Quote From: shealunaI was wondering if anyone has any advise.
My boss has always been a bully. Without going into ten years of history, my current problem boils down to this... she thinks my personal life is her business. So, especially over the last couple of years I have kept very quiet about my personal life, particularly my love life. She doesn't even know I am engaged! Or that I am moving to London, UK in about two months. I am going to wait to tell her I am leaving until my UK visa comes through. Then I will give her notice.
Here's the predicament. I don't know what to tell her. I know if I tell her the truth, she will harrass me for the next few weeks with stories of stalkers and how horrible Europeans are, and how stupid I am, etc. My mother suggested simply telling her I am moving out of state and leaving it at that, but there is no way she will let it go that easily. She will want details and won't rest until she's satisfied. I'd thought about lying, telling her I just need a change in life and am moving to Seattle where some friends of mine live. I don't really care what she thinks, I just don't want to be tortured for three or four weeks. She'll be pissed at me no matter what I tell her, just for leaving. So what do you all think I should do? Tell the truth and just ignore her poisonous words? Or tell a lie about where I am going and what I am doing to forstall the doom sayer?
Help?
I also say you tell her the truth; but not until you put in your work noticed that your quitting. Then, you simply tell her that you are moving, you don't need to say anything more, and you can always say just "The U.K" to her as well. Most people think of London when U.K. come up anyway.
Secondly, you don't need to listen to her either; just shut her down. You don't need to be rude but I would say something like "What I do in my personal life is my own bloody buisness so get off it!"
Sorry, but it sounds as if you just let this woman walk all over you; I don't like people who do that.
