Recent content by Librarygirl

Thanks Amaranthine. I appreciate the advice. I have been largely avoiding him until joint projects have meant I've needed to seek him out again. I know it prob sounds like I just can't accept he's not into me, but this all started to be more than casual friendship because he kept seeking me out...

Thank you both so much for this. If it was just a case of 'he's not that into you', I'd walk away. But I've known this man for years and it is just so perplexing. Ironic that in my appraisal in January my boss commented on the excellent working relationship said friend and I have. I do think...

Friend at work is back to being dismissive and cold again and I really want to say something / call him out on it but don't know how without making things worse. This is the person who encouraged me to spend hours chatting and randomly sharing stuff and having a laugh last year. Now he is all...

Managed to get the boiler working again (big achievement for new home owner!). I shall get to wash my hair without boiling a kettle this morning!

I'm sorry to hear how things worked out. As everyone else has said, you did the right thing in trying. And it was rather strange / rude of her to highlight a particular reason not to accept. I can't imagine if a skinny guy asked me out that I would tell him he is too thin for me and that's...

Good for you!! It's a good feeling when you realise someone like this from your past can no longer affect you - a great sense of freedom. And one I know only too well from a bad past experience.

Won't let me rep you, but consider yourself repped! I only just found this and (luckily given my day job is all about the Bard!) guessed right. As Ms Brightside pointed out in the earlier post, we wouldn't be able to do this if we didn't know the original. Paraphrasing as a sole means...

Agouderia, you are a star!! Thank you so much for your thoughts and advice. Given what you have said about starting with friendship (and he does seem to have a kind of polite reserve), we chatted a bit today and I made sure to say I hoped I'd see him before he left when I had to go off to do a...

I confess I've been taken by surprise by the profound effect a new BHM friend has on me. He's kind of been an acquaintance for nearly a year, but we just got chatting this past few weeks as he's been coming into my library more often. Sad thing is that he is going back home once he finishes...

Thank you!! I've had a really nice day, but with head pain and tiredness creeping in was just off to bed when I randomly decided to sign in on my phone. What a lovely surprise! The good news is I now have internet in my new house, so I hope to be on here with you lovely people more often...

1. I've moved in and my new house is nearly all decorated! 2. Weekend off work! 3. I'm meeting a friend I haven't seen in 10 years tomorrow - he and I used to work in retail together and had so much fun playing pranks on each other, eating choc lollies intended for customers and dressing up...

Thanks! Healthwise better as I finally slept a bit last night. Otherwise, a mixed day. Still hurts beyond belief that I seem to be losing the man I love even as a friend, but was really cheered that my senior manager (who in the past I didn't get on with) bought me a lovely bunch of flowers...

Coffee is my friend! I'm with you there. Bizarrely I'm happy that getting upset about something else actually made me feel a whole lot more like my new house is home.

Feeling like a shy child at a work social event. These people are good friends but put them all in a room and it's like a nightmare- everyone either talking above my head about stuff I don't know about or having thrilling chats about bus routes! I got the top exam marks in my school and while...

Totally agree with your REM choices! Also the Cranberries- Dreams (can be happy or v sad depending on how I'm feeling), and indeed most of their best known songs. ABBA- One of Us, Like an Image Passing By Scissor Sisters - Better Luck Next Time