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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
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Location: Here Abouts
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It happens all the time at my company, two of the couples are now married very happily and there are at least another half dozen or so that are on the go at the moment. Having said that, they are all in different areas of the company so they don't work closely together.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Of you can't meet people at work, where are you supposed to meet people?
Go for it.
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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm
Posts: 4955
Location: on the naughty step
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
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Happened at our place and, maybe because it doesn't happen that often there, the attention made the shyer half of the couple very uncomfortable and I think this contributed to the relationship being quite short lived, which I thought was sad. I think you both have to be confident enough to stand the inevitable office gossip that'll happen once it becomes public knowledge.
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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What are they going to gossip about, that you're shagging each other? Scandalous!  Life's too short to give a [LIFTED].
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pcernie
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I totally agree, but I've seen blokes getting seriously bitchy never mind women trying to elevate their social standing amongst each other. Some people can't take it or won't risk the potential fallout amongst colleagues and/or friends. Office life sucks... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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You may well think that and tbh I could probably live with it personally, but the guy in question did have a problem with it and there's nothing 'wrong' with that. Everyone has their own standards of what they consider 'public' and 'private' and we like to be able to control which is which in our own lives. It does bear saying though that if you start a relationship at work, it's pretty much going to end up 'public' whether you like it or not and you have to be able to deal with that. I would say : don't laugh at it unless/until you've been there. And what you consider 'normal' isn't necessarily that just because it's the way you see things.
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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My situation at work - the new couple had to inform HR that they were dating, but myself and maybe 3 other people knew. It's become more popular knowledge, of course, but they were reasonably successful at keeping it quiet. He's actually left the work place now in a round of voluntary redundancies. But they both felt awkward about people knowing their business; and I can understand that. Edited to add - they've been seeing each other for a couple of months, and it's not even on Facebook! 
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saspro
Site Admin
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Online works well
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 5490
Location: just behind you!
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or email. Svetlana is always looking for a partner. _________________Finally joined Flickr
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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm
Posts: 4955
Location: on the naughty step
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or email. Svetlana is always looking for a partner.[/quote] Simon's off the market Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am
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Location: Middle Earth
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I've worked on several boats, and the overiding directive is: What goes on the boat stays on the boat.
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
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Location: Getting there
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Ok, so anyway. Does anyone know a good curry place in Durham? 
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm
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Location: London
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Rajpooth 80 Claypath, Durham, England
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Awesome. Thanks
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