Colleague deliberately screwing with me on emotional matter?

Well I have had feelings for someone at work for a long time. I know he likes me and there is some flirting going on.

On Saturday I returned from two weeks annual leave and a colleague was telling me gossip that he liked a new member of staff who liked him back and she was trying to push them together.

This obviously crushed me but I did not show it. I decided to redouble my diet and exercise efforts in an attempt to win him over.

I felt immediately hostile to this girl. She is short and apparently it is because she has big boobs (she does not).

Yesterday a different member of staff mentioned that the man I like had been teasing her about liking him to wind her up.

Why would she try to confuse me and wind me up? Am I just being paranoid? I have enough on my plate without this ■■■■.

There is a lot of gossip at the work place.
I would be very careful - do not expose or participate in any kind of gossip or even casual talking at work.

Lots of people tried to mess with me at my work, just because I had a mental illness, this stuff really happens.
If you are gong to deal with this guy that you like, do it in a more discreet manner - do not let anyone else know.

You really cannot trust everyone, especially at a job site - Best of luck to you

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I have found that romance in the work place does not go well for the woman.
Others snipe and gossip behind your back and cut you down.

The guy can laugh it all off and brag its just another conquest.

Save your heart and look elsewhere.

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He really isn’t that kind of man but I understand that is a risk.

Yes I generally do not associate with the bar staff (the original colleague who told me the gossip) as (evidenced above) they gossip about each other and have a revolving door of staff. In contrast there are only 6 of us in the kitchen and has been for nearly a year, and the guy I like is one of them.

I will put it aside for now but I do not like the attempted mind games.

Thank you both for your input it makes it easier to think about this.

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