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Have you ever gotten along with someone very well in the begining? Laughing, and having a good time. And then comes this one, tiny, little moment in which you say/do something stupid/offensive (that you meant to be funny or sarcastic), and it undoes everything that has happened between you two. Is there anyway to recover from that?

Here's what happened. There's this gal I started working with in November. We started chatting from time to time during the busy holiday season in our department store. One time, she was feeling down, and her and I stood close to one another while she talked about graduating, her brithday plans, her fight with her roommate, etc (This felt odd for me, since people tend to feel they connect with me before I connect with them).

Later that day, a buddy of our's asked her if she was seeing someone, and when she said she wasn't, mentioned that I had been asking about her. This isn't a position I wanted to be in, but I can work with it (since she looks hot in a short skirt). I asked her out for lunch, and was turned down, cuz she wasn't in the mode. A week or so later, we did agree to grab a bite to eat, but something came up on my part, and that never happened.

Now back in mid January, another coworker was leaving for another job, and we were going to have a going away dinner for him at a bar/pizzeria. I walked into her dept and she said under her breath that I couldn't her very well. Since I was in a flirty mode, I started with, "I hope you're not fishing for compliments?" In a serious tone, her retort was, "I don't have to fish." And walked off.

Yes, that was the moment that ruined everything. I latter realized that she was looking for a sympathetic ear that afternoon. And, apperently, I wasn't it. I don't know how things are on her end, but my ego is shatter, considering I didn't think that I could have screwed up this baddly. Now she avoids me. Won't look me in the eye, and if there's anyone else to talk to, only responds to what they say, and not me. Normally, I'd move on, except that I've had a little crush on her since December 2nd, and we work together for the time being. She hasn't replied to my emails (even when we were on good terms) and blocked me on MySpace (I deleted her later).

She's artsy, I enjoy her sense of humor, and is kinda cute (and looks hot in a skirt). All I want now is that we have repport again. Is that too much to ask?

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"I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something - or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip."

Roger Zelazny