Office Romances?

A Fine Romance !

Marilyn Monroe once sung the song “A fine romance” while this was originally a movie score from the film “Swing Time” (an interesting title) with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Now what that has to do with this blog is indeed the thought of: the Office Romance, and that is a fine question.

Is it the lure of love or is it just plain lust that causes us to unwittingly or otherwise get involved in office romances at all? Perhaps it’s the attraction of power that makes us go after or fall for the boss, for the boss though is it the sinister fact that they wield power over a plethora of people and use this to their sexual advantage? Personally I believe it is wrong to misuse this kind of power, but alas it probably goes on all the time. After all this is Hong Kong with money comes power, often in that very order, also of course people in power often acquire considerable wealth. Case in point being so much in the press of late, what with various Dictators being deposed, then having their assets frozen. Or in the case of a certain leader of a European country with both power and money he gets kicked in the ass for so many alleged affairs both in and out of his “Office.”

Of course the ultimate Office Romance debacle was with the one time U.S President Bill Clinton and a certain young intern in his oral office, sorry I mean Oval Office. That issue certainly both stained and strained his term as President. (Yes pun intended). Other U.S Presidents also have a questionable past; this brings us back to Marilyn Monroe and none other than President Kennedy. Again, this fact seems even more obvious when Marilyn sang yet another song…Happy Birthday. It seems someone certainly carried a torch, or perhaps a candle at least for that particular President.

So putting aside Marilyn and Presidents for the moment, what about the humble folk that just get caught up in an Office Romance? Either with juniors or seniors, or just plain each other. Actually I couldn’t think of a less romantic place than the office to begin with, so how romances start from there is rather amazing anyway. I guess just getting thrust together with the same people in the same place day after day for hours on end doesn’t help either. Well after all some people spend more time with their colleagues than with their spouse, unless of course you work in the same office as your spouse, now that really is an un bearable thought!

So to all those either in an office romance or perhaps thinking about getting into one, all I can say, is stop it, you will go blind, go back to work instead!