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  • 03-07-2016 4:15pm
    #1
    DJDisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭


    Asking a girl out in work Good or Bad idea?


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  • #2
    Deub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭Deub


    Bad. Never mix professional and personal.


  • #3
    jack923
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 418 ✭✭jack923


    DJDisk wrote: »
    Asking a girl out in work Good or Bad idea?

    Depends what she looks like I suppose


  • #4
    Irish_Elect_Eng
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Irish_Elect_Eng


    DJDisk wrote: »
    Asking a girl out in work Good or Bad idea?

    IIRC from random Internet survey thingy.
    • 2/5 Folks meet through Friends
    • 1/5 Folks meet in Bar/Club/Restaurant/Social Setting
    • 1/5 Meet in Work
    • 1/5 Meet Online/Other

    So asking someone out at work is a very good idea for 20% of people.

    But the devil is in the detail :-)
      [*]Most work successful relationships apparently develop organically from established platonic relationships that already work well.
      [*]Not asking the new girl/boy out on their first day in the building.


      Importantly, you need to follow company rules in relation to relationships. Many companies while not frowning on them will have rules in relation to people in relationships and reporting structures for good reasons. It is a bad idea to have a couple in a organisation with a power imbalance in the relationship, Manager dating a report, etc. It is a big mess if the relationship breaks down, bullying , sexual harassment, etc.

      Most importantly! Be discrete, the first time that most of your co-workers should know about your relationship is when they see the engagement ring or wedding invite.

      Keep personal and professional lives separate if you can.


    • #5
      JinkyJackson
      Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 219 ✭✭JinkyJackson


      If you work in the same area and know her a bit already then it'd be grand I would imagine. As long as it doesn't get awkward if ye get together then break uo.


    • #6
      uck51js9zml2yt
      Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


      Op you might be better suited to ask a mod move your thread to personal issues.
      Not really a work and jobs issue!


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    • #7
      Mrs OBumble
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,290 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


      Terrible idea.

      Don't screw the crew.


    • #8
      livedadream
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,457 ✭✭✭livedadream


      depends,

      im firmly a dont **** where you eat kinda gal.

      However it depends.

      i technically met my fella at work, he was in for a meeting with my company that spent three months doing stuff, he was in and out of the office.

      met him on a night out after he'd finished and mauled the face off him,,, true love... what can i say.


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