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Good Idea or bad Idea?

Personally, I think its a bad idea. Relationships are a personal endeavor, and its hard not to let the personal baggage bleed over into the professional. But I'm interested in what other people think.

(and yes, this does have some bearing on my own life at present )

Serious bad idea. If things end badly, it gets very awkward when you have to see the person every day at work. If things are going good, it can turn them bad because there is such thing as spending too much time together. You end up getting on each other's nerves. I'd avoid it all costs!

Never had luck with it myself... Never had it really backfire either. My only advice would be go slow, and be 100% truthful might hurt more at the time but usually less in the long run. JMO

I am getting too old to say don't try. When you are my age you can't passs up opportunities

Best of luck to you man

I would go for it if, we were working at different departments and not reporting to each other. But hey, love has its own rules....right??

Best of luck, my friend. Hope she deserves you

Well Squidward, I try not to date people I work with. Break ups get even messier when you do. It's really up to you what you decide.

Depends on the job.
In my small town everyone knows each other anyway so if you date someone at work it's kind of like "Isn't that sweet. We knew they'd make a good couple."
But I can see how one working in a prestigious position or something may want to avoid dating co-workers.

Probably want to avoid dating people at work if the business if family owned and operated! lol

Thanks, twink. BTW, everyone calls me Squidward now. Not here, but IRL. I'm sorta' proud of it...its better than being "The Imp".

I went out with my Boss.. we were together for two years.. he proposed and everything, but unfortunately the relationship had run its course.. I think if there is a special someone out there for you, best to grab the opportunity, cause chances are it wont always be there.. if likely to be just sex.. then not worth it

correction... we were together for six years

Wanna' job?

well that remark was inevitable

work has been ok as in production you arent together much
to flirt pulically
and everyone flirts w/ everyone so rumors
are that everyone is doing everyone anyway-

my big thing is never in the same apartment building

took me a couple times to realize that was not a good idea

Not really inevitable, but highly probable. I am me, after all.

Cool glad I could be the originator of your new nickname! Squidward is definitely much better than "The Imp"!

bad,bad,bad idea

will get complicated & one of you will probably lose the job.

like the old saying goes "you don't sh*t where you eat"

The Imp was good too. I've mellowed out on my pranks the last few years, so its not as appropriate as it used to be...

Well you definitely remind me of Squidward!

In that...I'm not wearing any pants? (square, or otherwise?)

Okay all. Time to go to work. (and no, I doubt I'll be asking her out. She doesn't work today! )

Depends on the job. I can speak from very serious experience. If it's in a big company then you may not see each other enough to let it affect your job. Also, if you can break it off without bad feelings between each other then that's fine. Gotta think about how it could possibly end. If it's a small business and you're the boss then it definitely could ruin your business if she is a critical employee and very hard to replace. If she gets to you too emotionally then she can become less productive and make demands which in turn puts you in the bad position of not being able to do without her but can't keep her either...bad catch 22 situation. If you really think you can just be f'buddies it might work and may even be good for both of you for a while but after long term can lead to serious problems. Still, that happens even without sex when you become attached and dependent on employees or co-workers. Being able to stay friends when it all ends is not always an option. However, its not easy to work with someone every day while lusting after each other all day long...so, if you're in a situation like that then it may be to the point that you need to do something about it to keep it from eating you up...you may have to either go ahead and date knowing that one of you will have to quit the job just to stay sane. When the hormones get involved good judgement and common sense are like a foreign language. In my case it made a great partnership for several years but in the end it destroyed the business because of all the negatives I mentioned above.