Doing His Worst
Is it a bad sign for a "doing his best to be supportive" father, father-to-be and husband (to a wife struggling with depression-anxiety) to develop strong feelings with a female co-worker? The crush is (hopefully) one-sided, and things are mostly professional except for a conversational friendship of two people who have a lot in common as far as movies, music, etc.
Although it's great to be around her, I can't take the happiness mixed with overbearing guilt feelings that go along with it. I'm just hoping she will move on to another job soon, as her contract is almost up.
Dear Carolyn,
Is it a bad sign that a co-worker is paying too much attention to me? He's a father and husband, with a pregnant, depressed wife (he tells me about her during our all-too-frequent conversations). We have a lot in common so I enjoy chatting with him, but I feel like he's developing a crush on me.
Although it's nice to be around him, I can't help but feel like I might be encouraging him. I'm thinking of not renewing my contract just to get away from him.
Dear Carolyn:
I'm having trouble getting over my ex, and it's affecting all aspects of my life. Problem is, I'm a man in my mid-20s, and my guy pals don't understand any problem that can't be solved by drinking, sex, or just forgetting about it. I don't have a lot of close female friends, and I abhor shrinks. Whom should I seek out for guidance?
Dear Carolyn:
One of the guys in our group is still hung up on his ex, and it's totally bumming us all out. We've tried to take him drinking and get him laid so he'll just get over it already. He won't go see a shrink and he keeps trying to get us involved in deep conversations about relationships. We don't even talk about that stuff with our own girlfriends - how can we find someone else for him to unload on?
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I've got to say, I really like this exercise and what you're doing with it.
I may steal it (the exercise, not your response)
Posted by: Drusilla | October 4, 2006 11:50 PM