Dating a Co-Worker

KevinPsalm23v4
KevinPsalm23v4 Posts: 208 Member
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What are your thoughts on the matter:

Yes
No
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  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    No
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Bad idea
  • patrickblo13
    patrickblo13 Posts: 831 Member
    Depends, I met my wife at my old job. But I have seen it end bad as well
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    it depends

    it might be easier to first get her fired, then console her
  • grayblackmfp
    grayblackmfp Posts: 140 Member
    No. Don't *kitten* where you eat.
    Also it's humiliating when they ditch you and start dating someone else from work. Not that this happened to me :'(
  • Sarc_Warrior
    Sarc_Warrior Posts: 430 Member
    Don't *kitten* where you eat
  • PowerMan40
    PowerMan40 Posts: 766 Member
    Dont do it, it can turn bad, for both or just one, can be embarrassing, some companies it is policy not to do so. I have seem people quit their jobs cause relationships when bad, and it got ugly at work.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Maybe....
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    Maybe, but I personally wouldn't.
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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »
    How am I supposed to answer this question without seeing a picture of her?

    right?

    risk vs. reward



    .... let's say I had a job drying off cars at a carwash (my dream job) and the cashier was attractive and nice?

    let me think...

    yeah, still, there's no way I would risk that career

  • 3M_TA3
    3M_TA3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    Don't dip your pen in company ink.....
  • teetertatertango
    teetertatertango Posts: 229 Member
    At 43 and divorced, I would not rule it out.

    With the following caveats:
    How are your relationships with your exes? If you are the kind of person who burns bridges, it's probably not a good idea.

    If you are the kind of person who dates people who turn out to be crazy, probably not a good idea.

    If you looking for casual stuff as a rebound, probably not a good idea.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I was married for 18 years to a man I met at work.
  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    My husband and I work for the same company. It's a very large financial services company however, we only see each other at lunch (he is in legal, I am HR).
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    My first husband and I worked together
    My current husband and I met at work.
    I see no problem with it you have ready made discussion topics
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    As far as bad ideas go, this one is better than drinking gasoline.

    (But if you're gonna drink gasoline, you have to weigh it with a food scale first and make sure it fits your macros.)
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    3M_TA3 wrote: »
    Don't dip your pen in company ink.....

    This has been said to my husband
    and it's really funny when we say we met at work and says he's a lawyer and I was a secretary and he gets the nudge and a wink and a good job buddy at which time I said I took a lot of "dictation".

    hahah it's fun messing with people
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I don't see a problem with it...thinking about it, most of the women I've dated I met at work...I do recall it being a bit awkward for a bit of time after breakups, but I don't remember the world going to *kitten* or anything...
  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
    Don't piss on your own doorstep .
  • AmberSpamber
    AmberSpamber Posts: 391 Member
    Nah... usually doesn't end well, and gets awkward.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    finny11122 wrote: »
    Don't piss on your own doorstep .

    I knew somebody who didn't follow that advice. Really didn't appreciate hearing the story, either.
  • Coffeebeenz
    Coffeebeenz Posts: 95 Member
    Co-worker, sure. Boss... negative.
  • Coffeebeenz
    Coffeebeenz Posts: 95 Member
    Villae81 wrote: »
    Coffeebeenz wrote: »
    Co-worker, sure. Boss... negative.

    Boss has a private office with a lock

    And boss' wife also has a key to that office...

    I'm just kiddinggggg! :p But, nah, co-worker dating gone wrong can be awkward, but that's about it, I'd think. But never date the boss. If that goes wrong, it can take ugly to a whole other level. Gainfully employed is a good thing, so never jeopardize, that. Just my opinion :#
  • BarbaraJatmfp
    BarbaraJatmfp Posts: 463 Member
    I am 64 years old and worked for 40 years. I have seen this work out, and I have seen it cost people their job.

    It worked out when the company was large enough so that the two people weren't working in close proximity.

    I have seen it not work out when the dating never progressed to the marrying stage, and one of the people quit. She was embarrassed when the guy started dating someone else.

    It can backfire on you if the company shuts down or lays off employees because both of you will be unemployed.

    But the heart wants what the heart wants, and it is natural for people in the same area 8 or 9 hours a day to eventually find each other. Just decide how you will handle it if you break up and see that person dating someone else. Or if you encounter someone that person has slept with. It can cause bad feelings.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    Fishing out of the company pond is an LOL no
  • Sloth2016
    Sloth2016 Posts: 838 Member
    Don't get your meat where you get your bread.

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