Post by: smurfboy on February 02, 2007, 07:49:46 pm
Have you ever had one? Would you?
Everyone in my office has been quite severely beaten with the ugly stick, but a client has been in all this week having product training and the expression on my face has been: 
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 02, 2007, 07:52:15 pm
Post by: loulou on February 02, 2007, 08:21:08 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 02, 2007, 08:23:07 pm
that not a work place romance if it a outside person
No, not exactly.
Post by: oldspice on February 03, 2007, 08:21:20 am
I met my husband at work thirty years ago when I was 19. At the time I was engaged to someone else and I was not interested in Eddie romantically, although I really liked him. I was a department manager in one branch and he was travelling with the sales development team.
My engagement didn't work out and a few years later, Eddie and I met up again and worked on a project together for a whole weekend. I was smitten!
We have been together ever since. We had to keep our romance secret for a while because the company did not like relationships between staff. When we got married, I left the company!
So, I would say this work romance did work out but I thin kthe secrecy and naughtiness of it all help it to thrive because we didn't have workplace colleagues poking their noses in and stirring things up.
At my workplace there are loads of relationships that are supposed to be secret but are well known. In one case, a couple, both married to other people, have been having an affair for 28 years and they seriously think that nobody knows! Large academic organisations are full of such things.
Post by: kevvosa on February 03, 2007, 08:46:57 am
Post by: goldencup on February 03, 2007, 09:59:19 am
Have you ever had one? Would you?
Yes I have (many years ago) and it was fun but didn't work out. As Oldspice says, the secrecy adds spice but it can eventually cause problems all round and result in people losing their jobs one way or another. Still, if the person doesn't actually work in the same place, I say go for it!
Post by: Freddie on February 03, 2007, 10:53:39 am
I met my husband at work thirty years ago
I met my Hubby at work too and we are still together after 26+ yrs..
Post by: oldspice on February 03, 2007, 11:43:21 am
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Post by: Forth Bridges on February 03, 2007, 01:06:07 pm
Not get married Just because of baby it WILL NEVER WORK!
Post by: goldencup on February 03, 2007, 01:22:28 pm
I have had a few fumbles at work but not what you would really call a romance. When I was 17 and in my first job, I took the Goods lift as the passenger lift was always full and a girl called Jane Brown was already in. I had been warned about Jane Brown. After we had gone one floor she pulled the inner gate open so that the lift stopped. I'll leave the rest to your imagination.
And YOUR imagination?
Post by: lorri on February 03, 2007, 03:09:07 pm
Quote from: pldspiceI met my husband at work thirty years agoI met my Hubby at work too and we are still together after 26+ yrs..
i met my hubby at work as well and we have been together 27 years and married for 20 this year, so i guess some work out
Post by: on February 03, 2007, 08:47:07 pm
Quote from: bounty hunterI have had a few fumbles at work but not what you would really call a romance. When I was 17 and in my first job, I took the Goods lift as the passenger lift was always full and a girl called Jane Brown was already in. I had been warned about Jane Brown. After we had gone one floor she pulled the inner gate open so that the lift stopped. I'll leave the rest to your imagination.And YOUR imagination?
No, this really happened. If it was my imagination, there would have been at least another two girls in there.
Post by: loulou on February 04, 2007, 04:24:36 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 05, 2007, 08:09:01 am
Large academic organisations are full of such things.
Smaller ones are, too!
Post by: oldspice on February 05, 2007, 08:15:57 pm
Yes, I'm sure they are!
Our Principal has gone through three female Deputy Principals is nine months.
Post by: loulou on February 05, 2007, 10:03:23 pm
Post by: kevvosa on February 05, 2007, 10:15:44 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 05, 2007, 10:52:22 pm
Post by: loulou on February 05, 2007, 10:53:25 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 05, 2007, 10:55:01 pm
Post by: loulou on February 05, 2007, 10:55:39 pm
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 06, 2007, 01:25:25 am
I never have worked in an office, but the romances were plentiful in the hospital I nursed in.
Some worked, some didn't, but if I liked someone I would not let the fact that I worked with them stop me from trying to have a relationship with them.
If you like her smurfboy you should ask her out, it may be the start of something really special. I hope so anyway. 
Post by: loulou on February 06, 2007, 11:38:40 am
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 06, 2007, 04:06:38 pm
Oh, good point. I hadn't thought of that.
Post by: smurfboy on February 07, 2007, 12:21:34 am
Post by: goldencup on February 07, 2007, 12:23:09 am
Post by: smurfboy on February 07, 2007, 12:28:37 am
It did. Oldspice's revelations on the world of academia were quite an eye-opener!
Post by: goldencup on February 07, 2007, 12:29:16 am