I got into a super interesting debate with a childhood friend today.  I said that if I say "are you okay" to someone and they say "yes," I am not going to press it further even if the person is super depressed and mopey looking.  My friend said that sometimes people want to be pressed so that they can talk about it, so he likes to ask again.

I absolutely **hate** it when someone asks me if I am okay, I say "yes," and they ask again.  In my mind, "yes" either means that I am fine, or I don't want to talk about it.  Either way, don't ask again.  I really hate games, so I feel like I should not have societal pressure to ask again if someone says they are fine, even if they look miserable.  If they wanted to talk about it, they wouldn't say "yes, I am fine."

Looking for some outside opinions!  Thanks :)