Well, I've always heard it said dont date your co workers. Lately, they say DO date them, because its the one place you can spend a significant amount of time with someone, without dating them, so you're going into it with an open mind.

I've done it myself, but admit it turned into PSYCHO town, because the girl freaked on me, and

started taking stress days off to "recover" from the inevitable breakup.

Anyone on here actually married a co worker???

Details please.

Not married to a co-worker. I know people who are and it works for them but it's a large company and they aren't constantly around eachother at work. Personally, I think it's a BIG no-no.

One of my best friends just recently married a co-worker. He was an outside maintenence guy at the resort where I work, and she was a registration clerk like me. Theyknew each other for about two years, then they dated for almost a year and were living together for about 9 months before they got engaged, and then they got married about 5 months after that. They really are a perfect match, but they are not the norm! I know of other people who dated at work (when I was working at a restaraunt), but those people were all on drugs so it didn't work out... but yeah, I think it just depends on the person, and it's really gonna make a difference how much time you spend with them AWAY from the office, BEFORE you start dating (group functions, etc.) because people are usually on their best behavior at work (usually--there are exceptions!)

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE! Don't do it if you work closely together! If/when you split, ugly or not, you're instantly the buzz on coconut wireless. There is nothing worse than walking into a breakroom and realizing your breakup is being discussed behind your back. Losing your privacy is worse than the split itself!

My sister is getting married in April, and she met her fiance at work. They were both really professional about it and never let it interfere with work. I know that is a very rare thing to happen lol.

IMO, if there really is chemistry go for it, but if you're just bored and looking for a quick gf/bf, dont do it. Because after the inevitable breakup, work becomes an awkward he11.

I dated a co-worker. We kept it secret for quite awhile... we both agreed, so if we broke up it wouldn't be water cooler gossip! I teased another co-worker (who was aactually my supervisor) by using my "secret" office boyfriend's middle name when referring to my new love interest. Finally we spilled the beans the day I arrived at work with my engagement ring on!

We have been married now for 12 years and we have 3 awesome kids!!!

I'm dating a co-worker. If we break up, all I'd have to do is quit my job and move to another city. No biggie.

Mu husband and I worked in a pizza joint while in college. We started dating 2 years after first meeting over pepperoni's. We dated seven years and just got married last year. We don't work there any more (I'm a nurse, he's an engineer), but what can I say...It worked for us.

my parents met at work and have been married 26 years. now, after my younger brother was born my mom stayed home with us, but when we were in high school she went back to work at the same place with my dad until just a few years ago (for income security reasons, if the place got shut down -which was a real possibility- both of my parents would have no income). they couldn't work together though because of company policy. i had an internship there as did my brother for 2 summers, it was kinda weird all 4 of us working in the same place, but we all were on different teams so it wasn't like we were really working closely together.

as for me, when i worked at target my soon-to-be husband took a job there for a few weeks because he had a crush on me. i was dating someone else at the time so i've never dated someone from work while we were working at the same place.

at my current job we have LOTS of married/dating couples who work here, and also parent/child too. none of them can work in the same division as their spouse/sig. other/parent/child (our heirarchy goes: Office, Division, Branch, Team). like my mom works at the same place as me now, which is pretty cool. she's in a different building now but she used to be right down the hall! a few people i work with have spouses in other divisions. some of them carpool in together, and/or have lunch together, etc. it seems to work for them. i personally don't think i would want to do it, you know too many of the same people that way and if things get ugly everyone could potentially know all of your personal business!

I would have to say that dating a co-worker is bad; from experience. I've dated someone while working with them. I still do, but now he is my ex. Which my current boyfriend isn't happy about.

Yeah it's great to be with your partner at work, but there's a downside. Like when you fight at home and you bring the fight into your office. My ex and I did that. It almost became like an extension of our home life.

My husband and I worked at McDonald's together in college. We both worked there about a year and a half before we started dating, and actually we were kinda put together by one of the managers.
In a situation like that-a college job working fast food-it's not as bad of a thing to date a co-worker than it is when you have like a REAL job.