How to respond when a work colleague mistakes friendliness for being interested in them [24M]

Hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster. [24M] I am due to start work at a company as a grad, and have been communicating with my fellow grads mainly virtually via video calls and messenger. One of my fellow grads (F, not sure of her age) seems to like me and is quite openly flirting with me, but I am not interested in her. I have only met this girl once in person while collecting my laptop from the company’s office but we have added each other on messenger. I do not believe I’ve done anything beyond being friendly and making small talk with her, as I have done with a number of my other fellow grads. My initial theory is that she has come to mistakenly believe my being friendly means that I am interested in her. The only other theory I have is that she is attracted to me on the basis of looks although this is doubtful as I’m nothing special and my fb profile is not flash because I hardly use it anymore.

In addition to not being interested in this girl that way, I have decided to take time away from dating as I ended things quite badly with a girl I was seeing previously. I also don’t want to be in romantic relationships with work colleagues because I see it as being unprofessional and don’t want things to be awkward in the workplace.

How do I approach this situation professionally and without making things awkward? Should I somehow communicate this to her or how else should I handle it?



Submitted February 02, 2021 at 12:16AM

Hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster. [24M] I am due to start work at a company as a grad, and have been communicating with my fellow grads mainly virtually via video calls and messenger. One of my fellow grads (F, not sure of her age) seems to like me and is quite openly flirting with me, but I am not interested in her. I have only met this girl once in person while collecting my laptop from the company’s office but we have added each other on messenger. I do not believe I’ve done anything beyond being friendly and making small talk with her, as I have done with a number of my other fellow grads. My initial theory is that she has come to mistakenly believe my being friendly means that I am interested in her. The only other theory I have is that she is attracted to me on the basis of looks although this is doubtful as I’m nothing special and my fb profile is not flash because I hardly use it anymore.In addition to not being interested in this girl that way, I have decided to take time away from dating as I ended things quite badly with a girl I was seeing previously. I also don’t want to be in romantic relationships with work colleagues because I see it as being unprofessional and don’t want things to be awkward in the workplace.How do I approach this situation professionally and without making things awkward? Should I somehow communicate this to her or how else should I handle it?
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