Any good stories about dating colleagues/working with ex?

Inc. recently published an article called Help! I’m Supposed to Interview My Ex for a Job, and it got me curious.

Despite the office romance stigma, I'm sure stories of people dating each other at work aren't rare.

Has anyone dated a colleague? What was that like? Any good stories?

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tons of PWM guys fuck their assistants.

1 guy in my office was banging his assistant (while married with kids mind you), his other assistant got passed over for a promotion, ratted, ended up getting a corporate gig. the slampiece caused a divorce, got pregnant, is still employed.

my manager's boss got fired for fucking an assistant, now he's at a rival firm. slampiece went to our board of directors with the issue because no one believed her.

I'm sure there are more, just having a tough time remembering

 
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Dated a work colleague. Now married to her.

In short, it does not end well.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 
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Dated a work colleague. Now married to her.In short, it does not end well.

You married her, how did IT NOT END WELL?

I guess it does not end well because he married her. It might be a little better if he didn't.

 

You've set a high bar for wondering what it'd be like with someone. My mind goes straight there with... pretty much anyone I see walking down the street

 

Banged coworkers all through college working part time at call centers or retail jobs or what have you. Wouldn't do that shit in a real job though. You'd be surprised how quickly word spreads around. The same thing that'll get you high fives and "hell yeah, man" in a part time retail job will get you in some real shit in the real world.

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I dated a coworker for almost a year although we were in different groups within the bank. We kept it under wraps from senior members of the firm, but most juniors (analysts and a few close associates) knew about it. Not really an issue as we both got our work done and hardly mingled while in the office. I actually enjoyed the experience and it helped me get through the rough IB analyst years.

 

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