Last night I went to a work Christmas party. It was one of those big parties in a hotel with lots of groups from other companies and industries. Anyway I sort of got it on with one of my colleges. She come over and started talking to me. We don't see a lot of each other in work (nature of the job) so this was the first time I had really got to know her apart from taking to her a bit last week. We got on really well, she was a pleasant surprise. Funny, quirky, smart and a twisted sense of humour. I am a bit of an odd ball so its rare for me to find someone interesting. She has a very sex brain and also good looking too. Also we are both single parents and her girl is the same age as my eldest, so we have a bit in common. Anyway conversation led to a spark and a spark led to great kissing somewhere private. It was very hot and a lot of fun. I felt like a teenager again behind the bike shed. Anyway we parted our ways eventually at stupid o'clock in the morning and she said she would like to go on a date sometime.
The trouble is where do I take it from here? I mean is wasn't looking to meet someone. I had sort of given up on relationships, so this has hit me right out the blue. Plus I have never had a thing with someone from work before, ever. So this is unchartered territory for me. I defiantly would be open to a date with her and see where it goes. I could do with some MN collective wisdom on the following:
Is it wise to see someone you work with or should it be avoided at all cost?
Although we kept it fairly low key I think so of our colleagues know what happened and the gossip machine will be going nuts. What's the best way of dealing with it because I am sure some noisy people will be pushing for info on Monday?
I text her last night in the taxi home. She has not text me today. So should I text her? Should I wait for her to text me? What if she has changed her mind, don't want to cause awkwardness. What is the protocol on this?