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Please stop asking me to be friends with my coworkers. It's weird.
by SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
Please stop asking me to be friends with my coworkers. It's weird.
- BurningFrog 2y agoYou don't have to be friends. You have to be friendly.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoWill that make people less lonely? Pretending we like each other?
- bubblic 2y agoDo you not like any of them?
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoThey are perfectly fine people, but I have no desire to become comfortable enough with them that I feel less lonely. That implies some sort of intimacy, where I rely on or confide in them, it's being vulnerable really, and I keep my work life professional and my personal life private.
- BurningFrog 2y agoThat's not what being friendly is. It's more about treating others with kindness and respect.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoThat'll make us less lonely? To be clear, I treat my coworkers with respect and kindness, but I don't put myself in a position where I get close to them or look to them for support or my emotional well being.