To be cringing this much for sending an 'x' to my boss at end of text?

[yogaqueenhood]

My boss text me today asking if I'll be somewhere at a certain time. We never sign off with kisses but I do with certain colleagues in text, not through email. Anyways I text my boss back saying 'yes will be there x'

He responded as normal and didn't mention the kiss but I am soooo cringing. He is my age and attractive - I mention this because I'm so worried he will think this was my way of starting some sort of flirtation. I even thought of texting back 'didn't mean that kiss' but I thought that would make things even more awkward. I now keep cringing about the next time I see him.

AIBU to be worried about this or not to worry?

He may not even notice. You could just send a text which says, "sorry about x, just habit' but I really wouldn't worry.

Fear not, most people know it's a reflex.

At least you didn't do it to a boss who was in the papers as being a 'sext pest'...like I did.

Just follow it up with a bright and breezy 'oops' message!

I wouldn't even give this another thought.

Just leave it, he may well have not even noticed and bringing it up will just draw attention to it.

He'll know it's a reflex. My elderly neighbour sent me a kiss a while back, clearly thinking he was messaging his kids or something. I just ignored it.

I told a customer service guy I loved him once. "OK thanks, I love you! No I don't!" and hung up. I fucking saved it with the "no I don't".

I did that once and did send a message straight after saying ooops sorry about the x

Your over thinking it.
I do it all the time to people, boss included.
Just on autopilot

@JesusIsAnyNameFree

He'll know it's a reflex. My elderly neighbour sent me a kiss a while back, clearly thinking he was messaging his kids or something. I just ignored it.

I told a customer service guy I loved him once. "OK thanks, I love you! No I don't!" and hung up. I fucking saved it with the "no I don't".

😂😂😂

I did that once. Sent an email to a top director at the big PLC I worked for, and signed it off 'lots of love, Dandelion...' xxx

I shit U not.

It was the VEEERRRYYY early days of email, and I was a bit wet behind the ears with internet tech and etiquette!

I didn't even realise I'd done it, until my office manager said 'You've made James Harrison's day. A man of 63, getting lots of love - and kisses - from a gorgeous 20-something young women.' (James's words not mine!!!)

I was the subject of many laughs and jokes for a few months after that!!!

James Harrison is not his real name btw!

haha. who hasn't done this? I've had it done to me by staff too. Sometimes you just don't think about it when texting. i am sure he either didn't notice or noticed but realised that it was just an error.

Ignore it completely. Pretend it didn’t happen.

In future just follow up with “sorry about the rogue x there!” and that will be the end of it

Don't worry about it, everyone knows these things happen from time to time. I remember Gary Lineker saying he got into trouble with his wife once, because he was so used to signing autographs he signed her birthday card with "Best Wishes, Gary Lineker"!

@rainyskylight

In future just follow up with “sorry about the rogue x there!” and that will be the end of it

Don't do this, there's nothing to apologise for. Calling attention to it just makes it more awkward.

I had this from DS’s piano teacher and knew immediately it was a reflex thing as she’d never use kisses and put 3, I didn’t think anything of it at all . I wouldn’t worry

I did it once to my therapist. Cringed and apologised next session but he hadn't even noticed it.

Don't send anything to follow up - it never happened....

It can't be any worse than one of my clients telling me that they loved me at the end of a phone call

I have posted this before, but once my boss gave me a lift home, when we pulled up I turned and kissed her full on the lips and said "cheers sweetheart"... (my husband was the only person who gave me a lift to/from work usually!)

I was mortified... still am 12 years later...

Don't worry at all! I'm sure he understands completely.

I once did it to my landlady, but I put about 25 hugs and kisses. I was on my way to work (on foot) and just forgot I wasn't texting a friend and put loads of hugs and kisses

She, who had never once put a kiss at the end of her texts replied and put one kiss. That was somehow worse as she obviously felt she had to respond but not the number of kisses I'd put. Super cringe.

Ignore it and move on with your life.

A lot of people use x as a kind of punctuation these days and your boss isn't exactly fuddy-duddy if he's your age, so almost certainly has enough people in his life who do it and he probably won't even have registered it as unusual.

I did that once - sent an email on my phone to big boss and all the senior managers, habit of using my phone and I put an x on the bottom.

Immediate mortification and apology. Next email I sent was cc'd to the whole team but addressed to the big manager, who promptly responded to thank me for my work but how come he didn't get a x on his email

I send an x to most people male or female including my male bosses, ex husband, they send one back, I don't think anything of it.

I told my boss, 'well done, Sweetie. I am proud of you' when he texted me to say he had achieved something. I thought the text was from my sister!! Didn't have my contact lenses in. Tbf he never mentioned the weird reply from me. Probably took it at face value.

I sent a kiss out of habit to my boss last week aswell , nothing has been said but I did cringe too. I am choosing to pretend it didn't happen