At work today, I recieved a complement from a co-worker that I truly appreciated. I went into the office and told one of my managers / friends that anytime they wanted, I would teach them what I know about "technology". The manager has been one of my close friends from long before, and he was thrust into his current position unwillingly, and since he knows little about computers, networks and printers, I figured I'd offer again to help him out.

Well this other lady I work with looks over to him and says something like, "He's just so sincere. He's the most sincere person I know." She went on like that for another maybe ten seconds or something. Other than my close manager friend that I work with, I don't get much praise from anyone else at work, and it felt good to hear something like that. Its one of those little things that means a whole lot.

However, what happened next is another of those little things, that worry you a little sometimes. Just after my manager agreed with her that I was a sincere person, she asks, "How is it that you don't have a girlfriend?" I looked at her, and couldn't even begin to answer that question. She went on, "How is it that someone as sincere as you don't have a girlfriend?" and on for a while. My manager decided to go into the story about my crazy ex-girlfriend, and I decided to leave without adding anything to the conversation.

But that got me thinking a little, why is it I don't have a girlfriend? The only reason I can think of is that I'm pretty much a hermit. It doesn't really bother me a great deal honestly, I am what I am. After finally being able to pull up old thoughts on the subject I just don't think someone like me, with how much I pull back into myself, can really be a good partner in the long run.

But its little things like comments from people that can mean a lot to you, and get you thinking. In the space of less than a minute today, I had two of those little comments that do stuff like that. Pretty amazing really.