Battle of the sexes.... I'm curious

[katiesue]

So silly. I've never understood the whole someone likes you but I can't say who thing. It's like some 3rd grade power trip.

Reminds me of when I was an exchange student. I'd overhear something like this - german word, german word, german word, KATE, german word, german word (I landed knowing not a single word of german). So I'd ask someone what was said, as it obviously was about me and I'd always get "you don't want to know". Umm yes in fact I do. Drove me bonkers.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

If a girl wants a friend to tell a co-worker that someone likes him without revealing that she's the one who likes him, that's a flash back to junior high school. And it's LAME.

If someone tells a friend that she likes a co-worker in confidence, and that friend decides to tease the co-worker about someone having a crush on him, that friend is flirting with violating a confidence without actually violating it. That is childish. And LAME.

If someone tells a friend that she likes a co-worker and specifically says not to mention anything about it to him, but the friend says something to him anyway, that's childish and a little mean. It's also totally LAME.

If two girls chat about a co-worker one of them fancies, even if it involves a bit o' recon and gossip to learn more about him, that's typical girl behavior in the work place and is a perfectly acceptable kind of high school lame, but it's not childish or LAME in all caps. Heh.

[Ponine]

You are so 'to the point'. I love you.
let me copy your post into word and go leave it on his desk.

[Prudence]

I generally work with women, but we don't have conversations like that. Not that I don't engage in relationship talk, but I don't play games about so-and-so has a crush and I'm not telling who. If we're going to engage in office gossip, it's usually about people or policies we don't like.

[Capt Jack]

poor bastard

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Prudence

If we're going to engage in office gossip, it's usually about people or policies we don't like.

In my office thats not gossip, thats all out scream fests.
no one in my office can take anything with a grain of salt.

If we find a policy and this tech thinks is dumb, she all but rallies the troops to stand behind her and fight.

All well and good, but I mean really, after 15 minutes of American Idle in the morning do we really need a cube war about Half pay sick leave?

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Capt Jack

poor bastard

That cracked me up.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

If two girls chat about a co-worker one of them fancies, even if it involves a bit o' recon and gossip to learn more about him, that's typical girl behavior in the work place and is a perfectly acceptable kind of high school lame, but it's not childish or LAME in all caps. Heh.

I like the way you put that.

LOL Poor bastard is right. He may be the **** of the walk this week {to whomever} but it won't last....

Women can be quite fickle.

[Not Afraid]

I don't know about "girl code". I suck at being a proper girl. I'd probably just tell the guy that so and so is interested and that he should ask her to lunch if he wants to know more.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I don't know about "girl code". I suck at being a proper girl. I'd probably just tell the guy that so and so is interested and that he should ask her to lunch if he wants to know more.

Hey! You have actually pulled me aside to say, "I know someone who likes you but I can't tell you who." So you *can* be a so-called 'proper girl'...if only sometimes.