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  • in reply to: New Role offer #294079
    Tom
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    Hi,
    I actually asked for a salary increase with my last promotion and was told one wasn’t available. This has contributed to my feelings but isn’t the sole reason. Morale where I am now is fairly low throughout the office which isn’t the best environment and there has been a high turnover off staff in recent months.

    in reply to: New Role offer #294053
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

     

    1) Yes, I would be leaving my current position and unable to return as I would be giving them my notice.

    2) Yes, i will be learning new skills and I think it will benefit my resume as my current working history is all with one employer.

    3) It will involve taking a train. And it would probably be 1-1.5 hours longer than it is currently.

     

    in reply to: Overthinking #205541
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

    We had a catch up on the phone last night which went well. I am hoping to see her over the next few days and i think i will get a good gage of how she feels from that. I will be open with her.

    Thanks

    in reply to: Overthinking #205463
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

     

    We both agreed it was going well, she spent the night, we had a great time and then the whole next day too.

     

    When I saw her the time after that, we continued to get to know each other and talk etc but I didn’t feel the need to ask about exclusivity, how it was going etc again. Especially as we had such a good time the previous occasion.

     

    Hopefully I get another chance like you say and I have no choice but to me more up front, for my peace of mind at least. If I don’t, guess I will be left wondering what I did wrong.

    in reply to: Overthinking #205439
    Tom
    Participant

    My thought was that i didn’t want to come on too strong.

    What would you advise i do now?

    I’d like to think we will still see each other again but at this point am waiting for her to let me know when she is free.

    in reply to: Overthinking #205427
    Tom
    Participant

     

    Because we had that chat on the previous get together where we both said it was going well etc but didn’t want to label it. Didn’t feel to bring it up again on the next get together.

     

    in reply to: Overthinking #205417
    Tom
    Participant

    The last time I saw her face to face went fine and we didn’t speak about anything serious, just had some food etc. The time before that, was when I asked her how she thought it was going etc. She said well but it was in no rush to label it as official boyfriend/girlfriend etc. She stayed over that time and we spent the whole of the following day together.

     

    We use to message daily and still have been to a certain extent but the messages are less frequent and engaging. She has been away with work and a family issue but we haven’t seen each other for a week now and have no concrete next date set.

     

    I asked her yesterday via message when she was free and called her. She responded to message really late and said that she hadn’t seen her phone for a few hours and would let me know but she is busy over the next few days.

     

     

    in reply to: Overthinking #205381
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

    I need to see her face to face I think so we can have another chat. Last time we did and it went well and we wanted to keep it going without labelling it. Since then the contact has been less though which has made me a worry a little.

    I don’t want to scare her off with too much pressure etc but need to know that she isn’t slowing stepping away I guess. I will have a think on how to do this. Hopefully I hear from her over the next few days and we can meet in person or at worst, chat on the phone. I won’t bombard her on anything in between, will just wait to hear from here. Will try and keep my mind off it with work etc. Just a shame as thought it had the potential to be the start of something.

    in reply to: Overthinking #205277
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

    Another quick update as I have had a bad week with worrying and overthinking again.

    We got together last week and had a good time but since then contact has been quite sporadic. She has had some family stuff going on which she told me about but we don’t have any concrete dates lined up which isn’t nice. I’ve asked her today about meeting again but have yet to hear back.

     

     

     

    in reply to: Overthinking #203561
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

    Quick update for you. We spent Friday and Saturday together and had a great couple of days.  I was honest with her about liking her etc and she said the same. We don’t want to label it as anything etc at this stage but I am content with things now as know where I stand and have nothing to worry about. We can just continue spending time with each other and getting to know each other.

    in reply to: Overthinking #202755
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

    We had a phone conversation last night which went well and set my mind at ease I think. I should be seeing her on friday and will look to clarify then face to face. Will keep you updated.

     

    in reply to: Overthinking #202631
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

    No, nothing happened on the dates that I am aware off. It’s been going well. She has been away with work and we have still been speaking just not as frequently. I am hoping to be able to see her on Friday and will find out more then I guess.

    in reply to: Overthinking #202591
    Tom
    Participant

    We have known each other for around 6 weeks so in the early stages of dating which is the part I always find the worst.

    It has been going well, we have been getting on and had around 9-10 dates in that time, cooked for each other etc.

    It is just that over the last week or so I have felt she is taking a step back. The tone of her messages seems to have changed. We have still messaged daily, even if only a couple of quick exchanges. Because of work commitments etc for both of us, it will be at least 10 days before we can meet again which is why I probably have time to over analayse. I don’t like games, if I like someone i like them and if i don’t i would tell them so everyone knows where they stand. I think when we meet again I will just be upfront and ask her how she feels it’s all going.

    I do meditate and try and practice gratitude daily too but I still do find myslef overthinking at times.

    in reply to: Dilemma #192743
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

    I think it would be something along the lines of:

    I hope you are ok and everything is ok with the bump. The little one might have even arrived by now. If she has, huge congratulations.

    I know you’ve had a lot going on and I didn’t expect us to speak all the time but we did say we would remain friends and then I tried to reach out a few times but nothing ever materialised. I’m fine with that, I just would have preferred you to be honest with me. I really enjoyed the time we spent getting to know each other and opened up around you and think you did with me too. I would have been fine with us not speaking etc but think I would have just liked to know so I had complete closure.

    There really is no ill feeling at all from me and I wish you all the best with the new chapter.

    If I’m being honest, I’m not sure its a good idea. I don’t gain anything from it. Just writing it helped. Life goes on for both of us and the above was just a small part of it.

    in reply to: Dilemma #192593
    Tom
    Participant

    Hi Anita.

    There is a small part of me that is frustrated by her actions and wants to send a letter of some description so I get closure.

     

    I know this probably won’t achieve much so do you think it is a pointless exercise?

     

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