Something Interesting I've Noticed...
Find a Conversation
Something Interesting I've Noticed...
| Tue, 05-11-2004 - 11:58pm |
Can we get all the people who are having affairs with people they're working with to please stand up? Seriously, it seems really, REALLY common now that I've been here a while longer, and I would guess that maybe 80% of the people involved in affairs are doing so with a co-worker, or someone they work closely with. Anyone like to share their stories? I'm still learning...

Pages
I just love it when we hop on the same elevator...it's funny to smirk and know that we share a lil' secret ;).
Well, it's obvious that, especially if working a full-time job, that we actually spend most of our time with the people we work with. Forty hours a week, or more. Can most of us say that we spend 40 waking hours per week with our spouses. I know that I cannot!
In many of the articles I have read since being in this situation, they all say the same thing. And you are right, except I think the percent is quite a bit higher than 80%, more like 95%.
Red
But if you think about it, working is the easiest way to meet other people, friends included. So it makes sense that most A would start with someone you work with.
deedee
But eventually I would start going down the hall to his office and working with him 'cause I would run out of things to do with my original boss, and then finally in June I was in Florida on vacation and he emailed me about something and I emailed back 'cause it was pouring out and there was nothing to do and before I knew it, we were talking about meeting somewhere and spending some time together. He asked what I would do if he kissed me, and I swear I sat and stared at the screen for a good few minutes before shaking my head and thinking, "You have got to be imagining this." But then we continued to email for the whole week, and then the very day we LEFT Florida, he WENT to Florida for ANOTHER week (I was SO frustrated, lol) and it wasn't until the first of July that we actually got together... and the rest is history.
Eventually, like in August or September, he revealed that I was working for him and only him. I wouldn't have to work with the receptionist anymore, and now we've been working together for like three quarters of a year, and still haven't gotten sick of each other, or of sneaking away to the little shack with the machinery that we have to check sometimes, or to the closet next to his office, or even of kissing briefly IN his office--but only when no one is anywhere around, lol.
So that's MY story. I know no one really knows anything about me, 'cause I'm pretty new, but that's about it, and that's my fascination with workplace affairs. The danger is pretty intriguing, but I always think "Ok, what would happen if someone caught us?" Yeah, that's enough to keep us careful. There's always business trips or meetings OUTSIDE of work.
We barely see each other AT work - we talk on the phone or go to lunch together - I get to see him twice a day when he walks by for break time and he just smiles and winks at me and it's so sweet.
We've had our bumpy times....it's hard being around him and not being able to show my affection. He's very good at keeping a "poker" face and it's hurt my feelings a few times. He keeps a candy jar on his desk that I keep full of Hershey kisses to remind him I'm thinking of him. He'll grab two and throw one my way...to let me know he's thinking of me.
Anyways, I am not surprised to find that most people meet the OM/OW at work, it's either that or on chat. Where else can we meet people nowadays and have the opportunity to have repetitive interaction?
IBC
Pages