A couple of days ago I had a conversation with the other person telling me a statement like "I'm less interested in..." and my reply to that was "Me neither" - should I have said "Me too"?
Can I use the phrase "me too" for a negative statement ?
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See also: http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/26239/agreement-with-so-and-neither – Hellion Oct 27 '14 at 14:35
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Let's see these examples
A - I am less interested in football.
B - Me too
A - I am not interested in football.
B - Me neither.
A - I am very interested in football.
B - Me too
I don't think the first statement is exactly a negative statement, though it does sound like that. Because there is no negative word in it. So the response 'me neither' is not possible.
However in second sentence there is a negative word. So the response should be 'me neither'.
Third sentence is a positive one. So there is no question of responding it with 'me neither'.
Leo
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