I work in a large mixed workforce, some workers I get on with, some I don't and some I am "tuned into", with the latter I have a huge amount of verbal fun. One woman I particularly get on with, a lot verbal sparring took place every time we met, gentle micky taking and so forth, I looked forward to seeing her which might have been a couple of times a week, or several times a day.
I hadn't seen her for maybe a month (due to shifts) when we met up again 3 weeks ago, I'd missed the verbals, she said she had missed me. Normal verbal sparring resumed and when I left I did something I bitterly regret, I gave her my mobile number and said "Send me a text if you want". Lots of friends there have my number. Well she did, about 2 mins later and since then she hasn't bleedin stopped.
I have horribly misread everything, she saw the mobile number as my green light to her to get a relationship started, but that was never my intention and the last thing I'd want. I may answer one text in ten and ignore her flirtatious ones, but she is like a dog with a bone now and pushing to meet up out of work, l am running out of "busy" excuses.....l really want to unravel the whole thing and get back to how we were, but realise this is not going to be possible, l feel foolish and she is going to feel the same way, she might also be mad as hell too and with retrospect, l wouldn't blame her.
I've decided to ignore texts today and go and speak to her tomorrow , l could do with some advice on how to word things. At 53 l thought this sort of problem was well behind me.
I hadn't seen her for maybe a month (due to shifts) when we met up again 3 weeks ago, I'd missed the verbals, she said she had missed me. Normal verbal sparring resumed and when I left I did something I bitterly regret, I gave her my mobile number and said "Send me a text if you want". Lots of friends there have my number. Well she did, about 2 mins later and since then she hasn't bleedin stopped.
I have horribly misread everything, she saw the mobile number as my green light to her to get a relationship started, but that was never my intention and the last thing I'd want. I may answer one text in ten and ignore her flirtatious ones, but she is like a dog with a bone now and pushing to meet up out of work, l am running out of "busy" excuses.....l really want to unravel the whole thing and get back to how we were, but realise this is not going to be possible, l feel foolish and she is going to feel the same way, she might also be mad as hell too and with retrospect, l wouldn't blame her.
I've decided to ignore texts today and go and speak to her tomorrow , l could do with some advice on how to word things. At 53 l thought this sort of problem was well behind me.
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