TIFU by Becoming Addicted to a Coworker

TIFU by becoming addicted to a coworker Title sounds odd and imma need to give a lot of context. I (18f) have a few coworkers where it took me a few months to start to chat with them but now I really enjoy our conversations. I have one who I’ve felt a pretty strong bond with, and every shift we have together I’ll get excited and spend half my time hoping he’ll come over to my area and hang out with me (we’re not heavily supervised and it’s a retail job). I’ve started to realize I may be a little attached and I very much want to become a friend and hang out outside of work. The few minutes we get to hang out every shift are the most fun i have all week. Here’s where the problem starts; whenever he comes to my area he’ll offer me his vape and I’ll take a few hits. I only ever vape socially as I don’t own one or care to own one, so I only do it when it is offered to me. I’ve come to realize that my heavy desire for him to come over to hang out with me during our shifts may not just be because I feel a “huge connection” but I actually have a nicotine addiction. Tl:dr thought I was obsessed and maybe in love with my coworker but he actually just gave me a nicotine addiction and I only get a hit when he talks to me.

A Reddit post describes an 18-year-old retail worker who becomes eager to spend time with a coworker because he offers hits from his vape. She initially interprets her excitement as emotional attachment or possible love, then realizes she may actually be addicted to nicotine and associates vaping with the coworker’s attention. It is shared as a self-deprecating confession about mistaking nicotine cravings for romantic feelings.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 6413 2023-02-10