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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Retire the word "sometime" from your vocabulary. You're using to try to be flexible, but they see it as "no specific date? Great, I don't have to answer this RIGHT NOW." [/quote]

You're right. This is why I suggested this coming weekend or the following weekend to the friend I saw in the street.

Yes, I try to be flexible because these ladies work full time in an office Monday to Friday, so their timetable is rigid and I know their weekends are busy and precious. My work is very different to theirs and my timetable is not as rigid.

I obviously do NOT expect them to be free during the week.[/quote]

I'm curious about this though - is it rude to ask WFH friends to meet up for lunch or coffee? I do that all the time during the week but twice friends have said a horrifying 'No' like I suggested they be eaten by alligators.[/quote]

It’s not rude, but they may not have time. I work from home. I hardly have the time to have coffees with friends. I have virtual coffees with colleagues the day, or take a break to exercise. But it would take a mental switch for me to go have a coffee with a friend not related to my work, and unless the coffee shop or the friend live right next door, it’s going to take at least an hour of my time. No way, it’s a 30 minute thing.[/quote]

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