Are You (Un)happy?

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Me asking you — a stranger — “are you unhappy?” has likely triggered something within you. And perhaps not in a good way? Unless you think I’m Willy Wonka here to present you with the golden ticket: Happiness.

It’s a polarizing question — one I suspect many loved ones would be terrified to ask regardless of whether they preface it as “happy” or “unhappy” for fear of the answer…