A coworker is someone you spend a lot of time with.

Many people spend more time in the company of a coworker than they do with their loved ones.

Such is the reality of life, given that the world we live in requires money to survive.

This means that it is only natural that you spend hours working with a coworker on a weekly basis.

Since you are going through life and its ups and downs, a coworker can become someone you talk to and confide in regularly.

It’s natural that you enjoy a weekend at a family anniversary for your parents and come to work that Monday and tell a coworker about it.

Just the same, you could experience a terrible date on a weekend with someone who seemed like the perfect match from a dating app and feel the need to share that experience with the coworker who sits in the next cubicle to you.

You not only want to get it off your chest by talking about it; you want to get an opinion on why your date did certain things that turned you off during the date, such as stare at other women or constantly look at his smartphone.

So, you are giving your coworker the dish.

Who else would you be able to talk to at this time?

A time you have to be at work for multiple hours.

Since you spend most of your time at work during the week, you require some relief from all of the tasks and periods where you can talk about something else besides work.

This is where these personal conversations occur, whether it be with the coworker who sits in the cubicle next to you or the coworker you are talking to in the breakroom during lunch.

On top of this, there is office gossip or projects that you will be working on with a coworker that often require that you communicate with each other outside of work.

This means that you aren’t only susceptible to developing an emotional connection with a coworker while you are physically at work, but you can just as easily become emotionally attached to them while you aren’t physically at work too.

On a day off, you are still communicating with this coworker over a work project or office gossip.

Whether you are at a drive-thru waiting on a latte or about to walk into a yoga or Pilates class, you are talking to that coworker over the phone about the project or the office gossip.

The reality is, a coworker can become a significant part of your life whether they are sitting in a cubicle next to you, eating lunch with you in a breakroom, working with you on a work project that requires you to communicate with each other outside of work, or talking office gossip on your way to a hair appointment on a day off.

Since humans are naturally social creatures and can easily develop an emotional attachment to someone they spend a lot of time with and share personal stories with, it makes sense that a sizable number of people meet their future partners at work.

There is nothing wrong with romantically getting involved with a coworker as long as it doesn’t go against the company policy of where you work.

Oftentimes, these are some of the most durable and healthy relationships, as they are often born from a period of time of getting to know each other as you work next to or with each other.

This kind of time to glean information about him and gauge his character makes it easier to figure out whether he is someone compatible with what you would require in an ideal partner.

This aspect of vetting a potential partner isn’t as easily found if you were to meet someone on a dating app, in a nightclub, or in a bar.