The company I work for has a program for recent college graduates - a kind of fast track to the fun and exciting world of management. They spend about a year in a department.. then they move to another and another... to gain experience in a wide range of positions. In the last go around, my department was lucky to get a fresh faced fella I like to refer to as Duke. I like calling him Duke because he reminded me of the boys in that Duke La Crosse Rape case .. You know the type ... All American-corn fed-frat boy.. (see photo above)
Anyways, Duke turned out to be a real nice guy... Well, until last week that is.
He has been with our office for a loooong time and he was finally able to get time off to go on a vacation with his girlfriend, Sally. They decided to go to Greece. Before he left, I (half) joked around with him and asked him to bring me a nice Grecian boy ....Little did I know, when he returned he came through!!! OK, it was a small key chain in the shape of a boy.. but still.. MAJOR brownie points.. He was very sweet to remember me... I wondered what Sally thought about the cute key chain, so I stupidly asked. Duke laughed and said that Sally asked, " WHO are you buying that for?" He replied "Sally, you have NOTHING to worry about.. "
What? um, hello. The knife went straight through my wee lil heart.. Does he not know that I am a bitchin chick!!! How dare Duke say that TO ME. I would rock Duke's world.. But he ain't getting none of this.. (not now anyway!!!! ) HMPH.
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i know this doesn't happen often but i have to say...i'm pretty sure you're wrong in your little assessment of this situation. to an outsider, it's perfectly clear that his response to sally was because he thought she could see thru his facade and got all over dramatic lest he was busted. he knows he has no shot with you and wanted to make sure you know that he knows- so as not to shame himself anymore than thinking about you during his entire vacation already had. i'd cut him a little slack...nothings sadder than the all american boy competing with an aussie.
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