Recent content by Zhanna

I do have a couple of work friends who I sometimes see outside of work. In fact I’m going to lunch with one next week. But it’s not a close friendship even though we share the same dark and esoteric humor. The close friends I had in the past were from shared activities and hobbies, not from work.

Mango sorbet. Actually any type of fruit sorbet. Never liked ice cream which is basically congealed and frozen dairy fat. Give me a mango or lemon-lime sorbet any day over ice cream.

Would like to join and have chat privileges. Thank you.

Hi Thank you. It’s great to know that so many of us have these shared experiences with being carers and faking social graces. I think it’s fantastic that you are a volunteer chaplain at a hospital. Just know that you do a valuable service to the patients whose minds and souls are comforted by...

Hi I’m new here, actually registered a while ago but forgot completely about it until this week. I’m in the same boat regarding transactional friendships. I’d just finished editing a scholarly paper for a colleague, we get on well at work but she only asked me to help her not because we’re...

Hi! I’m glad you know what it’s like to be caregiver and all that entails including loneliness. Well not glad for you but you know what I mean, it’s good to know our experiences are not abnormal. Sigh…..yeah faking being HBIC (head ***** in charge) at work is hard. Faking social confidence...

Hi Hi Yeti Great to meet you. Ha ha a fellow healthcare worker, yes there are a lot to commiserate with what’s been going on the past few years. I’ll definitely be talking to you more about it. I’m working tonight and have already been told by the charge nurse that our unit is a nightmare...

….and it actually look like a great place. Hi everyone, thank you for reading my post. Loneliness is not something that you could easily tell in a person. On the outside I’m an Asian female, 51, living in California. look pretty good, I take care of my health, try to go to the gym, look...