3 days ago
Psst: It's Actually Fine to Have a Little Work Crush
It starts small. Maybe you see them hovering around the coffee machine somewhere north of 8 a.m. The first spark of intrigue comes when you notice the color of their eyes. The second is when they opt for an unusual type of milk.
Soon, you notice patterns. How they always jiggle their feet under the desk. The strangely large collection of vintage Ralph Lauren shirts they have on rotation. The way they smile whenever you cross paths, and that one time they actually winked. How you always regret not having something clever and funny to say, and instead simply move your mouth slightly before marching in the other direction.
Work crushes are a lot of fun. They're exciting, tantalizsing, and carry the potential to revive or reshape your day. For some, a work crush is the thing that keeps us motivated, helping us get from one task to another and providing kindling to an inner spark that is constantly under threat in a corporate environment. Sure, they're distracting. Especially if you're already partnered up. But don't we all need a few distractions when we're in the depths of our daily grind?
Well, the writers of And Just Like That don't seem to think so. In the latest few episodes of the increasingly absurd Sex and the City sequel, Lisa Todd Wexley's office crush Marion is presented as a problem. A big one. He looks at her for too long! He has an unspoken but deeply seductive energy! He eats papaya like it's something else we don't need to specify here! And now, in Episode 8, things have spiraled out of control—in Lisa's mind, at least.
'I had a sex dream about my editor last night; it was very explicit and I woke up very turned on,' Lisa confesses while on a walk with Charlotte. 'Why is this happening? I have a really great sex life with my very sexy husband, so why is Marion ripping my bodice off on a farm?'
Charlotte reassures her that because of the bodice and the farm, everything will be just fine—not least because Charlotte herself also has sex dreams about other men sometimes. 'But it has nothing to do with reality because sometimes in those dreams, I have short hair,' she says affirmatively.
