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I (23M) texted my mother (47F) and father (47M) saying that I want to quit my job at an auto shop because my boss (46M) has been getting more into my privacy and I was just on my phone writing a comment to another person on Snoop Dogg's post that was easily interpreted as political, and my boss was peeking in asking me if I was blogging as I was writing a comment during my walk-in to work. My mother told me not to be bothered by him and to just say "that's private [name]," and I told her it was basically about a comment I just wrote on Snoop Dogg's post and he was just asking me nosy questions. My mom said, "maybe he's being friendly." I can't say no to him, he always gets bothered when I'm political even in private but he is actively political too, a very conservative anti-Democrat type. My mom said not to let it upset me and that maybe he's just trying to socialize with me. I told her I regret ever following my personal pages on the TikTok business page (from my shop on the work phone), and that while my boss doesn't really mind, it's getting on my nerves now. My mom said, "Then unfollow those so he doesn't see. Keep work [life] and personal [life] separate."

My dad said something similar, saying, "It's ok, he's [a] good guy, don't trip." He agreed that I should stay away from politics, but he just made a huge meme out of an overused Mitch McConnell joke that even nonpolitical pages use. My mom is actively political, and so is my boss, so it's hard for me to distance myself from politics. Plus, the vast majority of my followers on my TikTok pages are really that highly into politics.
Most of my family and the people around me hate or at least dislike Joe Biden. I'm not a fan of him either, but unlike most, I sympathize with Biden supporters.

I’m 23 and she is 22. We are both doing an international internship and work together, we’re both leaving at the end of August.

I can’t tell if she likes me or is just being nice. We’ve been out together (not just us) multiple times and the way she makes me feel is just nothing I’ve ever felt before. I found out that I might not work with her anymore due to certain reasons meaning she might have to leave. When I found out last Sunday it ruined my whole day and I still feel the sick-like feeling now.

On Monday we went out to drink at a rooftop bar. It was me, Person 2 (gay guy), Person 3 (girl), and her. I wanted to buy her a drink but decided to get everyone a shot to not make it weird. I was only planning to stop by quickly but she said she would buy me a drink at the next place they are going to, so I decided to stay. I was telling her about how work isn’t the same without her etc, and just catching up with her. Anyway, I stayed and went to the next place with her and the two other people, and we finished around 5am. Me and her were buying each other drinks all night. We actually went to a gay club as that was the closest. Whenever a guy tried dancing with me, she would get close to me and dance with me. When a girl tried dancing with her, I would try to do the same without being creepy as I don’t know if she feels the same way about me.

She had mentioned she wanted to get lunch with the group (the 4 people that went out). No one messaged in our group until like 2pm. Person 2 and 3 eventually said they were too tired to go out. I directly messaged the girl if she wants to grab some food. She told me that she’s at an appointment and can’t meet right away and that she’s also got dinner planned at 7pm.

How do I know if she likes me? I am so bad at stuff like this. I really like her and I don’t know whether should keep pursuing her. I haven’t directly said I like her because I don’t want to make things weird if she doesn’t feel the same.