A girl, Alex, seems to have latched on to me at work. At first our friendship started out rosy. A chat here, a coffee there...
Now (warning I am going to sound like a bitch) she is driving me crazy! There is always something wrong, probably caused by the fact she is deeply sensitive about eveything.
I couldn't understand at first why no one really gave her much time, but sadly it's becoming startlingly obvious. If I'm not counselling her through something trivial then I'm trying to explain to her why a comment I made wasn't meant to offend her. Really, for the first few weeks I was starting to question how everyone else took me but from listening to her go on (and on, and on, and on.....) I finally realise it's not so much a problem with me.
Just yesterday she asked me to go for lunch, told me someone had been flippant with her and then said she really needed me to make her feel better. Half an hour of compliments and niceities later, I made one teasing remark and I spent the rest of the afternoon explaining what I meant.
I'm beginning to see it as attention seeking to be honest and I wish I could be harsh enough to shake her off. At the same time I'm sure she has muhc bigger issues and I should sympathise rather than judge (blah, blah). Ah well, I imagine the next 'dilemma' is scheduled shortly....
2008-04-23 @ 14:37