There's a female coworker of mine...
Brief background: I've been good friends with for 6 months but also told her a few months ago I could see us becoming more than friends...I was basically rebuked since she hasn't broken up with her bf. So she knows I was interested at one point, but we've remained close friends.
Anywho...
I was talking with her on our office's instant messager and she made a comment that "you seem lonely" and my response was "so lonely. " Nothing suggestive was intended. An hour later she said that was a really creepy use of the wink smiley. I didn't know if she was being serious or not so at first I just laughed and said I was obviously kidding about being lonely, hence the wink. But she kept going on, saying I was a creeper repeatedly and that my winky smiley was suggestive. I insisted that wasn't my intention and we ended up getting in dry argument about winks...ugh.
I probably didn't handle that well by arguing...I wish I had just shrugged it off or turned it around on her somehow. But there's something about being called creepy...even if she was playing (and in hindsight she probably was), I didn't know for sure and that bothered me...especially when being "suggestive" didn't even cross my mind! So if she was just playing, why? To troll me? For what purpose? As far as I know she just sees me as a nice/funny friend (yeah yeah, lol), so I don't know why she'd just **** with me like that. But she should also know me well enough to know I wouldn't be purposely "creepy." So what gives? And what should I do if she brings it up again?
Brief background: I've been good friends with for 6 months but also told her a few months ago I could see us becoming more than friends...I was basically rebuked since she hasn't broken up with her bf. So she knows I was interested at one point, but we've remained close friends.
Anywho...
I was talking with her on our office's instant messager and she made a comment that "you seem lonely" and my response was "so lonely. " Nothing suggestive was intended. An hour later she said that was a really creepy use of the wink smiley. I didn't know if she was being serious or not so at first I just laughed and said I was obviously kidding about being lonely, hence the wink. But she kept going on, saying I was a creeper repeatedly and that my winky smiley was suggestive. I insisted that wasn't my intention and we ended up getting in dry argument about winks...ugh.
I probably didn't handle that well by arguing...I wish I had just shrugged it off or turned it around on her somehow. But there's something about being called creepy...even if she was playing (and in hindsight she probably was), I didn't know for sure and that bothered me...especially when being "suggestive" didn't even cross my mind! So if she was just playing, why? To troll me? For what purpose? As far as I know she just sees me as a nice/funny friend (yeah yeah, lol), so I don't know why she'd just **** with me like that. But she should also know me well enough to know I wouldn't be purposely "creepy." So what gives? And what should I do if she brings it up again?