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Hello everyone

Newbie here, tips needed.

So I have this coworker that I asked out and she refused (in a somehow gentle way i guess) and now everytime she's around me during lunch break (or something) it feels horrible. After about 10 seconds of talking with her I remember that she doesn't think of me as attractive enough and all I want to do is go away from her as far as possible but ... it's not practical.

Lesson learned. I'll never ask out any woman that I can't just cut all contact if things don't work out.
My plan is to find another job in a bigger city and finally have my own place (i'm 24yo) but until then how should I handle this ? There were moments when I thought I could still continue being friendly with her without feeling like crap but apparently I was wrong. Almost no contact with her creates a huge rift between us that others can sense and while that's not really a problem I hate it when I talk with 2 coworkers, then she comes there, I feel like crap, want to get out of there and I continue feeling like crap. Or I talk with a coworker, she comes and talks briefly with him, she leaves, then I feel like crap the rest of the workday.

She sometimes tries to be friendly with me but I only feel like crap (no mental exercise / mindset or anything can change that apparently). The workplace was boring at worst before this, but now I just want to find another job as fast as possible and leave it all behind. (along with other stuff)

Any tips ?
Did you have a similar experience or am I overreacting ?

Sorry if my english is bad, it's not my native language.
 
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Whizzy

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Just act like nothing happened, she seems to still like being around you. If you have no interest in being just friends then be polite but drift away from her.
 

D_Smooth1900

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Whizzy said:
Just act like nothing happened, she seems to still like being around you. If you have no interest in being just friends then be polite but drift away from her.

Like Whizzy said, just act like nothing happened, and if it's really bothering you. Pull her to the side and talk to her, tell her that you didn't mean anything by it and that you only wanted to get to know her a little better. That way you remove the ackwardness between you guys, and if anything she might take you up on a that date ;)

Good luck
 
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