Bad boy: To date a colleague or not?

Dating at the workplace would have been a good affair if it entailed just the lovely side (Shutterstock)

In one of his poems entitled ‘Perfect woman’, celebrated poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850 describes his perfect woman. He refers to her as a phantom of delight, a lovely apparition, a moment’s ornament.’ I can’t help but read through this poem over and over as I write this. Love permeates every scene of our lives, sometimes, it sneaks to the workplace, bringing with it happiness and sadness in equal measure.

Dating at the workplace would have been a good affair if it entailed just the lovely side. The flowers, chocolate, pecks, good morning texts and so on. But it doesn’t. Dating revolves around two sides, the aforementioned is just one of them, the dark side of dating includes jealousy, hate, the premonition of breaking up and to some extent, death. This is why I would discourage dating at the workplace.