... to resign in embarrassmnet and emigrate to Timbuktu? *mortified*

[ShuckThisFitThough]

NC because ... well, technically, I guess I wouldn't have to: I'm going to have to change my name and emigrate anyway after this.

I've accidentally messaged my bloody boss in a way that was ... unintentionally sort of suggestive. Which I totally did notice - roughly about 10 seconds after hitting "send".

What it was actually about: fellow manager being an utter moron who's been the cause of several people resigning in frustration and me categorically refusing to work a role that makes me dependent on that guy because I actually like my job and was planning on keeping it (so long as it allows for me to ignore the moron as much as possible).

How I phrased it: iteratively, from direct, using a lot of NSFW terminology, going towards cleverly chosen metaphors:

When I accidentally hit "send": at the point when the aforementioned metaphors were about 3 revisions from being actually sendable and revolved entirely around royal mistresses of all things.

The self-identified king is going to read this totally wrong, isn't he?

What I meant is: I don't want to work for or with this person, no matter what.

What I probably actually said - albeit unintentionally - is: "I'm totally down with going to bed with the boss, no strings attached." And there are two potential bosses in this story, one of whom I've just complained about lengthily (hence the text) - the other one being the recipient.

I'm going to have to leave my home, family, job and friendships behind and start a new life where nobody knows me, aren't I?

Please tell me it's salvageable.

I can’t even work out what else you’d mean Sorry, you’re def going to have to emigrate!

Yes. And no. HTH

Yes, it's salvageable. Email him again NOW and say "ignore that last email - total garbage - pressed send by accident"

Or if you can see the recipient in person or get him on the phone, get him now and ask him firmly but politely to delete the email - and that you'll explain once he's done that.

I have absolutely no idea what you just said. So YABU. Or possibly YANBU. I really couldn't say. Best LTB and cancel the cheque to be safe. And keep away from people called Boswell.

Have you mags him to try and explain/ apologise?

Hopefully, someone helpful will be along next to suggest what explanation you can give to your boss.

If it makes you feel any better I accidently sent my kids child minder a VERY seductive picture.

Very awkward drop off but has never been mention

I really can’t work out what you said? It’s really confusing. Can you put it in plain English 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

Is this the email version of Schrodinger's cat box malarky?

Well, I've basically got two options at this point:

1 - Message him again. Try to clarify - preferably without telling him he's categorically unfuckable but making it clear that it's not with me. Risk making it even worse.

2 - Ignore and hope for the best.

Can you do a message recall??

Well, if your message makes the same amount of sense as your post, he’ll not have a clue what you’re on about, so you’re probably in the clear.

baffled

No, I can't message recall. He's read it and has replied "I hear you. I always do and I understand".

As for making sense: I texted my boss. I meant to say "X is a fucking fuckwit and this is not the hill I'm willing to fucking die on professionally. I don't want to be the biss of X if working with fuckwit is the price I'm asked to pay".

In an utterly misguided attempt to phrase things a lot more politely and veiled than the above, I actually ended up revising the text and accidentally hitting "send" at the stage where I was comparing my position to a number of royal mistresses.

I was going to revise a few more times. He'll think he's the king in my utterly idiotic literal, metaphoric fuckup.

I can't go back there. I've a meeting withbhim 1st thing on Monday.

Don't worry OP, he will probably think you are on glue and ignore.

I've read your post twice and have no idea how what you sent could be interpreted as what you intended, or indeed into anything meaningful. Hopefully he'll be equally baffled! If not you'll have to bluff that the misunderstanding is all his. Shouldn't be too hard...

I think he will have no more clue about what your text meant than any of us do. Could you write, word for word, what you sent? Nothing about royal mistresses etc. necessary.

Colourlessgreen 😂😂

If it makes you feel any better I accidently sent my kids child minder a VERY seductive picture.

Yes, that actually DOES make me feel better ...

Cross post but sorry Shuck I'm still lost.

In future, draft texts in the body of a blank email, then c&p into a text.

And use plain English to express your point, especially for work-related correspondence ~ WTF is the ‘royal mistresses’ stuff about?!

Clear as mud.

I hear Timbuktu is very nice at this time of year

Are you camelia parker bowles?