Congrats, you’re buying a house. I don’t want to hear about it anymore and i’m sure all of our co-workers don’t want to hear about what appliances you have to buy and what you have to do to get ready and how long its going to take you to move and whatever. I’m not always in your face about the shit going on in my life so why do you think everyone cares about the shit going on in yours. Hope your move goes well, really i do.
—tired of hearing it
This article appears in Aug 6-12, 2009.
can’t you just be happy for them?
naaa i can see that getting annoying that and weddings i am always like ugh for
I read the last sentence as being sincere; the OP just sounds sick of hearing about it all the time. I can handle that kind of hyperfocus from a close friend but maybe not from a coworker (who I’m trapped with all day). A friend of mine who is engaged works with women who are also engaged, and occasionally complains about how all they ever talk about is their impending biggest! day! ever!
And the bitches all send a big squeeze to LTWWB because without it we’d have to walk around all day with shit like this on our brains.
Think it’s bad when you hear it all day? Well, I hear it at least twice a week all from different people, and from start to finish, and I get to deal with their lawyers! All fun and games. One person is a cake walk compared to that.
Wonders if the OB is a real friend and help them move.
I can agree with the OP on this one… I just got a house a year ago, and I never bragged, or flaunted it around. The most I said was “I wonder what drugs everyone’s taking to trust a 21 year old with half a mortgage…”
Someones zhealoos.
Some people just air too much of their personal business in the workplace. The guilty parties need to learn boundaries and professionalism. When at work keep the conversation about non work related topics with colleagues light, pleasant and fairly impersonal. It is ok for example to tell co-workers that you had a nice weekend but spare them the details of who you hooked up with and how much you drank. The same idea applies to this house thing, it’s ok to tell them you’re buying a house and it’s location but don’t think they’re interested in every little detail.
At least the buying a house topic might be at least a little bit interesting. I listen to 2 coworkers wax on and on about their fucking gardens all day!
Sounds like you suffer from house-envy. Congrats to your coworker on buying a house. Stop being so jealous that they have the money to buy one and all the nice appliances and you don’t.
not jealous
just annoyed
drfever – you work in real estate too don’tcha