I have 2 co-workers, let’s call them Rick and Fawn, who are “lusting” after each other. The problem is that Rick has a girlfriend. Fawn used to have a boyfriend, but she recently broke up with him so she is now available. Fawn foolishly believes that Rick will leave his girlfriend for her, while Rick wants to have the best of both worlds: he wants to keep his girlfriend and have fun at work flirting with Fawn. What a cad. I don’t know what Fawn sees in this guy. He has the emotional capacity of a child. I find his behavior to be very disrespectful. I don’t know why the girls at work think of him as cute and charming, unless they are too stupid to see otherwise because he’s the only male around.
Oddly enough, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable also spent many years unable to attend to their undying love. Mr. Mayer, one of the heads of MGM, did not see it fit for these two to be together (Joan was already married at the time). Had Joan and Clark acted on their impulses Mr. Mayer would have destroyed both their careers by blacklisting them in Hollywood. I feel that in this case Mr. Mayer is represented by Nancy, our executive director at the Museum. She’s already spoken to Rick and Fawn about their behavior and suspects that something is going on between the 2 of them.
