coolenough2's blog post

Maybe I should follow my own advice.

I often find that I advise people on the best way of doing things, and it's the exact opposite of what I do. For instance, if you're attracted to a girl, go after her. That's the advice. What I do? Because of what she has come to represent in my mind, once I acknowledge the attraction, I avoid her. The thought of confronting the possibility of rejection is too much. I tell myself "you can't hit a home run without swinging the bat," but in that particular batter's box I may as well be a lifetime American League pitcher (OK, probably not everyone will get that analogy).

I say all this because I don't want to appear to be a hypocrite about it. It's difficult to practice what you preach sometimes.

There is a girl I work with who worked there before, left for about a year and a half and came back about a week ago. I really liked her the first time around, and I think I like her more now.
She seemed maybe a little too young then. Now she really seems kind of perfect. I did want to date her then. I'm reluctant to date co-workers, because I've done that with mixed results. But now that she's back, it's like a second chance. She definitely likes me, but I think it's just in a friend way. But that can always evolve ...

Life is largely a series of disappointments, and perhaps it's better to get them out of the way. So maybe I should ask her out and know one way or the other.