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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 65 points 5 days ago (44 children)

I don't get why anon believes he is being used. It was a miscommunication, sure. Did he spend money on her before this? Using him as a ride to go on a hike? Hikes being extremely cheap and only needing to pay parking, usually.

[–] DrFuggles@feddit.org -2 points 5 days ago (17 children)

Yeah, no harm done, but she'd been leading him on for weeks. That'd make me pissed too.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 38 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Or she genuinely wanted a friend and anon is so attention starved he can't see the difference.

I wouldn't want to go back to that awkward situation either.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

... so badly that you quit your job??

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh, come on. Weeks of talking and flirting (coworkers agreed) and she never mentioned a boyfriend. To be painfully clear, this isn't a gender thing and anyone can lead someone else on to stroke their own ego. And that's what this is (if it happened).

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago

You only have the incel's account of things.

Why not? I'd return, apologize for the misunderstanding, and then laugh about it. Maybe bring a small gift, like cookies or something to share, and make it clear that you're looking for friendship.

But completely bailing is kind of weird IMO, which tells me there's more to the story.

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