Two, kinda sorta. Both were employed by the same company as me (Blockbuster) but worked at different stores than I did. I was an Assistant Manager at the time, and the first was a very sweet boy of 17 (I was…er…22, 23? Ouch.) who was a CSR at another store I filled in at. We actually dated for a bit. The other was a Store Manager of another store where, likewise, I sometimes filled in. We hung out a few times and then had sex in the back room after inventory one night. It was icky and sordid and I didn’t call him again.
Neither one would have been allowable (by my ethics or by Blockbuster policy) had we regularly worked in the same store, but since we were mostly at different stores, everyone just looked the other way.
Hmmm – one and a half. My first husband and I were coworkers when we first started dating and, eventually, married. It cured me of dating people I worked with, too. I never again dated anyone at work. Anyway, he was the ‘one.’
Previous to my first marriage, I dated another guy who worked on the base where I was stationed, but not at my command. Shortly after we broke up (actually, he dumped me with a thump and broke my heart), he was transfered temporarily to my command and we worked together for 6 extremly unhappy (on my part) weeks before he moved on to a third command on base. I call that ‘a half’ because, while I did sleep with him, it was before we actually worked together.
Jeez, for those of you up around 6 or 7…do those people constitute 80-90% of all the people you’ve been with, or have you been with 50+ people? I honestly don’t know how you find that many people to fuck in your lifetime. Is there a language I don’t know how to speak? If I go up to a girl I sort of get along with and ask “Do you wanna have sex?” is she likely to say yes? Is it really that easy?
Makes me think I took the wrong approach trying to formally ask that co-worker out. Should have just asked her for sex.
1: high school sweetheart
2-5: college
6-13: 1994-1996 all at the same job, we all worked the same shift and I had a lot of fun during those 2 years (sometimes while on the clock even)
14: dated for 3 months just before I met number 15
15: met in 1997, married in 1999, separated in 2005
16-25: post marriage dating…(I was largely ignored for the last 3 years of my marriage so I had some catching up to do.) currently dating number 24 (number 25 happened during the time before number 24 and I got back together.) Before I met current boyfriend, there were 3 of those that intermingled in there.
Am I supposed to count the girl too? Technically she’s number 23.
Just one. He and I ended up engaged for a bit but it didn’t work out. I had left my job before our relationship ended though so it didn’t cause an uncomfortable work situation.
My answer was 7. I think my overall total is something like 16, 17, 18? So, yeah, slightly less than 50% through work. Work is a good place to meet people with similar intelligence, skills, etc. So it shouldn’t be of any surprise that a lot of people, um, hook up with co-workers.
Unless you count the one I did sleep with who regularly ran loads for us out to BC (he was/is a trucker), and that lasted several months. It wasn’t awkward when it ended and we were still on friendly enough terms but he never actually worked for my company, just one we contracted to carry product for us (which he quit so I haven’t seen him in awhile).
I came close to sleeping with one, but that was after the store closed and nothing ever came of it, and I am currently liking one of the guys at work but I’m not going there because I don’t want to be put in an awkward position. He has been talking of quitting though so maybe I’ll drop some hints when it becomes apparent he is leaving…
Ditto. Although I am getting somewhat tempted lately; there’s a clerk who works on my floor whom I find rather attractive, in a geeky sort of way. So far all I’ve done other than small talk in the lunch room is give him the sports section of the paper when I finish it, and he gave me a nectarine last week. Not sure if I should pursue it, as I have to see him every day and things could turn awkward very easily. Plus I’m not quite completely divorced yet. :o
1: Summer job at a hotel (summer fling)
2: Part time bank-job while at college (one-night thing, she didn’t take it well)
3-5: While bartending/bouncing at a student-club while in college (only one-nighters and it worked out well)
