NOO00ooo...they're not the rules....

noooooooo! It's me, the real Cobweb, trapped inside the...shut up and get back in my head. I'm the real Cobweb now...nooo help....I said shut up! *Cobweb2 swallows Cobweb whole and carries on reading different threads to participate in as if nothing happened*
Tum te tum te tum

I've just read what you said again sue, and I think you're right about the friendship thing too. When I have met up with the supervisor, I have tried to be friendly too, and although they are friendly back, there does seem to be a bit of a barrier. I don't know, before I started the course I thought that over time you kind of establish a sort of friendship where you can talk to them like you would with your other friends, but with the added bonus of being able to talk about the work, as it's almost impossible to talk about the work with other friends because they just don't get it. But you're right, it doesn't happen. (I can't speak for others on here though - perhaps others have been able to have friendships with their sups aswell as a professional relationship.)
In past semi-professional jobs, I've been able to be friends with the managers, etc, and talk about things that you would with friends -so why not with the sup? The department even tries to arrange non-work related social events, as if they are trying to encourage a more laid-back atmosphere.
Then again, I've seen in the other threads that having more than a professional relationship with academic staff can cause quite serious problems, so it's probably best to steer clear!

It's all a learning curve I suppose!

The thought of anything sexual actually grosses me out, not because the person is ugly, but becaues I don't think it's that sort of admiration... answered my own question really. Thanks for helping things along sue.

...please help mr or mrs or miss forum maker person :-(





I feel lost now:-(

I beat up the old Cobweb mwhaa ha ha ha....it won't be long til I get all of you and take over the world and win this thread!!

...there's just too much that I want to say in the other threads, but I don't feel my old self with this smelly new username :-(

I have had to temporarily change my name to cobweb2 damn it! For some reason my account isn't bloody working!!! How do I get it back?
For some reason, when I type in the random new password I've been given it doesn't recognize it.
I wish I hadn't tried to change my email address in account settings now....

:-(