fine

If somebody tells you that they are fine or that everything is fine...assume the worst. Fine is the best cover word in the English language.

The easiest way to detect if fine really isn't fine is when it is paired with a word like perfectly. "I'm perfectly fine."

Oh are you, because if you were perfectly fine then you would have said you're good or you're great.

Nobody is ever "perfectly fine".

To all the mothers out there: When you call home to your children while on vacation asking if everything is alright and they resppond that everything is fine, please notify the police. Either a) your kids are throwing a party or b) they left a curling iron or toaster plugged in and part of your house has been damaged.

To all the boys and girls out there: When your significant other says "no it's fine" you better get your ass to apologizing and making it up to them. By the time they've said it's fine you are in deep. They're obviously agitated about something so you better play your best detective and figure it out.

To all the parents out there: When your kid says they're fine they aren't. Ask them if they want to talk about it and if not then don't push them. Heartache and other various teenage life crises are probably at work. They'll come around, and if they don't be sure that something more serious isn't wrong.

To everyone: Fine isn't fine and it never will be. If you find yourself sayng you're fine then you are simply not as happy as you could be. Be happy. Be better than fine.

NP: Yours Truly- Sol