What's done is done. Hope all goes well as you bounce back!

I agree. What's done is done now. The woman was clearly a nightmare and I may well have chosen the same path myself in your shoes, flipping her off and all.

As the old saying goes, where one door closes another door opens. So it is time now to be glad you are free of that miserable situation and move forward seeking a new one. With you education and talents you will be fine. You just need to seek out a good place to apply them. I wish you the very best in the new job search.

Don't be hard on yourself for not being some carbon copy of what you perceive as normal in people either. We are all unique individuals with our own strengths and weakness, each and every one of us. That means you too. It is okay to be quiet and reserved. It is okay to not be a people person. Not everyone is the outgoing life of the party type. That doesn't mean you are somehow less than them. You have your own special qualities too. So don't forget to always try and look at the half full glass, not the half empty one.

It is okay to enjoy the peace of solitude. It is a wonderful thing. You can do some of your best thinking then and I would suspect perhaps some of your best writing too.

While all of this sounds nice and is also true, I would add that it does do nothing for the OP if he just suppresses or denies anything that makes him miserable. You can be however you want to be, Lionel, but it will only work if you accept who and how you are without bitterness. I bet what makes you stand out is not that you're different but that you obviously feel awkward about it yourself. At least I get that impression from everything you write.

If you yourself feel like you're some kind of alien or madman, how do you expect other people to react to such an alien or madman? It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, and as long as you don't learn to think and feel positive about yourself, you will constantly sabotage all your efforts in life. Thinking about "normality" is a dead end, noone is normal and everyone has confidence issues to some extent. What matters is your self-esteem.

Your self-esteem has nothing to do with feeling superior to other people, btw, or degrading them by calling them bitches etc., it's all about making your peace with yourself, and it can be tough working on it, because you have to face all your fears and hatred, but I'm confident that in the end it would pay off and lead to a much happier life. (Unless that's not what you're looking for and you prefer to stay in your alien comfort zone, scorning all "normal" humans.)

Anyway, good luck with finding your way, I wish you all the best!

I still have to meet my boss on Monday. I don't know what's been said but I am a little relieved that it's finally over. Right now it's best that I get that space that I have always wanted.I met some of my college mates today and it did feel 'nice'

It doesn't matter if I find work in a smaller organization with a lesser pay as long as I am happy and I can fit in just fine. For a while there I didn't know what to do and I was thinking of doing something crazy but I am glad that I didn't take that step.

And I am not a misogynist, if anyone got that impression. Some of my best friends are actually women.Anyway, thanks for listening.....if I ever met any of you guys in life then I would certainly like to buy you all a round : )