Sex in the Newsroom, Part DUEX

I understand all the articles in women’s magazines about relationships at work not working well, but if you work all the time, when and where else are you going to meet someone worth meeting?

Is it more or less awkward to hook up with someone at work if you’re an intern? Look at it this way, you’re only going to be there for a set amount of time (unless you get offered a job, but for the sake of this post we’re ignoring that option).

I’ve always said that I thought I’d do well with someone who was in my field of work, or at least an artist of some sort. I love technical thinking guys as friends, but in a whole, I think I need an outside the box thinker like myself and engineers and lawyers usually don’t have a reputation for being right-brained if you know what I mean.

This article from askmen.com (a personal favorite) is a run down of dos and don't, pros and cons - the usual, but it has a men's point of view on all things co-worker.

Here are some of my pros and cons.

+/- you have to see that person every day. This goes in both columns.

- if you break up, they're still going to be there reminding you that they're still alive and well.

- as an intern, you might spark some jealousy with higher ups

+ someone to go to lunch with

+ let's be real here, everyone loves secret sex

At the beginning, it's all little knowing smiles and office intrigue. I am not looking forward to the potential nastiness that can come with an inter office break up. But I guess that's a perk of only being an intern - if you're not hired, you have a limited shelf life. Plus, it's kinda fun to keep the office gossip on her toes.