Hi guys, I've got a bit of a delicate situation and I need your advice. At a works night out a couple of years ago everyone was getting drunk and two of the nicest people in the office – normally really insular, shy people – got completely trashed and then sucked face for a few hours. The next day we were ready to wind them up and generally make things uncomfortable for the both of them but they were just so happy neither of them cared. Turns out they’d been friends for a good while both tentatively taking small steps to reveal how much they cared for each other and the office party was the catalyst for all their feelings to come out.

The whirlwind romance continued and within 6 months they were living together and at the same office party a year later they announced their engagement awwww. The office has been really boring for a while now as the pair of them took a sabbatical to travel the world together before trying for a family. Unfortunately for these mad bunnies they couldn’t bloody wait as we got news from some place north of the Sahara that he had knocked her up and they’d have to cut their trip a little short.

This is where the story starts to get a bit grim. I don’t know the full details but somewhere out in Africa she got a fever and they just couldn’t get proper medical attention in time and she died. The guy is absolutely inconsolable and we don’t know if/when he’s coming back to work.

As one of the code monkey’s in the office he trusted me to login to his computer and make a backup of all his work emails. He’s also given me his deceased love’s password and asked me to put her emails onto a DVD too (apparently their relationship started with lots of emotional and sexually charged emails during work hours as well, shocking *tsk tsk*).

Shamefully I couldn’t resist having a quick peak and instantly I regretted it. Turns out when they started going out she was seeing this other guy for a clear month or so and was trying to make up her mind which one to settle for. The decision was made for her when the other guy dumped her. I know it was quite a while ago and these two were completely in love so it shouldn’t matter about this little secret but I know it’s going to devastate my friend and I can just see him crying and dribbling from the nose all over my shirt. So b3tans, I need your help with what I’m going to do. If he’s going to get snot all over me, which colour shirt would be best to wear while I slap him silly and tell him to man the fuck up?

Thank you all you beautiful people x
( djtrialprice, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 10:01, Reply)