Dear Diana,
I have been working in a travel agency for the last two years. It is a cool place and I am enjoying my work. I get along with my co-workers. Things were going fine till last month when a new manager joined the organisation. He is in his 50s and tries to be overfriendly with me. He keeps coming to my desk or calls me to his cabin every now and then. I have become a part of the office gossip. My colleagues tell me that he has the hots for me. They keep teasing me. Last week, it was my birthday and he splurged me with a high-end luxury hand bag. I know it is an expensive buy. I refused it, but he insisted that I take it. He even told me that he would take me out for dinner to celebrate my birthday. How do I tell him I am not interested in him? Why does he not behave with me in a professional way? Ever since he joined the company, work has become a source of stress for me.
— Manali

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