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Office Romance – Professional Women Beware
Since you spend have of your life (so it seems) at work, it makes
sense to go out with some cute co-worker that you have had your eye on
for some time. But is this a wise decision?
Yes there are couple that have met and even married through their
work place, but think of the flip side. What happens if you meet
someone at work, have a relationship and it ends and you still have to
make nice with the person you broke up with.
If there is total chemistry between you and you have weighed all the
plusses and minuses and feel that this is the route you want to take,
there are a few hints that you might want to keep in mind.
-start off slow. Think of how this person is work, because there you usually see all facets of the person.
-be discreet. Don’t use work email to send cute little notes to each
other or don’t spend major amounts of time in each others
presence. That will only give the office gossips fuel to add to their
fire. Meet away from the office environment.
-accept that people will eventually find out, be honest and just say
‘yes, I am seeing so and so’ and leave it that – again less fuel for
the gossips fire.
-at all costs stay professional. Work as hard as before or harder to
ensure the powers that be that no, this romance will not interfere with
your jobs done to their satisfaction.
-if the relationship doesn’t go well, resist revenge. Smile, be
polite to him along with everyone else and show the world including him
that its over and you are none the worse for wear.
But think twice before dating your boss or supervisor, because if
goes sour, they could make your life well you know. In fact, it might
be wise to give a lot of thought before you get into any office
relationship at all.
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