# Should I ask out my coworker?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 14, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384 "2011-06-14T01:46:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384/101 "2011-06-18T12:42:04Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> we hardly ever think or talk about it.

nm. My post wasn’t as funny as I thought.  
Best wishes,  
hh

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384/102 "2011-06-18T13:01:34Z")

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Well said HH. Not that it exhausts the possibilities, it emphasises the least desirable ones.

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**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384/103 "2011-06-18T13:06:22Z")

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Yes, at the very least she will instantly forward your message to her best friend(s) in the office. Hopefully without the caption “EWWwwwww.” The point is, the paper trail is indelible and undesirable.

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384/104 "2011-06-18T13:09:48Z")

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That’s the worst scenarios covered I guess. The best is she may be hanging out waiting to shag you.

Or maybe not.

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**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384/105 "2011-06-18T21:09:11Z")

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Drop by her desk, ask her in person.

Don’t email.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384/106 "2011-06-21T20:58:59Z")

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Any update?

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ask-out-my-coworker/585384/107 "2011-06-22T19:52:13Z")

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I lie awake at night wondering how it went. Come on, man!

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