Seeing a Garda in my district - allowed?

LegacyUser

Hi everyone

I hope this is in the right section...

just curious, I hve went ona couple of dates wit a young Gaurd and we're getting on lika house on fire, texting all the time and what not..

now, he told me last week that Gardai are not allowed to see someone from their own district, like...he lives southside but works northside, where i am.

i have never heard of this before...he said he wnts us to keep texting, while he thinks about us and clear his head?!?!

is he fobbing me off, or can he really not date anyone in his area...?

any help or advice would be greatly appreciated

Powerhouse

I can see the logic behind the idea that there might be a problem with Gardaí seeing someone from their own district but I seriously doubt if there is a hard and fast rule on the matter as there would surely be a constitutional issue with it.

Sounds like he is buying time.

messrs

ive never heard that before, but cant say for sure.
ask him who told him that, as if he is young guard, some of the older ones might have said it to him to wind him up and he believed them.
the fact that he still wants to text would suggest he isnt blowing you of completley - but its hard to say , like how long are ye together, and how long was it before he realize you lived in his district and came out and told you about this rule.

WesternNight

messrs wrote: »

the fact that he still wants to text would suggest he isnt blowing you of completley

Or that he's too much of a coward to be straight with the OP. The "oh but we can still text" thing is just as much of a blowoff as far as I'm concerned.

LegacyUser

I've been there and no their is no set rule like that. Most of the young ones in my area keep in contact with their "friends with benefits" continually, I know because I was one of them and know of several others locally who are the same. But that's all it is though, "friends with benefits".

It is a fob-off. You rarely see young ones in any district in a relationship for the simple reason as they are trying to fit in with everyone and being seen or dating someone from their area of work might backfire for them if she isn't well liked or has issues with certain people in the area. They don't want anything to come in the way of them getting to know the people in their area or work.

puglover

He's fobbing you off, I know quite a few gardai and a lot are going out with people in their districts, including my best friend who has just moved in with one. It was never an issue and I've never heard of this. Dated one for a while myself and wasn't mentioned.