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Office Romances With Happy Endings?

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Time for something different.

I am being interviewed tomorrow by NPR about office romances for Valentine’s Day.  There is pretty compelling that, because people are working increasingly long hours and because many occupations that were once male dominated now have growing numbers of women (law is a good example) that many romances start in the workplaces. I know that different companies have different rules and I know that there are some legal land mines — and beyond that,when relationships fall apart, bad things can happen to one or both parties. But I also know happy couples who have met on the job and have gone to have long and loving relationships.

So, if you have a nice story about yourself, or about someone you know, who feel in love at work, I’d love to hear it. You can post it as a comment below if you want to share it with everyone, or just send me an e-mail if you don’t want everyone to read it.

Thanks! As I told Jessica from NPR this morning, it is nice to think about something other than assholes for a change!  But I am still thinking about assholes, of course, and Morning Edition will be doing something on the book in a couple weeks.

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3 responses to “Office Romances With Happy Endings?”

  1. Walter Underwood Avatar
    Walter Underwood

    Twenty-five years ago, a co-worker set me up with a date with a new employee. She had thought I was really boring during the interview, but decided to give it a try.
    We started dating, didn’t make it public at work, then were put together on a two-person project with me as technical lead. That was uncomfortable, because complaining about the jerk at work wasn’t really good date conversation when I was the jerk.
    Around the end of that (thankfully short) project, we told our boss that we were dating. He was apologetic about putting us in that project (even though he hadn’t known) and promised not to do that again.
    It took me another five years to propose — our former boss’s wife said, “About time!” — and we’re celebrating our twentieth anniversary this year. Neither of us tries to manage the other, by the way.

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  2. Maureen Rogers Avatar
    Maureen Rogers

    I met my husband at work, and know many other people who have, but there’s another work phenomenon that I’ve noticed over the years. Many people have what I’ve always called an “office husband” or and “office wife.” This is the one man or woman that you tend to spend the most unofficial time with, the person who’s your confidante/advisor, your lunch buddy, your best friend at work… I.e., the person who’s kinda-sorta your work spouse. Purely platonic, but sometimes with a little edge…

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  3. Maureen Rogers Avatar
    Maureen Rogers

    Correction: I actually don’t know all that many people who have met my particular husband at work, but I do know many people who have met their own particular spouses at their own particular jobs.

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