It can be a tempting thing to have a office romance but it can be not so good for your career. Yes it is true that there have been many couples who have met at work and have had a long marriage but in a lot of cases it will cause major issues with other co-workers. The thing is if everything goes well you could have a great situation with your partner there at work were you can see each other. But if you decide to break up or someone catches the other person talking to a coworker and then the jealousy starts.

Make sure that you understand we are talking about two people who are not married and they decide to start up an office romance. If you are married and are getting involved with someone at work that is another topic that we are not going to get into here.

It is a good idea to decide whether the job is important enough to you that loosing it would be devastating. You want to look at what could go wrong if you get into this situation. First you must look if the company has a policy against two people working and dating. Next you want to decide if the relationship ends badly will you still want to work close to this person?

If you decide to go ahead with an office romance in private will it be possible to hide the fact that you dating. And worse what if the company finds out your are dating and there is a policy against it, you could get fired.

If you are in this situation you need to decide if it is worth chancing your job and your future to have a in office affair.