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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [I work at a boarding school and my partner can’t visit during the week because we’re unmarried](#mctoc1) - [I have a crush on an older coworker, my wife read her boss’s diary, and more](#mctoc2) - [my coworker put a magical curse on her boss](#mctoc3) - [my team’s assistant is grumpy and impatient](#mctoc4) [][][] I work at a boarding school and my partner can’t visit during the week because we’re unmarried Jan 05, 2021 10:59 am A reader writes: It’s pandemic times now, but this question will still hold once things have calmed down. I am a residential faculty member at a boarding school, just out of college. I have a partner of several years who lives a couple hours away by train, and I would like him to be able […] You may also like: - [I couldn’t use sick time after my boyfriend had a stroke because we’re not married, and more]( - [we can only bring our spouses to the holiday party if we have kids]( - [what to say when people ask why an employee was fired]( [I work at a boarding school and my partner can’t visit during the week because we’re unmarried]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] I have a crush on an older coworker, my wife read her boss’s diary, and more Jan 05, 2021 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I have a crush on an older coworker, and we’re hanging out outside of work I am a 21-year-old male who has worked for the same men’s clothing company for four years now. I have worked at a few different locations. For three years I […] You may also like: - [I had a secret relationship with a coworker and now I'm pregnant]( - [if you're thinking of asking a coworker on a date...]( - [my employee has a crush on me, and it's making me uncomfortable managing him]( [I have a crush on an older coworker, my wife read her boss’s diary, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] my coworker put a magical curse on her boss Jan 04, 2021 01:59 pm I am very happy to be starting 2021 with a letter about witchcraft. A reader writes: I am an employee at a gas station. We have been hiring new people to fill a few positions, and I have been asked to train our new members of the team. When I was training one of my […] You may also like: - [can I ask someone to interview his replacement so that I can fire him?]( - [my awful coworker put us through something traumatic and now she's coming back to work]( - [my new employee keeps tagging us in negative social media posts after we've told her to stop]( [my coworker put a magical curse on her boss]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] my team’s assistant is grumpy and impatient Jan 04, 2021 12:29 pm A reader writes: My team’s administrative assistant, Olga, is incredibly impatient, and expects me to quickly complete things that I don’t have any control over. For example, I work often with her on finalizing the contracts for freelancers that we work with. She will create the contract and I will email it to the freelancer, […] You may also like: - [my employee identifies proudly as a grump]( - [my boss heard I'm afraid of him, but I'm not ... I just make comments about his grumpiness]( - [I’m being trained by a stressed and grumpy coworker, how can I stop rambling in interviews, and more]( [my team’s assistant is grumpy and impatient]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Copyright © 2021 Ask A Manager, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you signed up for my email list at askamanager.org. Our mailing address is: Ask A Manager askamanager.orgWashington, DC 20002 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences](