How do you answer the question: how was your weekend?

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For context I have severe anxiety and show autistic traits:

When I go back to work people always say this and I never know how to.answer. do people just want a generic it was ok answer, or if it was bad do they want to know.

It's very confusing, so I normally just don't talk to people.

I always say it was nice/ok/rubbish depending on how it was and then say one thing I did eg. Went for a nice meal/walk/looked after sick kids.

"Yeah, good thanks" - most Mondays this is what I say. When I've done something a bit different, it's "Yeah, good thanks - went to Liverpool" or whatever.

Just say “good thanks, how was yours” it’s just one of those questions that are really just a social greeting like “ how are you?” , or “ hot isn’t it? “, no one really wants to listen to your riveting story of half an hour of your life wasted trying to find a parking space in B and Q.

I say it was. Good/ a bit rubbish and one reason. And if I don’t want to say much I just say I enjoyed the sunshine/ changing colours of autumn or whatever. But there is usually one thing I’m happy to divulge- went for a nice walk/ saw my parents or something like that

'Good thanks, very quiet' or 'Good Thanks, pretty hectic' depending on whether it was quiet or hectic.

Sometimes people at work will throw in a 'not great to be honest, I was down with a headache most of it' or whatever and receive brief commiserations in return.

Nobody is looking for anything more than a few fleeting words, unless there's anything especially notable to add.

Good and you? Or good I did X what about you?
No one wants the bad unless they're really close friends
I'm autistic too and used to struggle with this type of thing too until I realised its more of a greeting like good morning than a actual legit question if that makes sense.

Thankyou everyone. You've been really helpful; people are just so tricky

"lovely thank you, we went to (wherever)"
"Not bad thanks, had a nice quiet one"
Add "How about you?" to both.

I'm also autistic and I used to overshare but no I realise it's just a kind of conversation thing. So I just say something like "good thanks"
Or "quiet"

I usually say "it was nice thanks" and then think if something I've done like "We had a nice walk in xxxx, it's lovely there. How was your weekend?". If I didn't do much I'll say "Just had a quiet one, pottering about. How was yours?".

I don’t have autism but I’m not good at small talk so my stick phrase in this situation is “it was lovely, thanks. Hard to believe it’s Monday again”. That gives the other person a chance to nod and agree without having to ask much else!

Just a quick, “yeah nice thanks, how was yours?” - it’s like a greeting really. Similar to “hi, how are you?” - generally it’s just a pleasantry, they aren’t really asking how you are!

"Yeah, it was alright thanks. Busy."
Or
"Yeah, it was alright thanks. Quiet."
Then follow up with a, "how about you?"

I think you could respond with 'it was good thanks, how was yours?'. If it wasn't good opt for 'just a quiet one, how about you?'

I wouldn't go into lots of detail about my bad weekend with people from work unless it was something significant they needed to know like my child had been in hospital or I'd been ill all weekend.

I usually say it was nice thank you, how was yours?