I became engaged over the holiday weekend and didn't stop smiling when I walked back into work on Tuesday. I knew that my insane smile and bling would be noticed throughout the day but then the strangest thing happened... for every "congratulation" I received 3 or 4 derogatory "another one bites the dust" comments. It has continued all week...
Did anyone else experience this from their co-workers? How did you deal with it? So far I've just smiled and walked away.
I've made it a point to not talk about the wedding or do any planning while at work (with the exception of WeddingBee)... what's a girl to do?
How rude! Some people just suck! I can say some mean things sometimes... For instance when my guy coworker says something like that to me I just remind him of the life I'm going to have and the family we'll be starting together. Then I follow up with "So are you and girlfriend still fighting over stupid things? You're not getting any younger... Don't you wanna get married and start a family of your own?.... Both your older brother AND younger brother are happily married with kids. Does that ever bother you? LOL Kind of mean knowing that him and his GF were engaged to be married this year but they broke it off and now she's bouncing between him and some other guy. He's also one of those "I'm the man I should be doing this this and this... A woman's job is to.... " BTW he's my Assistant Manager.
Is it possible that your co-workers rudeness comes from jealousy? I noticed that when I became engaged the girls whose boyfriends wouldn't commit and the guys who had tried to ask me out were the ones who made the completely out-of-bounds comments. It sounds like your handling the situation in the best way by not taking their bait. However, if they get out of hand, then I'm all for NorCalBride's solution! In the meantime, don't let them steal your joy!
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana">Thank you so much for the advice NorCalBride, you've been reading my mind and its my supervisor that is the worst! budgetandthebride - cute name btw - I think you've hit the nail on the head! Thanks for the reality check Bees... I won't let them take me down! xo xo racheljo
I became engaged over the holiday weekend and didn't stop smiling when I walked back into work on Tuesday. I knew that my insane smile and bling would be noticed throughout the day but then the strangest thing happened... for every "congratulation" I received 3 or 4 derogatory "another one bites the dust" comments. It has continued all week...
Did anyone else experience this from their co-workers? How did you deal with it? So far I've just smiled and walked away.
I've made it a point to not talk about the wedding or do any planning while at work (with the exception of WeddingBee)... what's a girl to do?
posted by racheljo 8 posts 2 months agoHow rude! Some people just suck! I can say some mean things sometimes... For instance when my guy coworker says something like that to me I just remind him of the life I'm going to have and the family we'll be starting together. Then I follow up with "So are you and girlfriend still fighting over stupid things? You're not getting any younger... Don't you wanna get married and start a family of your own?.... Both your older brother AND younger brother are happily married with kids. Does that ever bother you? LOL Kind of mean knowing that him and his GF were engaged to be married this year but they broke it off and now she's bouncing between him and some other guy. He's also one of those "I'm the man I should be doing this this and this... A woman's job is to.... " BTW he's my Assistant Manager.
Don't sweat it. Live it up!
posted by NorCalBride 307 posts 2 months agoIs it possible that your co-workers rudeness comes from jealousy? I noticed that when I became engaged the girls whose boyfriends wouldn't commit and the guys who had tried to ask me out were the ones who made the completely out-of-bounds comments. It sounds like your handling the situation in the best way by not taking their bait. However, if they get out of hand, then I'm all for NorCalBride's solution! In the meantime, don't let them steal your joy!
posted by budgetandthebride 4 posts 2 months ago<span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana">Thank you so much for the advice NorCalBride, you've been reading my mind and its my supervisor that is the worst! budgetandthebride - cute name btw - I think you've hit the nail on the head! Thanks for the reality check Bees... I won't let them take me down! xo xo racheljo
posted by racheljo 8 posts 2 months agoIt's called jealousy don't worry about it.
posted by SirenLover84 72 posts 2 months ago