SMNTY Classics: Why Do You Cry When People Ask if You're Okay?
Stuff Mom Never Told You
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4.0 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The simple question of how you're doing is not always so simple, and can lead to tears. We look into a few common reasons why in this classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:09.2 | Hey, this is Annie. |
| 0:10.3 | And Samantha. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm welcome to Stuff I Never Told You, production by Heart Radio. |
| 0:24.1 | And welcome to another classic. |
| 0:33.8 | We are easing in to the new year with this one, which is why do you cry when people ask if you're okay? |
| 0:40.2 | Because I feel like this comes up for me a lot at the new year when you're hanging out with people you haven't seen for a while and they ask you a completely innocent question. |
| 0:44.9 | And for some reason, you're like, oh, no. |
| 0:47.9 | You'd not want to know. |
| 0:51.2 | Yeah. Yeah. But I also have another version of it |
| 0:54.8 | That I noticed myself a lot over this holiday |
| 0:56.9 | Which is |
| 0:58.5 | I want to come back and do another Monday mini on this |
| 1:01.5 | Which is almost the very quick |
| 1:04.1 | Clearly stressed |
| 1:05.2 | No, I'm fine |
| 1:05.8 | I'm fine |
| 1:08.6 | And everybody's like |
| 1:09.7 | Oh no |
| 1:10.4 | She is not doing well. |
| 1:15.6 | Oh, you shouldn't ask because it could be a problem. |
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