7 ways to successfully date a co-worker

Portia Arthur

01 December 2016 12:14 PM

You must be willing to obey your partner’s rules and diligently execute any tasks given us if he or she is your superior in the office.

Office romance

To fight for your love, follow these simple rules if you want to date someone in your office.

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You must be willing to obey your partner’s rules, commands and diligently execute any tasks given us if he or she is your superior in the office. You can be the dominatrix in the bedroom, but when it comes to the office, your partner is in charge as he must give him or her the necessary respect in front of others.

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Discuss your petty issues at home; don’t bring your anger from home to the office. Don’t argue with your partner especially in front of other colleagues. Try to keep your love life distinct from your work; it helps in the direct and quick flow of information from one end to the other when needed.

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Establish boundaries with your co-worker cum partner. The office isn’t the place to show flirtatiously signs at the sight of each other. Don’t use office hours to build your romance, have a long conversation over lunch or disappear for hours without permission.

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Lovers are ideally supposed to support each other's ideas especially in the midst of others but this cliché that does not fit when partners in the same team. In the office, there is a team which is more than just of two and workers are required to give their expert opinions about situations not choose sizes.

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