, but will never be rich because an opportunity they were equipped to capitalise on just never arrived.
By that same score, there are people who stumble onto or are born into opportunities for wealth that most people will never see by sheer happenstance.
My only impression of him being that he enabled your wife’s cheating, I’d hazard a guess he was born into his opportunity - and while that doesn’t diminish his own efforts, its not a fair comparison to make. Apples to oranges and all that.
I’ve been using protonmail basically since its inception for money-related stuff (due to it being secure), and the one time I’ve had a fraud flag appear while using it was due to being on a VPN at the same time.
… But I’ve had that also happen when I used to daily drive Gmail, so I can’t imagine the Proton part made the difference.
Obviously anecdotes aren’t very good evidence, and maybe in your experience it was your email - but if that is the case, I’d be weary of any provider that automatically flags non-“big tech” addresses as fraudulent. That likely means they’re rather lazy about their cybersecurity.