Drama in the work place
23 year-old from LAI hooked up with a co-worker at an office party and, lucky for me, everyone found out. Now the weird looks are getting to be too much to deal with. All of the sudden, I’m the office skank!
Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing. This may be one of those times. According to resident psychologist Joel Block, PhD, those “weird looks” are most likely a product of your self-consciousness. And, even if real, they’ll be yesterday’s news as soon as someone else does something silly. Most of us are too worried about our own spills to focus too long on others. As long as neither of you is the other one’s direct supervisor (and there isn’t any office policy in place preventing you), go for it. Just don’t overdo it on the after-work drinks and try not to subject anyone to your PDA.
What do you think?
What others are saying
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comment by slip kangourou@ggg at 1:33 pm
well written man !
comment by slip kangourou at 1:31 pm
completely agree with you, the better is to do nothing !
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comment by lfmhxrbwamp at 7:04 am
Your story was really informative, takhns!
comment by Ruvell at 1:29 am
I think you should go with your gut on this. Life is too short to miss out on a great hookup and a fun relationship. There are lots of jobs out there. At least there used to be.
comment by Jr at 4:18 pm
Anytime you “hook-up” with a co-worker…you become the office skank…take it as a lesson learned.
comment by Gerald at 1:23 pm
So much of our lives are about our work. Hey, for many of us the line between work life and social life gets pretty blurred. But, I think you are learning the hard way not to mix business with pleasure.
comment by Maryanne at 12:59 pm
If you are a Chinese tiger, who cares, as you don’t much care what people think anyway, blow off the looses who have nothing else to do and have your fun.
comment by robert at 10:52 am
As the staff psychologist says, the weird looks are likely a product of your self-consciousness; it’s right there in your original post, “I’m the office skank!” Has anyone called you that but yourself?
comment by Devin at 8:20 am
That’s generally the way it works, but I love chris’s idea, embrace it! Who cares what people think. People will lose interest if they see you have no reservations about the way you live your life.
comment by Tore at 8:16 am
Wellllll, Im sure there was alcohol involved, no? At this point I guess you have to own it, the looks will fade away and everyone will be over it. Was he a good kisser at least?
comment by Adam at 5:20 am
Don’t mix business with pleasure!!!!
comment by dana at 1:36 pm
Hook up with someone else at the office. Keep it going…just dive into it…everyone loves an office skank.
comment by chris at 10:45 am
You should try to keep work and life somewhat silo’d. Tough to see someone at work after a fling.
comment by Dylan at 7:57 am
I’ve always had a rule of divide out work and life. That being don’t date or hook up with someone you work with, just seems to cause more issues.
comment by Dylan at 7:09 am
I think you need to suck it up and deal with the weird looks. You have to pay to play occasionally!
comment by John at 8:27 pm
I wouldnt worry about it. A lot of people this is jealousy or simply heard from someone that heard from someone that something happened. It will be gone in a week so while you might stress now, dont worry too much
comment by Jeff at 3:40 pm
The reality is that it happens all of the time. Pretty soon something else will take the attention away from you. If there’s something there with this guys- I say go after it, you never know where true love lies! Good luck!
comment by Meaghan at 10:52 am
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