How to Spot an Office Romance...

Spending 8 hours a day, 5 days a week with the same group of people will result in all kinds of office politics. You go through the highs and lows together; like the time you had to stay late for the good of the company, or the time when the boss cracked open Friday afternoon beers.  And all those times you laughed in the face of the corporate machine by pulling hilarious pranks on your colleagues, switching the instant coffee to decaf or messing around with a co-workers screen resolution. These are prime activities for bonding, and when the office Christmas party comes around and you’ve had one too many egg-nogs, Dave from accounts (who previously reminded you of Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory), begins to look pretty hot.

A few ways to quickly spot a blossoming romance? Just read on. NB the below information is also handy for couples that want to keep their relationship under wraps (I.e. what not to do)…

Unnecessary Smiling

When a team member opens up an email and instantly sports a secretive smirk, there’s something going on. Don’t believe her when she says that Alan from IT just said something funny, she’s definitely playing ‘Flirty Email Banter’ with the guy sitting next to you.

In-difference

Where two of your colleagues used to wind each other up in meetings, criticise the other or question their facts; you know romance is blossoming when they stay schtum. They won’t want to draw attention to any form of relationship and so will maintain a sweet indifference to either’s presentations.  

Suspicious Water Cooler Chat

So you’ve found the two that you suspect and they‘re both in the kitchen chatting quietly. Guaranteed if you go over, one will (unnecessarily loudly) say, ‘That meeting was a waste of time,’ or some other generic office based chat. This is an attempt to cover up the fact that they were just talking about taking each other’s clothes off. 

 Unchanged Clothes

Perhaps the most obvious tell-tale sign; they’re wearing the same clothes as the day before. A sleepover. Made even more obvious when one arrives swiftly after the other (presumably the ‘other’ was hiding in the car park to avoid arriving together).
So now you know you can start playing the classic ‘they don’t know, that we know, that they know, that we know, you know?’

Happy Monday!

p.s if you want to avoid office romances then try out Flirtify instead...