You’re Involved in an office Romance – Dating Situation #4
Americans believe in the M.A.S.H. philosophy of life, which suggests that we can have all of our goodies in one place: love, family, friends, work, rivalries, food, housing, recreation, flirtations. Nonsense. This is TV show that hasn’t even had original episodes since 1983. While there is a certain efficiency to the idea of finding someone to love at work (think of how much you’ll have in common), what is most likely is that one or both of you will lose your jobs.
Work is about Competence, and dating is about compatibility. They have very little to do with one another, and if you think no one will know, think of how obvious it was when that secretary over in Accounting was having an affair with his boss. Everybody knows. If for no other reason, keeping your work and love life separate is good idea so that, if one goes sour, you can throw yourself into the other. If you’ve got the hots for someone at work, wait until one of you leaves or transfers, and trade phone numbers at the going-away party, unless it would make it a long-distance relationship. (And if that’s the case, just confess your crush, wax nostalgic, and chalk the whole thing up to what might have been until one of you moves back into the area.)
