High-quality women always get high-quality admirers. My Ukrainian instructor has already acquired an American admirer who’s courting her in the sweetest, most old-fashioned way imaginable.
And guess what? She found a way to communicate to him that he’s a lovely person but she has a boyfriend back in Ukraine whom she loves to distraction. As a result, the admirer and she continue working together at the lab in peace and friendship.
No whining, no complaints, no feeling “unsafe”, no drama. It’s clearly very doable. These are young people in their early twenties, and they are managing it.
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That’s a beautiful story 🙂
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I’m glad they’ve proved its possible because as a Brit I keep reading things like
https://www.askamanager.org/2023/09/should-i-tell-my-employee-she-needs-to-give-a-clearer-no-to-a-client-who-asked-her-out.html
and assume that the USA is doomed
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“the admirer and she continue working together at the lab in peace and friendship”
Pretty sure he hasn’t given up on her, but as long as he behaves… cool. I’m sure she’ll be able to deftly counter any escalation he attempts.
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It’s an important growing-up experience for both. That’s one of many reasons why education can’t happen online. These are the kinds of things people learn in interpersonal contact.
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