To think it’s a damn shame men no longer ask colleagues out

[MartyJshawnM]

In my salad days it was pretty common for colleagues to start relationships, which often ended in marriage.

Now because of men fearing sexual harassment/ wokism / wfh, this rarely happens, and I think that is a damn shame. Where else are you meant to meet someone? The workplace is the most normal place.

i think there should be safeguards to stop a senior employer asking out a junior employee as there is a clear power difference at play.

I know of 6 couples who met through work and are happily married for 20+ year

EDIT: ignore the men asking colleagues out; it should read colleagues asking each other out

It’s because of wfh imo.

You are being unreasonable to use the (non) word "wokeism". I'm cringing for you.

Maybe your just not getting the gossip anymore?

I know loads of people who've shagged/dated a work colleague. I know people having affairs with colleagues, and you still even get a bit of letchery.

I don't think its fear of wokism I think it's more that it can be awkward when things go wrong and you work together

YABU.

My workplace has about 5 workplace couples I can name.

My old workplace I can think of 3.

People still date others at work.

Women being taken seriously when they report sexual harassment is a good thing, and if that scares the creepy fuckers away, that’s a good thing too. Decent people will navigate work and dating as they always have done.

Unfortunately, not all the creepy men have stopped being creeps.

I met DH at work. He is nearly 5 years older so was a few grades senior to me AND was also my team leader at the time, shock horror!! We are still together. Been married thick end of 40 years now.

Lots of people we knew met through work and most, though not all, are still together. It was a company that took on a large new crop of graduates every year so an ideal ready made social life.

Do people really not do that anymore? Seems unlikely surely