Are Work Spouse Relationships Harmless?
Some people say work spouse relationships are harmless. I totally disagree. My comments on this topic appear in the current issue of Human Resource Executive. The article, by Julie Cook Ramirez, entitled Working Marriages discusses the pros and cons of workplace relationships between work husbands and work wives. Excerpts from the Human Resource Executive article appear below. By definition, work-spouse relationships are platonic. However, it’s the potential for hanky panky that makes relationship experts leery of such associations. Ruth Houston, an Elmhurst, N.Y.-based infidelity expert, founder of www.infidelityadvice.com and author of Is He Cheating on You? 829 Telltale Signs says it’s all too easy for these relationships to morph into affairs. “Sooner or later, the friendship becomes an emotional bond that can become a sexual bond if the opportunity presents itself,” says Houston. “And more likely than not, it will happen because they’re going to have to work late together or they’
