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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Visual-Extension-373 on 2025-07-16 13:47:47+00:00.

I started a new job about three months ago. There’s this really friendly coworker, let’s call her Sarah, who always comes over to chat, smiles at me a lot, compliments my shirts. Honestly made work feel less lonely.

Last week she asked if I wanted to grab coffee after work. My dumb brain instantly thought: Oh wow… she’s into me.

So we meet up, and I decide to just… go for it. Midway through our latte I say something like, “You know, I’m really glad you asked me out. I’ve been wanting to get to know you better too.”

She freezes and just… laughs nervously.

Then she goes, “Oh! Um. I just wanted to talk because I thought you seemed lonely at work, and I know how tough it is starting here.”

I wanted to crawl into the floor.

TL;DR: Thought my nice coworker was into me when she invited me to coffee. She just felt sorry for me.