Dirty Little Office Romance

“I don’t get involved with people I work with.”

I’ll be honest and tell you that I have never been good with my own rules. I’ve always been good about following societal rules, and I don’t think I’ve ever broken the “Bro Code”, but my own rules I tend to interpret quite liberally.

One such rule can be summed up simply as, “Don’t poop where you eat!” I’ve actually made the mistake before. Several years ago, I happened to find myself involved for a roughly two month period with one of the interns at my company. Yes, I know you are thinking of the rumors that just being seen together from time to time could have started… Hot little intern, wearing a short skirt, “lunch breaks” together in my office. Are they really rumors if you start them yourself? And speaking of starting rumors about yourself, is that wrong?

Now, I will neither confirm nor deny those rumors, but the fact of the matter is that I broke my rule of not getting involved with people I work with. Well, the intern has since become a full time employee that I thankfully never have to see, but the situation still remains so that it could certainly be an awkward situation some day. Personally, it doesn’t bother me. It never has. I attribute that to my awesomeness. My point, however, is that while this situation didn’t turn out to be that big of a problem, it certainly could have and I could see myself in the same situation if I’m not careful.

You see, there happens to be another hot little thing that I work with. I’ve only recently become more closely involved with her as she was married when she first came to our company and I have been doing my best to follow my rule. Well now that I have found out that she is most certainly no longer married and from what I can tell has at least a fleeting interest in yours truly, I am once again considering ignoring my ban on becoming involved with people I work with. I’m certain it could be a disaster, but the risk involved is just too exciting not to consider it.