I’ve had a crush on a woman at work for two years. In that time, I have done nothing about it. It’s been a remarkably consistent approach, if the goal was to keep all available information to a minimum.
Today, she approached me and asked about an older guy I work with. Specifically, she wanted to know whether he was on the schedule.
That was the question. A coworker asking whether another coworker would be at work. On paper, this is ordinary workplace communication. In my head, it immediately became a development.
I can’t tell why she wanted to know. Maybe she was simply curious. Maybe she’s interested in him. I even wondered whether she was trying to get a rise out of me, although I don’t have anything solid to support that interpretation either.
The awkward part is that I’ve spent two years liking her without making a move, and now a single question about someone else has made me feel like I have no chance. Nothing has actually happened between us that would explain where I stand.
She didn’t tell me she liked him. She didn’t tell me she wasn’t interested in me. She asked whether he was working today.
I’d like to know whether that means anything. Unfortunately, the one thing she clearly wanted to know was about his schedule.
