I suggest you take your own advice here, PP. |
We can? |
If you keep your standards low enough, you sure can. |
+1 What will she find do to with her time once this little drama is over? |
OP, you ask for no judgments so here are the cold facts.
1. Are you ready to lose a good friend? It sounds like you and this guy [CW] you're crushing on is a good friend, supportive, and caring in the work place. 2. Do you want to divorce your husband? It's not realistic to expect your CW to end his marriage, especially with young kids. 3. Do you know what yellow fever is? Your CW sounds like he has that. 4. Are you ready to fight for and lose custody or share joint custody of your young children with your husband? Think long and hard on this one and how it will affect the children. Adults are selfish. Children are innocent. They didn't ask for a broken home. A cheating mother. Your decisions impact their life. 5. Have you considered what happens when the honeymoon period of an affair is over? You want to look for a new job? The odds are stacked against you in every possible scenario in this picture. He is older. He is more experienced and competent at his work. He is well liked at work. You may be experienced, competent, and even well liked at work, but you're still a female. If your other office mates are aware of the affair, it's going to be obvious who will need to leave. Think about that for a moment as you consider who you may want recommendations from for future employment opportunities. |
I behave professionally every single day when I'm at work. At night I'm going to go home to my new Gmail account and my new Facebook account ( you know for redundancy) and hit send. Poor guy, as least he won't be made a fool any longer. |
No judgement from me OP. I would ask him out to dinner and see where it goes from there.
If it's too hard to meet after working hours, I'd say something direct to let him know I am interested. |
OP, you lost me when you described him in your third paragraph as a person of "integrity."
I think you need to look up the meaning of that word. |
OP you will get a very different response if you post this on the explicit forum. |
OP, don't do it for your own sake! You already seem to be smitten by him planning to be with him while he is sending you mixed signals. Trust me if he wanted to have sex/affair with you, he would have made a move. He can see that you look up to him and he can sense power over you, it feeds his ego. You can pursue him all you wants and he might go for it but then you will be the one running after him all the time. |
Op, you are nuts ! |
This is so true. OP, I had a huge crush on a guy and this was basically what the situation boiled down to. I always had a "What if?" attitude, and he was just an arrogant guy loving the attention. Felt like puppy love to me, but he turned out to be a jerk with no intention. |
It's the combo of glee and rage that reveals the crazy. Who is following you around to make sure you pay for your mistakes? I don't care what you do tonight. But why pretend that you care about the husband? You are interested in revenge for yourself and yourself alone. |
Just lead towards him, quickly kiss him on the lips, and then blush like crazy and go "I can not believe I did that! Please forgive me!"
If he wants it, he will move forward. If not, he'll just think "yep! I still got it! I drive the girls wild. Can not really blame them, I'm so hot" and be flattered rather than offended. that said; don't do it. It won't make you happy. If he does it, you will quickly realize that he is a selfish jerk. If he doesn't, you'll always be embarrassed, even though you know he was flattered. |
I hate cheating and cheaters, especially since I was cheated on by my husband, but you need to find something else to do. |