irc333 Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 I have a friend of mine that I sometimes go meet at his work place for lunch and such, I've noticed a few things. 1. All the women there are married or spoken for 2. They are married to their co-workers or dating their co-workers.....LONG term dating....relationship stuff. 3. The guys there, mostly the mechanics (I guess the single ones), "cat call" and whistle at them when they walk by. Is this typical of small town work organizations? lol
StanMusial Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 It's not uncommon. Hell if you are spending 40, 50, 60 hours per week at work then there is a better chance you might eventually hook up with someone there than anywhere else. I have dated coworkers before.
Author irc333 Posted March 23, 2013 Author Posted March 23, 2013 Madness! Yes it does happen. Yeah, with all the whistling and "Hey sexy" comments, I forget that it's a work place lol 1
soccerrprp Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 Yeah, with all the whistling and "Hey sexy" comments, I forget that it's a work place lol There is something seriously wrong with your work place that people are behaving that way. Sounds like a cess-pool of potential sexual harassment. Doesn't sound like a healthy place to work.
EasyHeart Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 There's no problem dating a co-worker. The problems arise after you break up with a co-worker. . . . 3
xxoo Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 If it's a really small town, some of those spouses may have been married before they started working together. I've worked in low-professional environments with a big mix of men and women, and there was always a lot of flirting, and even a few affairs mixed in. When you've invested a ton into your career, you are less likely to risk it for a romantic pursuit. But when you are working a dead-end type job, or could get a similar job with relative ease, why the heck not? I'm not defending it, but that's what I've observed.
iris219 Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 It's common for people to date and marry where I work. This happens for several reasons: 1. We live in a smallish town where people marry young so it's hard to meet single people. 2. There are very few jobs for educated professionals where I live. My workplace is one of the few places where you have a bunch of people with advanced degrees all in one place. 3. We spend a lot of time at work and our jobs require that we work at home as well (so basically, we have no life). Dating coworkers isn't looked down upon where I work. In fact, coworkers always try to get the single people to date each other.
Author irc333 Posted March 23, 2013 Author Posted March 23, 2013 It's common for people to date and marry where I work. This happens for several reasons: 1. We live in a smallish town where people marry young so it's hard to meet single people. 2. There are very few jobs for educated professionals where I live. My workplace is one of the few places where you have a bunch of people with advanced degrees all in one place. 3. We spend a lot of time at work and our jobs require that we work at home as well (so basically, we have no life). Dating coworkers isn't looked down upon where I work. In fact, coworkers always try to get the single people to date each other. Oh man, funny you say that.....the IT guy there was "fixed up" by on one of the married co-workers there.....it was on 1st date only thing though. But yeah....but I'd feel weird being fixed up by a co-worker.
StanMusial Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 It's common for people to date and marry where I work. This happens for several reasons: 1. We live in a smallish town where people marry young so it's hard to meet single people. 2. There are very few jobs for educated professionals where I live. My workplace is one of the few places where you have a bunch of people with advanced degrees all in one place. 3. We spend a lot of time at work and our jobs require that we work at home as well (so basically, we have no life). Dating coworkers isn't looked down upon where I work. In fact, coworkers always try to get the single people to date each other. I have seen similar situations. One advantage I have is that I'm a consultant and I might spend 6 months at one company and then two years at the next. Or I might spend time in different offices in different cities. I have dated a few people I met through work and only once did it get sort of uncomfortable.... luckily I just waited it out because my work there was almost done. I can see how working with someone every day at the same office would make it hard to eject.
iris219 Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 Oh man, funny you say that.....the IT guy there was "fixed up" by on one of the married co-workers there.....it was on 1st date only thing though. But yeah....but I'd feel weird being fixed up by a co-worker. We don't feel weird. There's always someone dating, hooking up with, getting pregnant by, and/or getting married to a coworker where I work. I'm currently dating a coworker!
Author irc333 Posted March 23, 2013 Author Posted March 23, 2013 We don't feel weird. There's always someone dating, hooking up with, getting pregnant by, and/or getting married to a coworker where I work. I'm currently dating a coworker! Hm, I dunno, I always thought if I flirted with my female co-workers, I'd get into trouble...so I keep it strictly professional and keep my work life separate and do my flirting with women I meet outside of work.
xxoo Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 Hm, I dunno, I always thought if I flirted with my female co-workers, I'd get into trouble...so I keep it strictly professional and keep my work life separate and do my flirting with women I meet outside of work. Do your coworkers flirt with and date each other?
iris219 Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 Hm, I dunno, I always thought if I flirted with my female co-workers, I'd get into trouble...so I keep it strictly professional and keep my work life separate and do my flirting with women I meet outside of work. The funny thing is, we don't flirt at work. We end up doing group activities or one single person asks out another single person simply because they are both single. My BF and I never had any flirtation before we hung out.
Author irc333 Posted March 23, 2013 Author Posted March 23, 2013 Do your coworkers flirt with and date each other? Typically, they've done it outside the office....let's say a company paid "Boon doggle" Company sends us off for a week of training, we stay in seperate hotel rooms...get some drinks, people get tipsey, people start flirting heavily, even some people feeling each other up. (consensual) Of course, this is after those seminars at 8 pm at night.
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