More than half of you aren't fans of work romance, and it makes me wonder how many of you are speaking from experience. Have you ever dated a co-worker?
More than half of you aren't fans of work romance, and it makes me wonder how many of you are speaking from experience. Have you ever dated a co-worker?
Many years ago, I dated a co-worker very briefly. It didn't work out and thankfully, I graduated from college shortly thereafter and left so I avoided all the awkwardness at work.
1I said no, never. But now I remember a summer job while I was in school where I went on a date with a coworker, but I think a part time job during the summer isn't really the same...
Or maybe that's just me.
2Nope.
3Well, my ex and I worked at the same place once, but that's all.
4I did many years ago. I'm not sure if I would do it again, depending on your other co-workers it can add to office gossip.
5I was dating someone in college and got him a spot at the internship I was signed up to work for in the summer. We stopped dating before the internship actually started and it was TERRIBLE. Awkward does not even begin to describe it.
6Yes, my now husband
7Aw, that's so sweet lawchick
8Haha, yes I guess if you count people you worked with at a summer job or a job you had in high school, then yes. But I wouldn't want to now in my professional career.
9well at my last job, i dated a guy that i worked with, and that wasn't necessarily the best thing, because he left the company and then a few months later came back, and in the interim, a few catty girls decided to ruin my reputation about it all and that was a bad thing...so it was really awkward when he came back.
the GOOD story though is that my fiance is a guy that i met at work...at that last job. so it all worked out for the best!
10I dated and fell in love with my last boyfriend. It didn't work out but I'll forever love him for his friendship.
11My husband and I met while we were in college, so when I entered the workforce, I was already attached and "off the market". So no, no dating of coworkers for me.
12Have been dating my co-worker bf for 5.5 years... we live together, house, dog, and all that jazz.. we don't work on the same team @ work, but we do work in the same dept.
13Luke's Daddy and I are coworkers. We worked in totally different departments and didn't meet until we had both been there for a while - I actually changed departments before I met him. Our bosses thought it was cute, no problems at all.
14Kind of.
15yup. didnt last long but no hard feelings.
16My husband and I work at the same hospital, he's a doc, I'm a scientist.
17Yes...worst experience of my life, jealous SOB lol
18Nope - I don't like the idea of it, as I like to keep my work life as separate as possible from my personal life.
19But then, I've never been interested in a coworker; if that happened I might see things differently...
i dated a guy i worked with twice but it wasn't in an office setting nor was the job my "career"...it was when i was younger
20I dated a guy I worked with in college... but it didn't last long. It wasn't awkward though, and we remain good friends.
I manage a restaurant now, and my husband comes and works for me sometimes when we need extra help, but I don't think that counts
21No. I work in an office that is primarily female and married men. Which is fine with me because I'm not really into office dating. My luck, it'd blow up in my face.
22Yes...and after 6 years we are now getting married this spring.
23Nope but I've gone to the movies and dinner with male co-workers nothing romantic just hanging out . . . don't think that counts.
24I dated him and then married him. we no longer work together though, thank god!
25Yes and now my boyfriend of 3 1/2 years and hope to be enegaged soon!
26I met my current boyfriend at work. We've been together 5 years and just bought a house together. We have totally different jobs but it's always funny to think back to us working together. Awww those were the days
27Yes, I did.
28Not only did I date him - I married him!
29Dated him (different departments but his office was near the coffee pot) and have been married now for 18 years but he left the company before we got married
30Yep! I met my love working rockshows when I was in college. He was (still is) the sound engineer and I ran the spotlight. I moved on to another job, but we're still going strong after almost 3 years
31I have- my boyfriend of three years works at the same company where I worked and that's how we met. There was lots of gossip about us when we got together as it's a tiny company, but I found the whole thing amusing. If it hadn't been for after work drinks (and us staying until we got chucked out at closing time) we never would have got together!
32Yes, we met in the bagel line during a company function. It was love at first sight (really). After 10 yrs we both work at different companies with different schedules but one day we'll get together in the same household. He's only 45 min away so not too tragic. Glad to see there are success stories but often it does not work out.
33I met my fiance at work four years ago and we still work together. We are both teachers so we really don't cross paths at work too often. It is nice to always have a car pool buddy.
34I met my boyfriend at work. I didn't want to date someone at work, but he passed me in the hall and fireworks went off, so I had to date him. I used all of my resources to figure out who he was (we work with 1500 people). Once I did, I embarrassed myself, got a date, and now, for the first time ever, I'm living with my boyfriend.
35Nope. Never wanted to, either. The idea of seeing one's beau that often just feels hinky. I also wouldn't do it for financial reasons, as well as work status reasons. Just not worth the trouble, if you ask me.
36My ex and I worked together. That was a disaster.
37However, now that I’m thinking about it, when I was a teenager my now husband volunteered to work at a Pizza place instead of me when I had to leave for a month. It was kind of awkward, though, because they promoted him while I was gone so he was my manager. It obviously worked out just fine because a few years down the road we got married
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