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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Financial_Yellow_972 on 2025-07-01 01:14:25+00:00.

This happened yesterday and I’m still mortified. There’s this girl at work Emma who’s always been really nice to me, bringing me coffee sometimes and asking about my weekend plans. I’m not great at reading social cues but I thought maybe she was interested.

Yesterday she asked if I wanted to grab drinks after work and I got excited thinking it was finally happening. I spent the whole day psyching myself up and even bought new cologne on my lunch break. When we got to the bar I tried to make it clear it was a date by paying for everything and making what I thought was romantic conversation.

Turns out she just wanted to talk about work stuff and get advice about a project we’re both on. When I tried to hold her hand she looked confused and asked what I was doing. I had to explain that I thought this was a date and she got this horrified look on her face.

She quickly clarified that she has a boyfriend and was just being friendly. I felt like such an idiot and apologized like ten times. The worst part is she said she talks about her boyfriend all the time at work but I honestly never noticed because I was too busy thinking she liked me.

Now work is super awkward and I don’t know how to act normal around her. I keep replaying all our interactions and realizing how wrong I was about everything. I feel so embarrassed and stupid

TL;DR I assumed my coworker was hitting on me and it turned out I was just stupid for thinking that and she has a boyfriend