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> The idea that young men and women who work together should be forbidden from exploring relationships with with classmates or coworkers is a kind of bizarre neo-puritanism.

The problem with that is, what happens if the relationship goes south as relationships tend to do over time. Then the two of you have to work every day with someone they hate. It's just more sensible to keep things professional to begin with.

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I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. That it's more sensible to keep things professional to begin with sounds totally logical to me.

It certainly minimizes the potential drama that comes with being in a romantic relationship with a colleague.

I've witnessed many beautiful things happening between people that met each other at a workplace. I've also witnessed a lot of shit shows as a result of that same thing.

Not playing the game excludes both of the situations, and while you can't win and have a beautiful thing in the end, you also can't lose. I personally chose not to play that game.

In my experience, my romantic relationships tend to last a lot longer than I tend to stay at the same job or in the same class, and tend to be far more important to me.

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