MissyM007 Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 If you were dating someone senior at work and you were both part time with one of you on contract to leave anyway would that make a better case for those two people to get involved? I'm 32 he's 47. How would you work it so that it made things easier and you saw each other enough?
beyondcrushed Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 Do not do it. For the love of G** don't. My exbf, a coworker, broke it off with me 3 months ago. We work together full time 5 days a week. I now have to hear and see him 5 days /week, 52 weeks out of the year. And no end in sight. Unless he or I get another job at a different location, which may take a long time. And it is so painful. If I didn't work with him, I would of been fine and over him sooner. But I am still working through the hurt and bitterness. I almost lost it in a meeting today with him and our bosses. Also, seeing each other at work then outside of work make the relationship boring rather quickly. So DO NOT do it. Wait until one of you is out and working somewhere else. 1
winny Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 I have seen few of my co workers getting into relations and when they didn't work out, they mixed their personal and professional stuff and it was such a mess. But then again I have seen some of my co workers fall in love and happily married....
D-Lish Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 I have seen few of my co workers getting into relations and when they didn't work out, they mixed their personal and professional stuff and it was such a mess. But then again I have seen some of my co workers fall in love and happily married.... I've seen both as well. I actually dated a senior manager at work, and we had to disclose it. He wasn't my direct manager, but he was an indirect superior- so I had to move to a different shift and department. He eventually got a promotion and a transfer to a location in a different Province and we didn't continue dating. I see work related romance drama every single day. There isn't a policy against dating at my work- there are always people dating and hooking up that work the same shift and same department- there is always drama. Nothing worse than breaking up and then having to see the other person daily. 1
Author MissyM007 Posted December 21, 2013 Author Posted December 21, 2013 Thanks everyone good advice. We both work only three days a week and sit nowhere near each other or have anything to do with each other's work. So the only interaction would be passing each other through a corridor. If I'm upset my way to deal with it is to throw myself into my job I have never dealt with emotions by getting at someone I tend to have a stuff you I'm ok approach and deal with emotions privately. So I would hope it would be easier for me than some of you having to see their ex 5 days a week and actually work with them.
Conners Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 It might be ok if you're both part time? and older but really I don't see dating in the work place a good thing. I started a fulltime reception job when I was 18 and fell for one of the older sales guys who was 28. We started dating and then i ended up quitting my job when he broke it off. AWESOME! -_-
SonOfAGun Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 It was the works Xmas party last night, swapped numbers with a colleague. Quite a few people said she was interested in me so I talked to her & she seems keen to meet up. I was gonna ask her out tonight but I'm in two minds now, she's a nice person & i think she's attractive but if it doesn't work out it could get awkward quite quickly! Hmmmm....
d0nnivain Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 You keep your romance out of the work place. No sweet IMs, no hooking up in the parking lot or janitor's closet. You act professional when it's time to work & romantic off the clock. It can be done.
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