We fancy each other but...

[ZippingAround]

I've met someone. We're on a specialist course together that lasts one year. I don't want to out myself by giving too much detail but it's an important course with only a small number of participants & lots of interaction between us all. It's becoming more and more apparent that there is a certain chemistry between myself & another person. We've become reasonably close. Both of us are single. BUT, I worry if we become involved it will spoil our close working relationship on the course. The dynamic will change & the work just wouldn't be the same after, at least I don't think it would. Wwyd?

When does the course end?

Next January

Tricky. If the connection is genuine it should last. So what I mean is I'd be tempted to wait it out and see where thins are towards the end of just after the course is done.

I had a similar thing on a master's course I did. Only it got very awkward by the end. Not horrid but awkward.

Just do it! Otherwise you might really retreat what might have been. Who cares what other people think?! They will not be a significant part of your life after Jan. Good luck!

Regret not retreat!

Go for it I'd say. If it doesn't work out it won't be awkward for very long

My reticence is not about other people, it's about us. I think an intimate relationship might get in the way of the work.

Well then you answered your own question. Either jump or don't. Everything else is just an excuse/justification.

It's perfectly common for people to meet on courses or at work. If you don't date this person, someone else might. You are using 'person' rather than him or her so I'm assuming you are both of the same gender.

Can you stay at arms length until the course is done?