Ah yes, that age old dilemma....to date or not to date your co-worker. Now friends I know you often turn to this blog to solve your moral conundrums (as well as learn where to pick up) but I feel I should declare my hand before we go any further. It's true, I have been known to date the odd co-worker (odd as in 'on more than one occasion' rather than odd as in 'needs to be medicated'). So I would like to declare myself conflicted before we even begin.
You see, dear reader(s?) when you work in an investment bank as I once did, you are actually left with no option but to date your co-workers. After all, you never leave the office except to shower, you are trained to close the deal at any expense and you stop seeing people and start mentally calculating return on investment. Where does that leave us? Office Romance Hell (and potentially with much tighter thigh muscles when you're forced to take the stairs each morning to avoid awkward interludes in the lift after it all turns sour).
Yes, yes..now stop your whining. I know these little office flirtations can sometimes work out just swimmingly and I know if you're in one you'll be defending it until you're caught having a quick snog in the sick room by the uptight and perpetually angry office manager who threatens to report you to HR....but, I say to you, why bother? Why put yourself through the pain when there's a plethora (yes, plethora) of fabulous fish out there who aren't swimming off the company pier. So go find yourself someone you don't work with on HelloPulse.
