The issue focused on a simple relationship I had with a female colleague that I do not want to get into details of. She is an absolute delight. She is great in many ways, but her interests are very narrow and she has no particular talent for anything other than making me laugh to the point of tears. She is also very rude and extremely stubborn to the point of almost making me wish I had been born a man. 
 
 She has been my manager for about three years now and I have never been able to get her to help