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[tanaise]

I have such a crush on a coworker. And not only did he talk with me lots at the party last night, but after the party, and after the after-party, he walked about a mile out of his way with me--or more precisely, not the way he would usually go--because that took him to the T stop closest to my house, instead of one about three stops closer to where we were walking from.

Of course, now I don't know what to do!

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In other news, I sat at the holiday party, in the group with the boys I work with, and love working with, and just thought, "but I'd miss them so much if I left..." I know. Coworkers aren't enough of a reason to stay at a job--I haven't yet had a job with uniformly bad coworkers. But they make it so much harder to leave.

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[snurri.livejournal.com]

Of course, now I don't know what to do!

Just hint around about going to get a drink or something. DON'T do the girl thing where you play it so close to the vest that he's got no idea whether you're interested or not.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

I think I'm incapable of doing anything *but* playing it close to the vest. which is why my dating history is all history, no current events.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Well, I can relate. (Maybe it's not a girl thing but a people thing.) But if you like him, don't delay.

[podling]

I agree. She should just go up to him and say something along the lines of, "do you want to get a drink after work or something?" Casual, but still forward motion-y.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

I know, but I'm hampered by geography--he's on the 18th floor, and I'm not. Plus, he shares a cube with 3 other guys, all of whom know me and all of whom are maybe--*maybe*--12. It's not so much worry about him saying, "No thanks" as having 4 to 8 guys (the neighboring cube) hear me ask him out.

And I don't have his IM, or I'd be all over that. At the moment, I'm considering something silly to his non-work email.

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

GUYS DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS THEY ARE AT LEAST SOMEWHAT INTERESTED!

Sorry to yell, but we all know you're obtuse. So, chat him up at work, invite to a group event, through yourself naked on his desk. Whatever it takes.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

So, you're saying when he said "I'm a breast man," I should have said, "what a coincidence, I don't know if you noticed, but I happen to have a set of those?"

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

I might have said "How handy, I have TWO! I'm a penis girl, can you help me out there?"

Did he really say that to YOU? Man, you are hopeless when it comes to flirting.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

Well, it wasn't *to* me, but it was as part of a conversation with another guy that I was also involved in. If it had been directly to me, I probably would have known he was flirting. Maybe.