It is difficult to say goodbye.

Hmmm, I think even though you're not good friends you might have some feelings for her. Come on man admit it.. haha kidding. You're right. We're so used to seeing our co-workers in the office that the moment they resign we're somehow affected by it. I might do the same thing in the near future where I'm working.

I am one of those people that has difficulty in saying goodbye. I am the first one with the tears at a time of goodbye. Greeting someone is no problem. i guess i just don't want to let go of the one who is leaving. When we would go on visits to relatives, i was excited to see them, but saying goodbye was a different story. i guess i just want to stay with the ones i care about.

Hi liweiwei, I am sure you will miss your colleague, especially because she and you seemed to have had a good work relationship. It is sometimes difficult to get along with co-workers, and you don't mind it when they leave the company. However, when a pleasant person, that you have worked together with for sometime leaves, for whatever reason, you are a little sad to see them leave. There are many reasons a person might turn in his or her resignation. Harassment on the job would be the worse reason, but moving up the "ladder of success" is an excellent reason. I hope you friend/co-worker is leaving for happy reasons.

Nothing is forever, today you see someone and tomorrow she left, tomorrow you meet someone else, and maybe a few months later he left. This is just a normal thing happen in every where in this world. Just take it easy, at least you can still contact her and there is this technology call phone or internet that you can still get connected to her.

Reading your discussion makes me think a lot... I have always told my colleagues at work that i am eager to find another job since im fed up in the company and want to do something new... but now thinking that leaving this company after 9 years is going to be very hard since we live like a family at work and most of my time is spend in office so it will be definitely very hard for me....

Do you like the girl? LOL! It is really sad if one needs to go especially if the that person is important to us. But to ease the pain just think of positive things why she needs to leave. Maybe because she has better things to do, maybe there is a better opportunity waiting for her, maybe she's not happy anymore with what she's doing? etc. The important thing that you should do here is to tell her that you will miss her and you had fun working with her. I guess you can still see each other even if your not working together right? Always remember to do the things what you can do today because you might not have the chance to do it again. =) Goodluck!

Honestly, i hate the word.. I at once associate the word "goodbye" with my brother who past away 3 years ago, yet i still miss him. We're so close. I could still remember seeing him struggling with his illness until his last breath. The pain still inside me.

Yes sometime if your have special feeling for someone then it hard to said goodbye.Howevr with modern technology nowsday you can easily keep in touch with her throught facebook,twitter,online chats and such and keep in touch with latest news .Can once awhile go out to hang around and update each other news.It not actually goodbyes but see u again soon.

Oh gosh saying goodbye even if for a short vacation is too hard for me. I am the type that while awaiting in airport and see others, weeping and saying goodbye, although strangers to me I begin crying also. This is one area of my life I cannot deal with. My sister resigned from her position, we both worked together for 4 years. She was doing the right thing, it meant more pay, more money and getting away from the nut job doctor we worked with. Although not really close to her, we both live on opposite sides of the city and we both went the extra mile to arrive at work each day. Her last day, I hugged her and teared, you would think I would never have opportunity to see her again, she is my sister. But there is this thing in my subconscious mind, that it is letting go and a feeling of saddens. I had a 90 minute drive home afterward and I cried all the way home. Perhaps like you I would not see for daily, oh and do not get me wrong she angered me sometimes, but the thought that each day not hearing her nutty voice. I had all kinds of sad reminiscing thoughts that I could not control myself. As soon as I arrived home I called her and wished her well again.

you can say bye instead of good bye

yea yea it is... im still trying to say goodbye to some one but they keep comming back and messing with my emotions. i know its kind of a different situation. but its because we love the person or the person was like a family to you.

...goodbye is indeed difficult...the pain of knowing that someone might no longer be with you temporarily or permanently painful..it takes courage and acceptance...but rather than we focus more on goodbye, why not we simply cherish the memories we have created along with him/her, in that way, she or he will remain as someone who once become a part of our life and has created his/her place in there...

That is so sad. I feel so sorry for you. I've experienced that kind of moment too in my life. Especially because I'm easy to accept others to be my friend. I have many friends, and we have a lot of fun together. Until at one point, we have to live our own life. It was so sad, now we are separated by distance. Well, thanks to technology, we're still able to make a communications to each other via mobile, email or chat. Even sometime, people that we know only for short period in our life still give us a sadness when they have to leave us. That's why, we should be happy for having friends. I do..

It's really hard to say goodbye if you're used to seeing, hearing someone everyday of your life for a long time. But remember that when you lose something, something better will arrive. Maybe your next co-worker will be a good friend and not just someone to say hi to when you see him at work.