Dear girl who kena gong tao at workplace, I am facing a similar situation.
Our time in the same office may have been short but it was one that motivated me to become a better person in all aspects.
In some way, it was the senior-junior working relationship I didn’t know I needed all along. But at some point, because of how close we had gotten as friends, I struggled to understand if my determination to catch up to you was purely professional.
The best thing about you is that you are clear with your standards. In this way I realised, without even thinking of asking you, that I’m not someone you’re looking for in a partner in terms of values and I completely respect that.
For reasons I can’t say, it would also be hypocritical of me to try even if I didn’t already have a personal rule of not shitting where I eat.
It doesn’t stop me from thinking about you every day.
I really really want to text you more often about random stuff that isn’t just work-related, but I know I can’t afford to catch feelings or blur these lines, the current dynamic we have is perfect and changing anything about it would hurt either one of us.
This also means I will never admit to you that I’m the OP of this post, so if you’re reading this and suspect that it applies to you, just remember that wherever you go, there’s someone who looks up to you and supports you
Thank you for all that I have learned from you, I will forever be grateful.