Option 1 continue minimal/cordial professional interactions Option 2. Explain to her that because of the complex social environment we all live in now you are terrified of crossing some line that could be arbitrarily drawn. As a result you need her to write up a detailed booklet explaining her SPECIFIC preferences on how you can safely interact with her. That document needs to be signed in Adobe Acrobat with her digital signature and emailed to you as a PDF.
No thats not my intentions, its just that a week ago my older sister had to file a complaint because a guy wouldn’t leave her alone after she told him she was married. I struggle with social queues so I just tried to give her distance to be safe. My confusion comes from would it not be disrespectful to a relationship to become friends with the woman knowing that I had intentions on asking her out? I’d not be happy if my partner gained a friend that started as them asking the person out.
I mean like thats what i’m worried about 😭 I don’t want to be a homewrecker. I didn’t even ask her out SHE called me out for the fact that I called her pretty to my friend then cracked jokes about it the whole shift because i’d get nervous. She didn’t bring up her boyfriend until I was with someone who asked if she was single 😭