At Peace with Platonics

You’re my co-worker, so what I want to happen never will. You’re way out of my league, so that’s probably a good thing. You’re kind, funny, talented, intelligent, patient and holy-crap attractive but you don’t have an over-inflated ego about your obvious awesomeness. I love working with you and I’m so glad that we get to spend time together, even knowing that a work friendship is the best I can hope for (but feel free to initiate something if you think we might have more than work chemistry!) You really are fantastic and you’re appreciated in more ways than you probably suspect. —Hopefully Not Staring in a Creepy Way

This article appears in Jul 11-17, 2013.