Message #67993

[spitfire78]

Gee, I'm a little like you, although not completely.  I think my boss would like to have a more personal relationship than I do.  When I first came here, she would tell me her boyfriend troubles, for example.  This I do not want to hear.  I responded politely but never initiated the conversations, and I think she got the message.  

I do, however, ask her about her kids and her dog - how was your weekend/day off, etc. - that kind of thing.  I'll tell her generally what I did over the weekend without getting too personal.  

I like to be friendly with my boss and get them to know me as a person and me to know them as a person.  But I really don't want to get into the intimate details of their life or let them into mine.