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Thank you for what you wrote.

An example of her flirtatious jokes have been when she was doing barbell squats at the gym and I pointed out (we were both in the gym together but I was working and she wasn't so we were messaging back and forth across the gym) two men behind her kept looking at her (she works her butt a lot so it's only natural). We went back and forth on her squatting technique and I commented it's ok and not to worry about it. Her remark was because I was watching her from behind, I'm 'almost as bad as the men ' (emote included). I just ran with the joke saying, 'HELL YEAH GOTTA CHECK OUT THAT BOOTY!' And she replied, 'You can check out my booty any time xo' I honestly didn't even know what to reply.

She comments that a lot of guys in the gym are 'quite cute actually', and even remarked that a male co-worker's girlfriend was 'quite cute actually'... all these jokes and comments are exactly why I honestly felt she may not be straight. I wasn't bothered either way, nor did I take her jokes as more than just a joke.

I'm going to continue being there for her as a friend, because I do think she needs one. And perhaps as my assistant manager commented, because I responded well to her flirtatious jokes, she feels it to be acceptable in continuing.

For now, as you've said I'll observe her behaviour and go from there. If she does keep going with the jokes or whatever, I'll jokingly make a remark in the hopes she responds accordingly. In the meantime, I hope these feelings subside. -_-