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So I just got hired as a key grip on Sara Jean Underwoods new show. And she asked me out. I shouldnt do it?

It's a magnificently terrible idea.

Worked for me.
I never take a sick day, the wife will do my shift for me.

If you don't work closely with her then I say go for it. I started dating my wife when we worked together. We worked in different departments and rarely actually had to work together.

There's a reason the saying "Don't shit where you eat" exists.

Then again, a man's gotta get laid.

My advice, don't.

But if you do... Just understand if/when shit hits the fan, you have to handle it like a man and have extreme tunnel vision. No feeling sorry for yourself, no gossip, no fights at work, ect. That's when your work suffers and you end up getting sh*tcanned.

I guess if you and the girl are both serious and ready to settle down it shouldn't be problematic.

However, if you're trying to just get some pussy for a little while before moving onto the next one and she's trying to settle down and have a relationship, there will eventually be a situation that impacts your work.

Dont get your meat where you make your bread. It gets tainted.

I met my wife while she was an intern and I had just graduated from State for a few years. We worked in different departments so it was fine. I will say after it got real serious it was weird to live together, drive to work together, see each other once in a while at work, drive home together, etc. I got nervous once we got engaged that based on industry it might be a bad idea to have all our eggs in one basket, so I left and went somewhere else to work.

It's probably a bad idea overall, but if she's worth it go for it. If she's nothing more special than you can get at the bar then obviously pass.

Oh and no pics.

My better half is someone I met at work. Don't do it!!!! The stress is to much. I have since gone to a different company but we still work with a lot of the same vendors in the area. When you go home from work you both constantly want to talk about work. You sit in bed and not even realize you are still discussing work. It's like your work day never ends.

Even if both of you are unusually mature, and even if both of you never bring drama to the office, and even if you knew that neither of you would have your career negatively affected, there is another reason it's a bad idea:

You get no real break from eachother, or your jobs. Each time you're at work, the biggest part of "home" is just down the hall. Each time you go home, "work" is sitting at the dinner table with you. It creates a Groundhog Day scenario even under the best of circumstances.

I need some pics of her before I give advice on this.

I married someone I worked with. Best move I ever made. Kind of a different situation though because she was kind of the "seasonal help." We waited to start dating until she went back to school. But the next season she came back and I was more or less her manager. It kind of sucked but we made it work. I still wouldn't recommend it in an office setting unless you think she is something special or she works on another floor or something.