I should add tho, that some regular human companionship would be nice.
A romantic partner who might keep me from being a workaholic.

*raises hand(s)*
Glad to see I’m not the only one here...happier than a pig...
I never really thought of myself as an introvert. I like a good party, once in awhile, and I consider myself friendly.

The “Irish Goodbye” applies here. As others have suggested. 

How else can you scare the unwashed white masses into following a ‘strong man’? 45 is the greatest snake oil salesman ever.

Do you ever feel that the Universe is just fucking with you because it can? That you’re the butt of a joke.

For the first few months I refused to go on camera for work.
Then, I changed my mind and bought some stand with adjustable legs but I couldn’t make it work in a tight corner with out a lot of fussing.

Only 27? you’re young and have no kids - get out now. 27 is just getting started in adulthood. (I’m slow, so didn’t really feel like an adult until my early 40s lol)
And as you get older and the more people you meet, you’d be surprised at how many people have been divorced and happily remarried. 

Yes, the Cafe is still there! At least the last time I was on that floor, probably about a year and half ago.

She still wore hats many places up until then too. She was always very put together in her slightly flashy way.

Orland Park! of all places!

Not quite as glamourous but definitely a time gone by: in the late 70's to mid 80's my grandmother and I would go on Sundays to the local suburban Marshall Fields’ where they had a full service sit down restaurant on the second floor. My grandmother and I would order the brunch buffet and she’d get a glass of…

Have you tried adding an egg and poaching it? and a bit of cheese and butter?

Yes, I’m concerned about Covid exposure, I don’t know enough of what he does outside of work (except ride his bike a lot which is very appealing to me - I like riding bikes too).

I should say, the first time I met him, I was like “Ohh, he’s too cute”. But normally, when I get to know someone, I... become less…

He’s been bouncing around other places, and is one of the team that goes to the office on a regular basis.

THANK YOU everybody for confirming my Bad Idea is a bad one :P

Oh yes, I would be more accountable for my work time - I tend to loose focus so just having another person in the room makes me stop messing around. And we both work on the same project - so it’s just easier to have that work conversation with him in the room. We do chat almost daily on our chat line. 

So...I have a thought rattling around in my head. I’d like feed back on how bad of an idea it is... I think I really want to do this thing but I also think it’s a bad idea.

Ellen has come across to me as HUGELY mysoginist. Just watching her show and the ‘games’ she has people participate in - especially the “Golddigger” game.

Yes, I’m mad about some other shit that she pulled last fall - and the biggest thing for me is that I made ‘freinds’ with her bc she has some good qualitlies but I never wanted to socialize with her all that much out of our shared love of outdoors - and I never thought my friends would want to include her so much into…

Adjacent to that: How to Figure Out If Your Friend Is A Narcissist All This Time When You’ve Been Trying to Right Off Her Bad Behavior As On the Spectrum

Seriously, as I read this through -(and I’ve read books on spotting Narcissists) - all I could think of is that behavior is very like my ‘friend’ - down to rage when…