Office Crush in New Beginnings

I'm not sure if the following is a happy benefit of maturing or a sad benefit of being romantically inept. I believe I have a crush on my coworker Galina. Not that anything would ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever happen between us. She's married with children after all. Besides, as the saying goes, you don't get your honey and your money from the same pot. I think she may know it based on the way she smiles at me when we pass each other or randomly starts up a conversation with me for no particular reason. Anyways, the benefit is that I'm totally okay with the fact that she's not a romantic option. I initially thought it was a benefit from growing older, being able to accept that some things are impossible. Then, I thougt maybe I'm okay with it because I'm so used to not getting the girl that I can immediately accept that nothing will happen. Besides, if she weren't married with children, it's not like I'd have the gumption to initiate anything. Maybe it's a little bit of both. Irregardless, it's just fun to get the tingles because a pretty woman is smiling at me. That may be the closest thing to romance I ever get. I suppose it's easy to be happy if you continually lower your standards for what you need to be happy.