tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post1724353575991059225..comments2023-08-18T03:15:05.539-07:00Comments on Microbiologist XX: Department slut...microbiologist xxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-29202329656023198112008-10-31T10:13:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:13:00.000-07:00aa - I don't get it either. Since nothing is wrong...aa - I don't get it either. Since nothing is wrong with being gay, then why should it matter if people think you are gay. That kind of question always makes me wonder just how open minded that person really is.microbiologist xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-6471542572884883992008-10-30T09:52:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:52:00.000-07:00As an undergrad, my female friend/roommate and I w...As an undergrad, my female friend/roommate and I worked in labs that were across the hall from one another. We could often be found chatting/hanging out in each other's labs while waiting for something to incubate, and we frequently took coffee breaks together. Another UG in my lab seemed very uncomfortable around us both and finally asked the two us, "Are you ever worried that someone might Ambivalent Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-91175593992019684922008-10-24T16:10:00.000-07:002008-10-24T16:10:00.000-07:00citronella - Maybe you work with people that have ...citronella - Maybe you work with people that have lives of their own, unlike my coworkers. That is my working hypothesis.<BR/><BR/>drdrA - I agree. Me an my "partners" always get a good laugh.<BR/><BR/>rhea - hey stranger! I suppose grad school is sorta like a hostile takeover.microbiologist xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-86876778353717614342008-10-23T14:42:00.000-07:002008-10-23T14:42:00.000-07:00Yeah...Im with you XX. A girl that i started grad...Yeah...Im with you XX. A girl that i started grad school with and I are super close...and we go through similar experiences. Tho, i think it happens more when we are off campus... @ the grocery store, and the like. We've been offered rainbows. hahahaha...i figure that the stresses of grad school pull people closer than normal, kinda like hostile take-overs would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-84085653781507030042008-10-23T07:03:00.000-07:002008-10-23T07:03:00.000-07:00This happened to me in graduate school as well. Al...This happened to me in graduate school as well. All you can do is have laugh over it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-11581208214252509622008-10-22T18:15:00.000-07:002008-10-22T18:15:00.000-07:00I'm the only unmarried girl (and have been the onl...I'm the only unmarried girl (and have been the only girl, period, for about a year) in a lab that has half a dozen members and I don't think anybody ever believed I was sleeping with any of them. I feel cheated ;-) Maybe it's only because it's rare that I am with only one of them at a time...<BR/><BR/>Then, maybe I am naive and uninformed of what's being said behind my back. In which case, I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-55936824301475133232008-10-21T19:09:00.000-07:002008-10-21T19:09:00.000-07:00chall-No worries. My significant other does not ca...chall-No worries. My significant other does not care. He always gets a laugh when I tell him about the rumors going around that place.<BR/><BR/>cath -"A legend in his own boxer shorts" lol. I would certainly prefer environment A. <BR/><BR/>scientistmother - Yes, these people need to get a life pronto. Actually the ring leader is a 40 year old guy who gossips more than anyone I have ever met...microbiologist xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-59364854931982729312008-10-21T14:37:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:37:00.000-07:00I thought this was rather offensive. I don't unde...I thought this was rather offensive. I don't understand why sex would be associated with a relationship - friendly or otherwise - with a colleague unless there was some firm indication (like making out in the coffee line) something was happening. I hope you find it more amusing than anything - since you didn't really seem bothered - but I'm annoyed by your co-workers. (Then again, it's rather post-dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493309260165352484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-61184590978790337012008-10-21T13:17:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:17:00.000-07:00wow! I have not experienced something like that si...wow! I have not experienced something like that since I was in undergrad. There are some really really immature pathetic individuals with no lives in your departmentScientistMotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-68504189632871218462008-10-21T10:26:00.000-07:002008-10-21T10:26:00.000-07:00I did my PhD in an institute where most of the stu...I did my PhD in an institute where most of the students (and some of the postdocs) <I>were</I> taking it in turns to sleep with each other. (I would like to point out that I dated ONE fellow student for TWO YEARS and did not hook up with anyone else, not even the IT guy who was "a legend in his own boxer shorts" as one friend put it. I met lots of girls I knew in my boyfriend's labmate/roommate'sCath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-72934123403444767602008-10-21T06:18:00.000-07:002008-10-21T06:18:00.000-07:00if people have boring lives, why not start a rumou...if people have boring lives, why not start a rumour about someone else?<BR/><BR/>It is somehow surprising though.... hoe fun it is to lie about people. I hope your significant other does not get hurt by these things. And if nothing else the others might think once or twice when you tie the knot!?<BR/><BR/>but you know, you can never be "just friends" with a man (if you are a girl). I got that onechallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.com