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What are your opinions on dating in the office?

What about neighbors (I guess this would mostly apply to apartment dwellers)?

Just curious.

I think in both cases it depends on the people. If you have stalker types who get too attached too quickly then it's not a good idea. If you have two reasonably sane people who are likely to just do the "whatever" thing when it's over, why not? The problem is that one of the people usually turns out to be one of the former because the person didn't take the time to get to know them first so couldn't project what the end result might be.

The conventional wisdom on office dating has been around so long, that the expression itself may not be clear to a younger generation:

Don't dip your pen in the company inkwell.

To find out why, read the advice columns in the newspaper.

Don't know about neighbors but it seems far less potentially troublesome.

What are your opinions on dating in the office?



Conventional Wisdom is against it, but I've done it four times successfully, ranging from lots bit of slap and tickle in an empty room upstairs, to dating a girl for about 7 months.

If your relationship goes pear shaped though, that's when the doodoo hits the fan, just be careful, and don't be an eejit if the relationship is coming to a natural end for whatever reason, coz it'll bite ya back threefold.




EDITED coz I was cursing and didn't even realise it, sorry mods....

don't. Unless there's a way to not have constant contact during the day

Sorry I gotta go with not dating at the office.
If things don't work out, the odds of one of you being an arsehole are stacked against you.
I've witnessed this enough times to know, the norm is, it gets ugly.

The rumor mill takes off, then HR gets involved. Someone is usually out of a job when its over.
The chances it working out and they end up being your true love are slim to none

You haven't lived until you've done it with a colleague in the pump room behind the tranmissive electron microscope lab.. ok I'll just STFU now...

Think about all the women that have married their bosses...

Think about all the women that have married their bosses...
Only couple I know are divorced, and during the divorce attempted to get part of the business and they all got at least part of it too. Heh.

Depends on the size of the company. My workplace has around 9500 people plus contractors so our problems are pretty limited other than the BS soap opera side of it. Nothing real serious. You'll get nut cases everywhere especially if you're just being a ho about it but if they're real relationships with adult beginnings and endings, no sweat.

Adults acting like Adults. What world are you living in klondike300?? :eek:

our companie has only about 300 employees and I have seen more entertaining things when some of them think they can pull it off and date each other.. and when I say enteresting I mean steamy enteresting.. anything ranging from finding people in locked closets to bathrooms and once they broke up it gets even more intesresting.. I would NEVER.. but I think it is entertaining!!

Dating in the office is probably not a good idea, imo. Too much risky business there.

our companie has only about 300 employees and I have seen more entertaining things when some of them think they can pull it off and date each other.. and when I say enteresting I mean steamy enteresting.. anything ranging from finding people in locked closets to bathrooms and once they broke up it gets even more intesresting.. I would NEVER.. but I think it is entertaining!!
Whoa.. I need to work there for a while. :p

Dating in the office is probably not a good idea, imo. Too much risky business there.
I would imagine that there wouldn't be a high success rate of meaningful work relationships. If one wasn't looking for a meaningful relationship... :rolleyes:

I would imagine that there wouldn't be a high success rate of meaningful work relationships. If one wasn't looking for a meaningful relationship... :rolleyes:
There are a lot of mean people out there too. If something goes sour, and someone gets bitter, there might be some legal crap to deal with.

I would also think that it would be hard to keep things on a professional level if you had once "gone there".

I would much rather date someone in my office than someone in my bike club. My wife would be less likely to find out about it. :rolleyes:

I would much rather date someone in my office than someone in my bike club. My wife would be less likely to find out about it. :rolleyes:
:rofllmao: :D How's the new grandson Ole :D

I guess the bottom line is if you work with that person, and see them 8 hours a day, what would it be like if you break up? Remember, you DO have to work with them. There are 2 couples where I work, and they both live together. I would just think that it would be really hard, at least for a while, to look at each other if the breakup happens.

There are a lot of mean people out there too. If something goes sour, and someone gets bitter, there might be some legal crap to deal with.

I would also think that it would be hard to keep things on a professional level if you had once "gone there".
Haha Yes. The first place I worked at. Boy there were some people there that had gone and done that. Those people could not work the same shift, overlapping shifts or taking over for one. I still do not understand why people are like that though.

I'm not even thinking as far as the breakup. I'm more concerned with where the hell I would go to get away from the person when I just don't feel like being around someone I'm personal with (often). Which is why I included neighbors in my original question.

I sez no to both.

:rofllmao: :D How's the new grandson Ole :D

Growing like the proverbial weed. I just dropped off some stuffed manicotti on the way home from work as an excuse to get to see him again.

A http://harleyzone.tenmagazines.com/forums/images/chicken.gif doesn't http://harleyzone.tenmagazines.com/forums/images/poop.gif in it's own Nest!









(that's suppose to be a bird LMAO)

Adults acting like Adults. What world are you living in klondike300?? :eek:
Dang.... forgot, we're not allowed to take responsibilities for our own behavior anymore. Must blame on parents and everyone else.:D
I've got 3 exes (GF's, not wives) at my work but luckily it was a long time ago so no headaches. Been married 13 years so I think the exes are probably over it.