Should I address this awkward moment with a colleague?

[RandomName12]

Hey, A while back I got a little too close to an engaged female colleague of mine, we didn't do anything physically but got quite close emotionally. After a while I distanced myself from this person which created some fairly awkward situations due to us working in very close proximity with each other most days. However we still remained friends and on good terms.

 

She went away on holiday and I didn't see her for a few weeks and when she got back seemed very happy to see me and was very friendly with me, before we left work on Friday I jokingly splashed some water on her work overalls to which she smiled and said "That was cheeky" to which I replied "Well I can dry it off if you like?" jokingly. After this she was silent, she still smiled at me and said goodbye have a good weekend etc but I can't help but feel it caused an awkward moment, probably because of how we got close a while back.

 

I flirt with quite a few women at work and don't mean anything by it and this was the same, In a way it was just a natural reaction and the first thing that popped into my head, I don't want anything from her more than our work relationship and don't want to make her feel awkward. She has said similar flirty comments to me since she's been back to which I just smiled and politely acknowledged.

 

So I guess my question is should I address this on Monday with her to reassure her I mean't nothing by it and apologise if it made her feel awkward? Or just let it be and carry on like nothing happened, I really don't want it to be interpreted as me wanting something more or trying to get as close to her as I used to be, but will bringing it up again just make a big deal out of something that she might of just shrugged off?

 

Thanks for reading.

[RachR]

 

 

So I guess my question is should I address this on Monday with her to reassure her I mean't nothing by it and apologise if it made her feel awkward?

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No way, that's going to make the situation feel even more awkward (and it could turn out you turned a nonawakward moment into a definite awkward one). Just let it go.

[MsSmurf]

No don't say anything to her about this. Also stop flirting with her. She's engaged and there may or may not be something amiss in her relationship, but that is her problem. Whatever she needs to work out will get cloudier if you keep making such cheeky comments so save those for the single women.

[RandomName12]

Hi thanks for the advice you two, just left it and it seems fine.