Dating someone from work can work as long as there is a full awareness of the complications and challenges that come with it.

Having this full awareness from the onset narrows the chances that complications arise from dating someone at work.

Separating work life from private life is key.

It is the people who don’t have this separation that fail when they date a coworker.

Without this separation, affection is openly shown for one another, which turns off work colleagues.

In the same vain, arguments that they have at home, are brought to work, as coworkers clearly notice that either person is unhappy with the other, which further causes friction in the workplace.

Here is the deal.

Many people date people from their work.

Dating a work colleague is one of the most popular methods by which people get together.

Before choosing to date someone from work, talk to each other about the boundaries that must be drawn.

Map out the complications that arise from situations like this, and ask yourselves whether you believe you would have the capacity to avoid them as romantic partners at the workplace.

This means that conversations at work must be strictly about work.

Can you do that?

It’s easy to quickly say that you can.

But, it’s critical that this isn’t said without careful thought and rumination.

Can you handle office gossip about the romantic relationship and the ramifications that come with it?

Do you have the emotional control to prevent yourself from getting jealous if you observe that a coworker is taking away your partner’s attention or hitting on them?

Are you capable of remaining professional when a work colleague is getting a bit too close to your partner as they work on a work project together?

Would all of this make you jealous?

Ask yourself these questions before thinking about dating someone from work.

If you don’t ask yourself these questions and carefully consider them, you run into problems.

You go head-first into an office romance that is doomed to fail, which complicates your life and jeopardizes your professional career.

These are questions that you have to answer and come to terms with as potential partners.

You are better off giving this a trial run at first.

Instead of going head-first into dating, spend time as friends and observe each other’s behavior at work.

See if this workplace dynamic is an environment that you can handle before choosing to date this person on a serious level.

In the end, your heart knows what it wants.

Unfortunately, many people who date someone from work jump into this situation, solely following their hearts.

Use your head.

Think things through.

Have a conversation with this person and talk openly about the complications and intricacies of dating each other at work.

Once there is a clear comprehension of what a workplace romance looks like, you and your counterpart have greater agency to decide whether dating is worth the venture.