complexes are so complex, man

This (cute) outgoing guy from work added me on LinkedIn tonight. We've only ever talked two times, once at a happy hour and another time when he invited me to go to another happy hour, which I had to decline, but he wrote me a note after I accepted his add that kind of made me wonder. He basically was letting me know that he was let go and that he wanted to message me before I forgot who he was.

I have a history of silently going through all kinds of emotions when people are fired or laid off from work. Honestly, I really care about some of the people who've left, usually more than they care about me. One person in particular kind of upset me when she only let a small circle of people (myself excluded) know she was leaving and then I didn't even get invited to go to lunch with her a couple months afterward. (A group of coworkers went out to meet with her.) A lot of the time at work I feel like people like me, but that they like other co-workers more, even though they work closer with me. I'm a little sad that I'm no one's favorite. I often feel like I'm the third wheel or the odd girl out. Granted, many of the people are super outgoing and loud and I'm not, so I think that could be why things are the way they are. I'm totally down with the quiet folk, and the loud folk are down with each other.

Keeping this little complex of mine in mind, I found it surprising that a guy I'd only spoken to a couple of times had actually thought of me and wanted add me on LinkedIn and give me his personal info. I guess I just would have expected him to forget about me and disappear just like everyone else has when they've left the company.

So basically I wrote him a note back saying I was sorry to hear about his job and offered to let him know if I heard of anyone looking to hire someone who has his skills. Then I signed off with my email address.

He wrote back a little while later saying he was fine and would appreciate any job leads I had...and then he made a confession lol. It wasn't an "I've been longing for you since the moment I set eyes on you" type confession or anything. Basically he commented on some of my cube decor and said that he had thought of playing a trick on me where he would switch some of it out to see if I noticed. His comment was pretty funny and made me l-o-l. He ended it with an "I don't know why I told you that," which kind of makes me think there's a reason for his messaging. That's the kind of think I'd say when I'm flirting. In fact, he kind of reminds me of my exbf (Mayor Baby) who was very outgoing in the same way.

I don't know. I could be so sleep deprived that I'm reading too much into it. Maybe I'm too skeptical of people. Maybe there is a reason for him messaging me, maybe there isn't. After all, he's new to the area. Maybe he just wants more friends. I think one of the girls at work said she thinks he has a gf because she saw him with a girl at the grocery store. Who knows?

I guess most of all, it's just nice that someone who's leaving but who doesn't really know me, WANTS to get to know me and keep in touch.