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What does it mean when you ask someone how they are doing and they say, don't ask?
Today we'll share three conversation openers that are ideal for building connection.
Hi Aubrey, hey Aubrey, so how was your weekend?
Ugh, don't ask.
Oh no, everything okay?
Yes, it was actually fun and fine, but we had to use don't ask.
I do say this a lot if things are going poorly or
if I'm upset with my kids and someone will be like,
how are the kids?
Don't ask.
Yeah.
So today we're going to be talking about this guys.