Relationships In The Classroom Not Always The Wisest
Ashley Neff
Issue date: 3/24/09 Section: News
Boy meets girl. Boy pursues girl. Girl falls head over heels for boy.
It takes work to make it work. Relationships are among one of the most difficult things to develop and maintain. Each relationship is different in its own way, and because everyone's personalities differ, it is more difficult to fall in love.
And if the local bar isn't cutting it, try a classroom or a cubicle.
Office and classroom romances are not uncommon, and in fact becoming more acceptable. For the unemployed college student, classroom romances are more possible.
However with each budding relationship comes a risk.
Office and classroom environments provide opportunities to meet new people and interact with those whom you would not normally speak with.
Laurie Puhn, relationship communications expert, family lawyer-mediator, and author of "Instant Persuasion: How to Change Your Words to Change Your Life," finds that those surroundings are the most realistic, as opposed to a bar scene.
"…when you get to know someone at work, or in a classroom setting, you are able to assess their intelligence and personality in a real setting, as opposed to on a date when the person is on show for you," said Puhn, who has also been on Fox News sharing her expertise on relationships and the male and female mindsets.
Puhn points out, "Two people in a class or office also have something automatically in common - they are both dealing with the same class or workplace issues. This gives them an easy conversation opener at any time."
Getting involved with a co-worker or someone seen on a daily or weekly basis often makes it easier, Puhn added. According to Vault's office romance survey taken in January of 2008, 82 percent have known of an office romance between two co-workers as well as 50 percent know of at least one couple who eventually married. Nearly half said they've had an office romance themselves.
Out of the 1,000 people who responded to the survey, 20 percent met their spouses or long-term significant others at work.
It takes work to make it work. Relationships are among one of the most difficult things to develop and maintain. Each relationship is different in its own way, and because everyone's personalities differ, it is more difficult to fall in love.
And if the local bar isn't cutting it, try a classroom or a cubicle.
Office and classroom romances are not uncommon, and in fact becoming more acceptable. For the unemployed college student, classroom romances are more possible.
However with each budding relationship comes a risk.
Office and classroom environments provide opportunities to meet new people and interact with those whom you would not normally speak with.
Laurie Puhn, relationship communications expert, family lawyer-mediator, and author of "Instant Persuasion: How to Change Your Words to Change Your Life," finds that those surroundings are the most realistic, as opposed to a bar scene.
"…when you get to know someone at work, or in a classroom setting, you are able to assess their intelligence and personality in a real setting, as opposed to on a date when the person is on show for you," said Puhn, who has also been on Fox News sharing her expertise on relationships and the male and female mindsets.
Puhn points out, "Two people in a class or office also have something automatically in common - they are both dealing with the same class or workplace issues. This gives them an easy conversation opener at any time."
Getting involved with a co-worker or someone seen on a daily or weekly basis often makes it easier, Puhn added. According to Vault's office romance survey taken in January of 2008, 82 percent have known of an office romance between two co-workers as well as 50 percent know of at least one couple who eventually married. Nearly half said they've had an office romance themselves.
Out of the 1,000 people who responded to the survey, 20 percent met their spouses or long-term significant others at work.
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