<human>: Hi Reddit,

I'm not one to post here often but I'm in need of some outside perspective. Basically, a few months ago I ended up making out with this girl from work, fuelled by many drinks. As I went home that night I was convinced that what I'd done was a bad idea, and that getting involved at any level with someone from work was a recipe for disaster. Somehow, exactly the same thing ended up happening the next night (and came very close to sex, but we didn't go ahead because we were surrounded by work people and didn't want to send waves around). I obviously liked this girl a lot, and nobody from work was aware of what happened between us.

For the next few weeks, I continued to convince myself that I'd been silly to get involved with someone from work. I remained a friend but didn't express any explicit interest in her for this reason.

This is where things went a bit sour... I started crushing on her really hard (obviously I had felt this way from the start but kept denying it), and realised that I needed to muster up the courage to share my feelings with her. Before I could do this, however, she started seeing someone else from work (I'm pretty sure they've slept together but haven't really defined their relationship, but it could easily escalate).

I'm at a loss for what I should do at this point. It's obvious to me that this other guy has feelings for her, and she's clearly more receptive to him now than she is to me. Do I open up to her and deal with the inevitable awkwardness? Do I bottle up my feelings for now and hope that her current fling dies out? Do I just let go?

Sorry if the answer seems obvious - I have a tendency to be way too passive/risk averse in these situations!

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: Kissed someone from work; decided it was a bad idea so didn't express interest afterwards; then started crushing on her big time but before I could do anything she started seeing someone else! :(