The truth about office romances

[beatjunkie]

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140516-are-office-romances-ever-ok

Fully agree except they say or rather, imply, that dating someone in a different department may be ok. I dated someone in a different department and that doesn't seem like a good idea either. Avoid office romances I say and also if you are in grad school, avoid dating classmates too. I almost failed my masters because of a breakup. #fail but lessons learned.....the hard way.

 

[bigneil]

I once had two dates with two girls from my work on the same day, but they worked in different departments.

I had lunch with an Eva Longoria lookalike (back in her prime). Then I had dinner with a polish blonde girl, but she said to me: "Neil, I know the guys in IT, and they read your email, and they told me about your lunch date".

But it was at another company that I really learned my lesson about why you shouldn't date women at work. I dated a girl who had been dating another coworker. He got so jealous of me he started stalking me and got himself fired. But later (after I got bored) she dumped me for yet another coworker and she would laugh in his office and you could hear it throughout the entire building and it drove me crazy. I could just see the way she looked at him what was going on. I realized that that was the way I had made everyone else feel when I dated her. You might not know who had a crush on her and it's terribly distracting, and also unprofessional.

If you are going to date someone at work, both of you must promise to be 100% discrete.

 

[Brosy]

If you are going to date someone at work, both of you must promise to be 100% discrete.

Yep. If she can't be discreet, you have to wonder if the 'relationship' is merely a vehical for peer attention.

Seen it before, been approached before too, when you say no they just go off and find someone else, it's all about her.

 

[SgtSplacker]

Man I know it's so wrong, but work is totally my stomping grounds. You just have to be honest with the work hookups. No deception is allowed there and it's generally fine. Have to avoid the crazies too...