“Ok cool, let’s plan for 8pm then. ” “Sounds good, I’ll let you know what I decide later. ” “OK. I prefer rosé over cabernet, so I’ll get that. ”

“Oh come on, yes you do. ” “I think you do!” “Spare me the act, you totally care!”

“I can see that. ” “Really? I couldn’t tell!” “Yep, it looks like it. ”

“Yeah, I figured. ” “That’s a shocker. ” “Surprise, surprise!”

“Why don’t you care? Is it because you’re mad at me?” “Is that because none of your friends think it’s cool to care?” “Why’s that? You can tell me if you do care, you know. ”

“This is important to me. ” “I really do care about this and I wish you did too. ” “This matters to me!” Focus on explaining the way you feel rather than focusing on their behavior. This is a good way to tread lightly in a conversation without offending the other person. [3] X Research source

“If you care about getting into college, you should care about this. ” “Your health should be important to you. You’ll feel better!” “You need to care about obeying the law or you could end up in jail. ”

“Can you please try to care? It would mean a lot to me. ” “If we do this, then you get to leave work early. Don’t you care about that?” “Maybe you don’t care about car maintenance, but you care about your annual road trip, right?”

“You’ll wish you cared more about sunscreen this morning when you see all the burns you’re getting!” “You’ll care about spending time with me once I move away for good!” “You might not care about saving up now, but you’ll be glad you did later!”

“If you’re not gonna care about it, who will?” “If everyone cared as little as you, nothing would ever get better. ” “You could turn this entire business around if you cared a little. ”

“What’s your point?” “That’s irrelevant. ” “You still have to do this. ”

“I’m sorry you’re not interested, but this is important. ” “Too bad! We need to get this figured out. ” “That’s unfortunate, but we still need to hash this out now. ”

“It’s just a part of life!” “It’s OK not to care about something you have to do, but you still have to do it. ” “It’s the right thing to do, even if you don’t care. ”

“Why did you sign up for tryouts if you don’t care about the results?” “How come you do everything Julie asks if you don’t care if she likes you or not?” “If you don’t care about your grades, why were you up studying all night?”

“Well, what do you care about instead?” “What’s something you’re passionate about?” “What motivates you to care about things?”

“What would happen to the climate if Greta Thunberg didn’t care?” “Where do you think the Bulls would’ve been in the 90s if Michael Jordan didn’t care?” “What if Santa Claus didn’t care? There’d be a lot of kids out there without toys!”

“Do you think colleges are looking for students who don’t care?” “How’re you going to raise all that money if you don’t care about the cause?” “How will you change your exercise habits if you don’t care about getting in shape?”

“It seems like you might care since that’s the third time you’ve mentioned that today. ” “It’s strange you don’t care since you bring it up all the time!” “Why are you telling me you don’t care if you don’t care?”

“You’d know this is a matter of life and death if you were as cool as me. ” “Only lame-o’s don’t care!” “Find yourself some swag, maybe then you’ll get it!”

“Did I say ‘I don’t care’ when you ripped your pants at the mall? No!” “Hey, I gave plenty of hoots when you needed help asking Michael out. ” “I cared when you needed help, didn’t I?”

“Well I’m sorry your tax returns aren’t as interesting as the Oscars!” “I know it’s not about the Cubs, but this is important. ” “So you care about The Bachelor but not your actual boyfriend?”