Urgent: How do I decline to eat at an employee Thanksgiving potluck without offending my coworkers?

Ask her for a coffee or lunch maybe, Save your compliments for your date,you can compliment her on anything you find attractive about her,like about her smile,eyes,hair,anything ..but not in a creepy way though ;).

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.