Dating Coworkers

I don't date coworkers (anymore). I learned my lesson.

Last week, one of my coworkers asked me to go to the zoo. I heard zoo and I jumped on it. Animals, sunshine, a friend, why the hell not, right? WRONG. When he started acting weird and nervous and FORMAL about our plans, I realized, hey, maybe this isn't a friendly trip to the zoo, maybe it's a...date. I didn't realize this coworker, who is probably twenty years my senior and who I thought was a homosexual, was pursuing me. I was so hungry for friendship that I was blinded.

I slipped my way out of the zoo trip, which I'm still sad about because I like the zoo! But more than I like the zoo, I hate feeling tricked into going on dates with people I am not interested in at all. When I mentioned the situation to another female coworker, this is what she said, "He likes to date the granddaughters not the grandmothers." Eww, especially since he's a grandfather.

Also, she told me his last girlfriend was 21 and had down syndrome. Seriously. Good for her, but what does that say about me?