office romance
Cubicle love affair
A romantic or sexual relationship between coworkers at the same workplace.
Office romances range from discreet dating to open relationships, and they carry potential complications—awkwardness if the relationship ends, perceptions of favoritism, or violations of company policy: HR frowns on office romances between supervisors and their direct reports.
The term often implies something kept quiet or at least not flaunted.
- workplaceEmployment location
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- coworkerFellow employee
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- crushCompress with force
stolen glances · forbidden · secret · watercooler · water cooler talk · chemistry · HR · power dynamic · desk · elevator · closed door · after-hours · late nights · holiday party · tension · scandal · gossip · attraction
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- office lifecubicle, desk job, desk jobs, full-time job, nine-to-five
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- rom-comrom-com, meet cute, meet-cute, love triangle, enemies to lovers
- romance fictionlove stories, love story, enemies to lovers, happily ever after, friends to lovers
- Asian DramasK-drama, J-drama, Korean drama, Japanese drama, Chinese drama
office romanceblind date
Arranged meeting between strangers
online dating · high school sweetheart · college romance · dating app match · chance encounter
office romanceprofessional distance
Boundaries in work relationships
professional conduct · business relationship · compartmentalization
office romanceblind date
Arranged meeting between strangers
arranged marriage · matchmaking · dating service · personal ad · set-up
office, romance, offices, officer, officers, official, officials, officially, unofficial