# How many co-workers have you slept with? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980 "2008-08-14T14:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/21 "2008-08-14T17:19:26Z")
Well, my husband and I worked for the same company for about 6 months, but we were already married. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/22 "2008-08-14T17:31:34Z")
Depends how you count it. I was in a 5-way once…should I count the other 2 guys? Either way, add 1 more for the mom of one of my daycare kids, who was also a teacher there. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/23 "2008-08-14T17:33:19Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] _\_ Yes, Mr. President. [/QUOTE] That sigh gets me every time. 😉 Well, OK then: one. (Me, not Mr. President. Well, him too. At least one.) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/24 "2008-08-14T17:34:15Z")
Two. One girlfriend got me a job where she worked, and I got one girlfriend a job where I worked. But I never just met a coworker and wound up boinking her. As a rule, I don’t go out with coworkers, cow-orkers, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/25 "2008-08-14T17:39:37Z")
#1 I married. # 2 different employer, several years later, but cheated on #1. Then I married #2. (this sounds worse than it is) # 3 (an intern) between marriages while I was dating #2 I suppose #4 would be current, but she works with me becuase she’s my gf. 1, 2 and 3 were all over 20 years ago. All are regrettable. (although #2 and I had my two wonderful children, so I can’t regret it too much) ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/26 "2008-08-14T17:42:32Z")
None. (Not because of any ethical stance against it, but because I’m married.) ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/27 "2008-08-14T18:12:28Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] All of them. [/QUOTE] Self-employed, eh? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/28 "2008-08-14T18:13:08Z")
Zero. Don’t shit where you eat, that’s my rule. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/29 "2008-08-14T18:23:48Z")
When I was an RA in college I had a sexual encounter with my director of residence life. He was a good friend before, but we barely spoke afterwards except when he de-RA’d me. My feelings for him were very strong and it was a big mess. When I was about 30 I had a really fun relationship with my 55 year old married boss. While I lost some friends over it, I don’t regret it. He was a lot of fun and very nicely stepped aside when I found a decent man to marry. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/30 "2008-08-14T18:34:19Z")
Three. Sigh. My current self-employment is nice in many ways, but I _do_ miss that office social environment. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/31 "2008-08-14T18:52:38Z")
Nine: [ul][li]One at a Scientologist-run PC shop I teched at in the late eighties.[/li] [li]Seven at an office equipment company I worked at through most of the nineties. That sounds terrible, but it was spread out and pretty discreet.[/li] My wife, who works in the same office with me now. (We didn’t meet here, though. Does that count?)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![mrsspooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@mrsspooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsspooky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/32 "2008-08-14T18:56:50Z")
one of whom Im currently living with. Met them at college and was just luck enough to get the same job at the same place - saves bus fares! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/33 "2008-08-14T19:09:45Z")
Hmm… Had to think about this: Mutual masturbation with one All the way with a second Received a BJ from a third (my, that was a long time ago) \* More than I thought on first reading the thread title. 🙂 - My not reciprocating was \*her \* idea… she didn’t want to get too emotionally involved. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/34 "2008-08-14T19:34:23Z")
Zero. Had loads of male friends but never hooked up with any of them. I think it would be very awkward if you broke up with someone you worked with. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/35 "2008-08-14T19:39:34Z")
Zero. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/36 "2008-08-14T19:41:56Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Zero. Had loads of male friends but never hooked up with any of them. I think it would be very awkward if you broke up with someone you worked with. [/QUOTE] Don’t date them, just do them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/37 "2008-08-14T19:42:36Z")
One - still do 22+years later (although we have different employers now). ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/38 "2008-08-14T19:54:55Z")
Let’s see… (thinking)… 7 for me. 1. I was a summer student and she was looking for new material, I guess. 2. Same company, but full time now. We worked evenings together and went out for a few drinks after work. 3. After the company Christmas party. 4. I was 26, she was 19. Good summer that was. 5. Another one-nighter after drinks. 6. Another entire summer of fun. 7. I’m now married to. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/39 "2008-08-14T19:57:06Z")
Three at this job. The first one got a job elsewhere so we wouldn’t have to deal with rumors or awkwardness at work. I dumped her shortly thereafter. The second one still works here and I see her every day. I married the third one. My wife doesn’t know that I slept with the second woman. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980/40 "2008-08-14T20:03:25Z")
It seems like it should have been more, but I can only think of three, and they were all waiters with me when I was a waitress, which was over twenty years ago. There’s a lot of turnover in inexpensive restaurants, so they weren’t working with each other at the same time. It’s been quite a while since I’ve slept with a coworker. I guess I just can’t get into the mindset for it anymore. Nowadays I think of them all as professionals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-co-workers-have-you-slept-with/459980.md?page=3)