How do you tell if a guy is scared of rejection or just doesn't want to ask you out?

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Originally Posted by ConeyGirl52

I agree. I don't even get the whole Facebook thing - since they work together.

That's one of the main places you meet people to add on there. Every job I've ever had we added each other on FB. It's just what you do nowadays.

Maybe he's just using her to add another friend to his list??

Then why wouldn't he send me a friend request first?

I don't, know. I'm mid-fifties, and totally not into the whole faceless communication thing. For one thing, you miss a lot of non-verbal messages that way.

It's a generation thing, everyone under 40 pretty much has their face buried in their phone or computer messaging people. For us, it's a way to contact each other if we're not at work and want to do something, that's why I added him.

I also don't think its a great idea to date someone you work with either. Things can get messed up and jeopardize your jobs. Even if the relationship works out, jealousy can create friction with coworkers and clients, which isn't good for business. Bosses tend to not tolerate stuff like that for very long.

This means nothing to me, I dated a guy for 2 years, lived with him, worked with him, we broke up, still worked together and remained friends, and none of that caused a problem with anyone. I work in a factory, it's full of people who are dating. My parents met at work (in a factory). I have lost count of how many couples that started dating at all the jobs I've had. If you're not teenagers, you should be able to handle it like adults.

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Originally Posted by Wmsn4Life

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Originally Posted by NLVgal

When I have had relationships with coworkers, no one knew about it until it was very serious. I married one- kind of hard to hide that.

We don't work in the same room (maybe once every few weeks but we're on opposite ends of the room), and we don't sit by each other on break, he goes outside, i stay in and sit with the girls. I'm sure we'll have no problem hiding it, lol

It sounds like they do have at least a crush on each other. As long as they keep it out of the office, I fail to see the harm.

We work in a factory, and i've worked in 3 factories in my life and I can say from experience, the 'no dating' rule doesn't even exist there. It's common to date people at work. Factory workers are a different breed than professional corporate types, lol