[ SECRET POST #3987 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3987 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Yuri on Ice]


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[Book Series: The Temeraire Novels by Naomi Novik]


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[Orphan Black]


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[South Park]


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[Stranger Things]


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[Smallville]


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[Iron Fist, Joy/Danny]














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Comments

Re: Gifts for Crush

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, that seems like way too much to me. Are you two actually friends who hang out on a regular basis outside of professional environments? Because even if you do and you've gotten pretty close this is still a lot of stuff. I'd be surprised if a former co-worker gave me ANY sort of present, much less multiple presents. I think it's very, very likely you're going overboard without realizing it.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

No, we don't hang out, we just talk whenever I come by or help him with work. I've actually bought everyone there multiple things for their birthdays, including people I didn't ever work with, and people seemed surprised at first but now I think they expect it. My old coworkers have called me a "fairy godmother" and said they wanted to adopt me haha. I got this guy a couple of gifts for his birthday earlier this year, including a $20 gift-card, and he seemed really happy and hugged me, so I think he's okay with getting gifts in general. Should I not include one of things above? The book is the most expensive.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I guess if there's a history of you doing this for other people, it makes it a little less weird but it's still quite a large gift for a co-worker. Sometimes people feel awkward about things like this because they worry they're expected to reciprocate. If you have the money to spend, great! But if you could use the money elsewhere any combo of the first three items would be more than enough, IMO.

Is there a particular reason why you don't just ask this guy out?

OP

[(Anonymous)]

I've been doing this for a while, so I hope everyone understands at this point that I don't expect anything out of it! I'd feel awful if anyone thought there were strings attached my gifts. :(

I spend most of my money on other people, tbh. Seeing them happy makes me happy, and putting their presents together feels productive and relieves stress.

I would love to ask him out, but there's actually an age gap. He's sixteen years older than me. I found out after I started liking him and it was huge shock because he looks really close to my age! I think I'd still give it a shot since we get along well and he's a really good guy, but I don't think he'll ever see me that way and I've accepted that. I hope I can just continue being friendly with him; seeing him happy is enough for me.