Wednesday Mailbag (3/26)

Sorry for the long break. It's been a very hectic week for me. A lot of extremely professional happenings. I wanted to post on Easter Sunday but I had a tab open for 10 hours on saturday.

One question for you this week, because it comes from someone special.

Ymmij Smun from Hgrubsttip, PA writes...

Dearest Guts,
I was in my office the other day, doin my thang, when I had a noteworthy encounter with a young professionalette. My desk is by the printer and she and I passed each other in the hall. When I returned to my desk I found she had u-turned and woas sitting near the printer in such a manner as to FORCE each of us to say excuse me. This, at first, was a blatant "I want you move" by her but then I noticed her wedding band. How do I take this? P.S. Nums rules! Go Nums!

Dear Ymmij; cool name.

Every day at the office is another potential "I want you" encounter with a young professionalette or secretary. With the secretaries, married or single, it is 99% of the of the time a definite come-on on their part. With the young professionalette, this can get tricky. They are a different animal, harder to read. Wilier, cagier, different. But there are still ways to tell, if you knew what to look for.
Here are 3 things:

1) Does she go out of her way to be near you and get you talking?? If she does, beware, that shows neediness and YPettes are NOT needy. In your case, Ymmij she just got to the point where contact was made. No conversation.
point for you


2) The Wedding Ring: If she has one don't be discouraged. If she's sporting a huge rock, there's a good chance you can get to her. A couple of drinks later, while your flashing your debit card or money clip and she'll be moaning for a young professional boning. If she's just wearing the band, that could be bad. It means she doesn't need to be flashy. She's comfortable with her marriage and isn't a cheater. Disclaimer: Wedding band could also mean she wants men to fall all over her so she doesn't sport the rock. She knows the only way for a woman to succeed is with their sex appeal. So it could be love, Ymmij.
1/2 point for you.

3) Has this happened before? Think real hard. This meeting stuck with you, but now that she slipped up you may be able to notice she's been planting the seed all along. A furtive glance at the watercooler, a brush of her hair t the office happy hour, a "stronger-than-average" laugh at one of your AWESOME jokes. Think about it and you will know if you should go for it.
Potentially unlimited points for you.

Verdict: This isn't over. She wants you. Let me know how it goes.

P.S. Did you leave your socks here?