Four Questions To Ask Yourself Before Having A Workplace Romance With Someone From The Office
Workplace romance: four questions to ask yourself before dating someone from the office.
In the digital age, online dating and swiping right are the status quo for romance. Practically gone are the days of meeting “the one” in a pub. But what about flirting by the water cooler or over Zoom? The consensual office relationship has been both a romance trope and a taboo for decades.
There are many reasons someone might enter a workplace relationship. Research shows that people gravitate towards like-minded people with common personality traits, backgrounds, belief systems and ideas. Proximity and familiarity also influence attraction, something psychologists call the mere exposure effect.
For better or for worse, offices are a place where like-minded people are in close proximity to each other...