The pain and pain of an office romance

The pain and pain of an office romance – for some it’s a casual fling, for other’s a crush, an infatuation, and, a love that blossoms against all odds, and is told and told to friends who care, inventing reasons on the run and look for hugs for-one-last-time, and murmur vague obscenities when no avail. Like high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Janis Ian, tells us they married young, and then retired, for those who win the game lose the love they sought to gain. 

Ok, so I got carried away a little. For many, professionalism is sometimes pushed aside, they will tell you, how can someone remain so with someone so beautiful!, adorable even. So much can’t be said, the pain, and inevitable goodbye - 9 to 5 after all and rules to go.

Careerbuilder and Harris Poll asked 7,000 employees tough questions about their work and dating habits recently. It turns out that 38% of workers said they have dated a co-worker at least once over the course of their career; 17% reported dated workers at least twice. 31% said their office romance led them to the altar.

Workplace relationships have become so popular, the pop culture term "office spouse" took hold of the corporate environment and held on for a good while.

Interestingly, the trend continues to show that 1 in 3 of those romances lead to marriage.