Monday, 18 July 2011
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Dating Someone at Work
I didn't meet my boyfriend at work but we now both work at the same company. When we started working together, we were friends. I remember my work days became infinitely better when I would turn my head and see his smile across the room. Every time I would watch him put away socks my crush would grow. Our friendship grew and eventually we both quit our jobs to go back to school for the year.
After going back to school we both gave in to our feelings and started a beautiful relationship. Despite our growing love, our bank accounts remained stagnant and even began to dwindle.
Fearing we would never be able to go on actual dates again, we both decided we should go back our former jobs. I wondered what it would be like to work with my significant other, would everyone make fun of us? Will I want to kiss him the entire day? Overall it didn't seem like it would present any problems.
I've found that I love working with my boyfriend. I don't know if I could work with him at the job I will make my career, but working with him at my minimum wage job still makes my day brighter.
I still love seeing him across the room, and seeing him put away socks still makes me fall more in love with him everyday. People definitely give us trouble sometimes, but overall, they think we are cute.
I make sure not to look like we distract each other. I don't want anyone to get the impression that we can't work together. Sometimes that's the hardest part of working together, because he occasionally does distract me, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Have you dated someone you met at work? What was it like working together?
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I've had relationships with co-workers before, and things never really worked out great. So I made a strict rule to never date, or hook up with, co-workers anymore. But when I started a new job a few months ago, it didn't take long for me and another server at the restaurant to start hooking up. It's been going on for over a month now, and it's been alright so far. Nobody at work knows about it - not because it's a huge secret, but because it's not their business, we don't flaunt it, and we try to keep it professional in the work area. Also, because we work at a restaurant, it's not like we work together every day. We both work three or four days a week, but at a restaurant your schedule varies week to week, and we usually only end up working together once or twice a week. I don't think in most cases that it's a great idea to date co-workers, but under some circumstances it's okay.
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i've slept with coworkers before, we never dated per se. but we saw eachother for a while. mostly it worked out and didn't really effect work so much.
until now, that is.
i had been seeing this guy casually for a month or so, not even. we were basically just friends and let things go too far a couple times before i ended it. i really liked him.. as a friend. and he really liked me... as more then a friend. we had been cool for like 6 months after the fact, but suddenly a month or so ago, he decided that he doesn't want to talk to me at all. silent treatment everyday at work. fucking awkward. but he's a pretty moody kid, so who knows. he has his reasons and i can guess at them. but as much as i'd like to be friends with him, i'm not going to force him to talk to me when he clearly has no interest in doing so.
don't dip your pen in company ink.
I've met a couple that did work together but in different departments. I met my bf working. We didn't date until after I left but there was so many rumors about us, because we did spend a lot of time together. Lol
Heeeellll no. I'd never date anyone I work with.
i did date someone i worked with but we didn't work in the office directly, i worked inside and he worked outside. we didn't see each other every day but talked every day bc we did the same line of work. i liked it bc i never felt left out when he'd talk to someone about work bc i knew exactly what he was talking about.
No, but my ex used to come in behind the counter and use his laptop while I served customers. Sometimes, he would even try to take orders and hand out samples. It was really annoying when he tried to do my job. >:O
I dont think I would want to work with my so in somewhere professional circles. like as a summer job, i would love that, but if it's a career, then I would rather not.
I think we shouldn't mix business with love.
From my experiences its just not a good idea. I dated a guy at work, we weren't even official, and it was still a lot to handle. Anytime we'd have bad days, he'd treat me terribly and the shifts would just be horrible.
Also, my boyfriend's last girlfriend worked with him. When she broke up with him for another dude everyone in the store knew about it before he did.
Work and play should just never mix. Makes things too complicated.
I met my man at work, and we've been together for over 2 years and have worked together everyday of our relationship. People ask us all the time if we get sick of each other or bored with each other but the answer is NO. We are more in love everyday and never run out of things to talk about and never get tired of spending time together. I wouldn't ask for anything different, I love him!
I had the pleasure of working as a lifeguard with my best friend (gay male) and my then-boyfriend. We made an excellent team. We would practice drills and techniques, even in our off time together. It was nice to have people you knew you could truly count on, but also someone who checks the little things for you, like making sure you have water.