Sometime back there was an article in Rediff Get Ahead...
[Affairs at the office are as old an issue as bad-tempered bosses। There are few workplaces around which don't have their share of love stories. Your office probably has one, too. However, not everyone takes to the idea of romance at the office lightly. Some management experts, for instance, believe these relationships can adversely affect productivity. Some offices have even gone to the extent of disallowing colleagues from dating each other, or marrying within the organisation. What do you think? Should they be encouraged? Have you had a relationship with a colleague? If so, what were the repercussions? ]
Well, the article asks about the repercussions with respect to the productivity at office level... I would like to emphasize on the issues that get raised at the personal front... "From a very normal perspective, I don't raise an eyebrow when people have an affair in office(It's quite natural, and morever its none of my concern). But lets look at it from a different perspective, having an affair elsewhere or being married and still having an affair in office!!!! Do we approve of it? Lets face it, that we all spend more time of our lives with our colleagues than our loved one / spouse. And to add to it if your GF/ BF/ fiancee/ spouse is not in the city, it even gives u a reason to get close to someone in the office. But let me ask one thing that is it morally correct? So many broken marriages/ relationships are because we think its OK to mingle with our office colleagues at a personal level also. For those who are single please go ahead and discover your partner in office yet maintainting the decorum of your work place. But for those who are not single that is committed or married, make friends, have fun but remember there is a very thin line between a friendship and an affair. Please stick to some morals and treat your work place as just your work place. Coz there is some one who trusts on you blindly and waits for you to come back home everyday just for him/ her. Especially, in the case of long distance relationships please take special care coz its easy to get swayed but it very difficult to maintain the trust of someone you love and who loves you."