Thread by @underlord031, Let me tell you about a very confusing and unnecessary situation that [...]

Let me tell you about a very confusing and unnecessary situation that I got myself into this week...

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So last week Friday I decided to re-download Tinder for the first time this year. I am not a stranger to this app and have met quite a few cool people off it who I still talk to and hang out with till this day, so I had no reservations... I was curious to see what's out here

Now remember I live in a mining town that is very Afrikaans and very centred around this particular industry. It's super small and a lot of them were boer boys with Afrikaans bios and the odd Bible verse. Soon every profile felt like "Who's that Pokémon?"
Nope. Nope. Nope.

So I was swiping all nonchalantly when a profile pops up that belongs to one of the guys from my office. He's around my age & from Cape Town. We work together a lot and he's cool... But I did what I always do when I see a profile I know: Exit the app without swiping & re-open it.

If you're a Tinder veteran like me you'll know this pushes other profiles in front so you can keep swiping. But his profile would return every time after a few swipes and I knew exactly what that meant: he had matched me and the algorithm was seeking a response from me.

His bio was along the lines of "let's grab a beer and go on an adventure" or something. And well... Here's where I fuxked up ladies and gents: Without fully thinking it through, I swiped right on him and it was a match! T

To try and break the awkwardness I sent a message immediately that said "what's the point lol

we already have each other's numbers". Man didn't reply all weekend and so before I knew it, it was Monday and I was headed into the office.

By some evil work of the universe, we turned out to be the only two people in our office the entire day. Our other colleagues were either on training, away to test devices in Joburg or off sick. We engaged in our usual banter and he seemed so chilled I almost forgot about it.

That was until about 3pm when we were both engaged in serious typing with our headphones on and he says "Lisa, I want to speak to you about something but it's a bit awkward... I saw we matched on Tinder"

I wanted earth to open up and swallow me

He continued to ask me what I was looking for "just to meet friends or are you looking for a guy?"
Pain is written all over my face now because I didn't actually know the answer to that question. I don't really know why I'm on Tinder. Regret, regret, regret!

He then told me about how he once got involved with someone from work and it didn't turn out well. He said "I don't know, what do you think?"
Now that's where my sense snapped in and I knew I had to be clear. I agreed and said nah its not a good idea. We work together too much!

I wish that was the end of the conversation... But it wasn't

Man went on to ask if he should link me with some of his female friends... Because he knows I'm lonely

Actual tears welling up in my eyes now. I'm feel so awkward and embarrassed.

We avoided each other most of the week but when we did engage it was banter as usual and he was kind enough to lend me his headphones the one day. Still though... his speech about him being surprised I was interested in him and calling me lonely kept playing on my mind

I wanted to kick myself because I brought this all upon myself with reckless swiping and I couldn't take it back

now I have to listen to man deliberately talking about "his chick" in front of me cause he's trying to drive the message home. BUT I GET IT DUDE! PLEASE FORGET

So on Fridays we get off early and I was feeling happy to have survived the week

I came home and had a solid nap and then I wake up to a Whatsapp message: "Hey, hey. I know this is out of the blue but would you be up for a drink or two tonight?" - from the same damn man

When I tell you the mixed signals I've received from this man has been making my head hurt I am not joking. That message gave me an instant migraine. Do I say yes and show him that it's all chilled vibes or do I honor my mind and body and stay tf home. We are still in a pandemic!

Anyway... I love myself so I made up a story about starting early and probably not being able to get off my couch. The convo ended in us sending each other pics of our last few bottles of nake and saying "cheers". We have a big job to do together on Monday and man I hate myself

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