to find the reply 'really busy' to 'how are you?' every single time really irritating

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Its a pandemic.

We're just crazy busy, non-stop busy, busy busy busy.

Do these people never have a slower period? Never consider say stopping Violet's clarinet lessons or Boris's cricket?

And always with a lofty sigh.

A bit busy at the mo, back laters.

OK, doing fuck all even though it's a lie, does that suit you better?

It has nothing to do with Violets clarinet lessons or Boris's cricket really, at this time of year? either, more to do with me being a student nurse, DP working full time and having two youngish DC, and an older one planning a wedding.

I have an exam on 29th of this month as well as having to put in full time hours on placement.

I am BUSY!! If you can't deal with it, even though you are not the one actually living it, with this level of crazy busy, then stay the fuck away!

Stop asking

I get you. I hate being busy all the time - it's okay for short periods. I just say no to things. Like a big family gathering on DH's side last month. I just didn't go.

I could easily be busy all the time, but I don't do it, largely for my health TBH.

I might be too busy to ask

I'm far too busy for this at the moment. You know how it is, busy, busy, busy!

< lofty sigh >

I'm super insecure so maybe it's just me but when I get that reply, I assume they mean either
Too busy for you
None-yer (none of your business)
Ohhhh I'm soooooo important, I'm in suuuuuuchhhhhh demand, must dash!

I feel so sorry for these bustly bristly busy busy bees.

They clearly can't organise their lives efficiently.

And they just sound so, I don't know, silly and self-important. Like the policeman in Noddy.

On the subject of cricket, winter nets start here tomorrow... just sayin,

And posting prematurely it would appear!That's because I'm so busy I'm multitasking by watching CBB and drinking gin at the same time

I am just, y'know soooo important! Busy busy busy me. Just never stops here

MammaT

Anothe

In reply, I say 'Gosh, poor you. I am a total sloth. Not a thing going on. I don't know why I bother climbing out of bed in the morning.'

Christ even my phone is too busy to post properly!
MammaTJ might you be slightly less busy after your exam on the 29th? Would you share that less busyness?

Never mind.

As my late MIl uses to say:

"Busy hands are happy hands"

Sometimes I want to ask the busy people why, exactly, are they busy? What are they busy with? The people with 36 children working 100 hour weeks will never pull the "so busy" thing, I've noticed.

If you'd asked me last week you'd have been OK, I wasn't busy last week. Now I am. (term has started again).

It's because I'm always busy.

MammaTJ - I hadn't read your post. You are genuinely busy - sorry.

Exactly hassled! The 'busiest' person I know has no dc and a fairly standard 9 to 5 office job.

Less busy after that one exam? That may be a tad optimistic over a three year degree course! I will have my OARS and EU directives to complete then, you have no idea !

Well I am much less busy from next week having been working 20 hrs a week plus a further 10-15hrs of voluntary work on top with only 3hrs a week childcare since September as well as trying to sort out some home improvements. I cannot wait!

I am hugely looking forward to a quieter life from next week. I'm going to get my hair cut and everything! I might even get to sleep a bit!

Some people are just busy. Sometimes we're busy having a bit of down time with the children watching a film or talking about their day and we don't want to spend precious free time with other people having a coffee or showing them how to do an online form or hearing about their holiday. Sometimes we'd love to do those things with you because things are quiet and we are meeting our commitments elsewhere.

Neither of mine do any activities outside of school/nursery at the moment so it's not that I'm terrible busy doing frivolous or nice-to-do things. It's all quite important actually.

I hate when people who I don't know ask how I am (shop assistants are the worst).

They really don't seem interested/genuine when I tell them about my sore tooth/varucca wart/ingrown toenail.

Endoplasmic - that is quite acceptable to have busy periods and less busy periods (under MY criteria! Haha).