Where do you stand on workplace romances?

[ChroniC]

Thousands? A bit optimistic!

There are thousands of women that you think you could marry?

Where do you find these women?

I'd say in the Uk there are probably more, but doesn't mean I'm trying to meet them.
Pretty much everywhere at the moment, bus, train, shop, work, bar, you name it. Nothing stopping anyone from talking to anyone but themselves.

 

[LordSplodge]

If I had to work with my wife I'd end up killing her. Don't get me wrong I love the little woman more than anything but we do need space from each other...

 

[ChroniC]

Guy I work with got a girl from work. It didn't start working out well after a year and then he decided on another girl at work. Let say that things did not go smoothly for either of them, when he ditched the first girl and got with the second.
Work parties were interesting indeed. He got pushed down some stairs and broke his wrist.

 

[Oh Ed not again.]

Just about to play workplace cupid with two friends at work, I'll let you know how they get on.

 

[FabienO]

A large majority of marriages started as a workplace romance.

 

[DJMK4]

Wise man once say :

"Don't poke the payroll"

Wise man also said

"Don't poke the MD's daughter, who happens to have a job in her daddy's firm"

 

[Von Smallhausen]

Did your nuts get nailed to the rafters DJ ?

 

[Grimley]

Don't poo where you eat.

Or eat where you poo.

This. I saw a couple come to blows soon after their relationship came to an end & they still worked together. They even began to live together as well during their relationship sheesh they must've been sick of the sight of each other. As for me I've been tempted to ask a girl out on more than one occasion & I asked one out straight away soon after she left where I worked at the time. I regretted that soon afterwards though. turned out she liked to cook pet rabbits for some strange reason if you get my meaning.

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

When I first began work in an office after Uni, I always said I would never do this, as its just recipe for trouble.

I've done it twice now, and its not been bad at all really. As long as you aren't a pleb about it, it can work out fine. The first one I saw for a good couple of months, and I decided she wasn't my sort so I put an end to it. We still speak and get on quite well. The second was more of a one night thing.

That said, I don't work on the same teams as either, so don't have to see them most days if I didn't want to.

Just go for it if you want to, my opinion has changed now. The office is a great environment for hooking up with people, you can slowly start to get to know people in a pressure free sort of environment.

 

[Jokester]

A large majority of marriages started as a workplace romance.

It's the most common place to meet your long term partner as far as I'm aware. Work and supermarkets oddly enough.

 

[Luseac]

A no from me, the awkardness post-break up was just horrid.

 

[Showboat]

If it's a part time job while you at university where you can easily leave and get another job i'd go for it.
If it's in a proper job you may want to tread carefully, things will be very awkward if it goes pear shaped.

 

[Philtor]

Don't mix business with pleasure but if she's really hot then ignore my post and get to it!

 

[DJMK4]

Did your nuts get nailed to the rafters DJ ?

Not talking from experience per say. However I know someone it's happened too.

Daddy wasnt impressed lol

 

[Sinny]

Depends how much you like someone, but I know from a friends current situation that it can become extremely awkward (no denying he's an idiot though).

 

[Somnambulist]

Depends if where you work is the sort of place that will gossip endlessly about it/spread childish rumours/outright tell lies to cook up some drama for their viewing pleasure.

 

[Amp34]

if you're young and your job isn't that serious / is replaceable, no big deal. If your career is a bit more advanced and could come juddering to a halt because of a relationship at work, avoid

True, if you are a manager and she is your secretary then maybe it's not the best idea, you could end up in lots of trouble with sexual harassment claims...

 

[edscdk]

as long as its human and got the correct number of holes ill poke it...

 

[Rroff]

Don't generally reccomend it, you will often find people seem quite a bit different when you see them in the light of outside of work compared to how you see them at work. That said no harm I guess in seeing someone for drinks, etc. getting to know them better - sometimes you can be suprised.

 

[Morba]

a natural result born out of two people working closely together. keep romance and work separate

this.