My Boss Constanlty Picks On Me?

Question

Let me start by saying I love my job. I've been here for a couple years now, and my boss is actually a nice guy. It's just that over time, we've gotten along so well that we would joke back and forth kinda picking on one another in a joking funny way. Nothing bad at all, just fun humor. But now, I have stopped unless he throws a quip at me, then I will throw one back. But now every day he can not even walk into my office without saying something, and I've tried to not laugh or give him a smug look, but he just don't get it. He thinks that I'm sometimes being grouchy now. It is driving me sooo nuts that I am starting to not like coming to work, and I used to love my job. I wanna say something, but I don't want to hurt his feelings and make him think that I don't want to have anything to do with him other than business talk, cause he's actually the nicest person I ever worked for. So what do I do, or what exactly do I say???? Someone please help me. I'm not a mean person and I don't quite know how to initiate such a conversation.

Answer 1

It sounds like a lot of flirting followed by frustration.  Don't be so naive.  You know exactly what's going on.  Don't come here looking for rationalizations for your behaviour.

"He has a young personality..."  You're proving my point.

Answer 2

You know I would just go to his office and say, Hey, I just want to talk about something for amoment so that things don't get out of hand, and then tell him that joking was fine but it's sort of escalated and that you would appreciate to cut it back and keep things professional.

That's it. There's nothing offensive about it, it's not putting him down... it just shows him that you are committed to doing your job well and the comments get dropped, that's all. :)

Answer 3

Just be honest about it to him.

Thanks for asking.