When it comes to dating, a lot of times anything goes. People that are looking for love usually don’t discriminate on where they find it, but they probably should. The problem with dating is that (percentage wise) it almost never works out. The only time it does is when you end up with your life partner. When you decide to date people that could jeopardize other parts of your life, you’re taking some pretty big risks. We take for granted the certain amount of privacy and separation that we have in our life when we’re dating, and losing that can turn into a hard lesson. Here are 5 people that you shouldn’t date in order to keep your dating issues distant from the rest of your life.
A co-worker
Office romances are usually a big no-no. The biggest issue is that they usually interfere with being professional at work. Whenever you start dating someone, you start to get emotionally attached, and you don’t always make your work related decisions regarding them based on professionalism anymore. Not to mention what happens if you are fighting with each other. Will it affect your work? Will it affect both of your abilities to do your jobs? Dating a co-worker is dangerous, plus if you break up you have to see each other (and interact with each other) every day.
Your boss
This should be pretty obvious, and an extension of the previous tip. Dating your boss is bad. It makes you look like you’re trying to get ahead the wrong way, and it puts your love interest in control of your career. How many of the people you’ve dated in the past would you want in charge of your career? Probably zero.
A neighbor
Dating a neighbor is hard because you lose your privacy. Part of what makes dating special is that you have to miss each other when you’re not together. Dating a neighbor puts your proximity just a little too close for comfort. They’ll know when you get home, when you leave, who you leave with, etc. Imagine if you’re dating others and bring them back to your place? Your neighbor will probably know. It just makes for an all around awkward situation. Plus, you still have the issue of having to see them (and having them know where you live) if you break up.
Your doctor
Doctors just have too much personal information on us to be a real dating option. It’s so hard to find a good doctor, and the last thing you want to do lose one. Having an emotional attachment to someone as important to your doctor is dangerous, because it puts the doctor/patient relationship in jeopardy. I think everyone would agree that relationship is the most important one you should have with your doctor.
A close friend
I know you might be saying “what?” right about now. We recently had an article about how dating a close friend can turn out into being your true love. While that may be true, if it doesn’t work out you have a very real chance of losing your friend. In some cases it’s possible to remain friends afterward, but that’s a pretty big risk to take. It’s hard to just be friends after you’ve been intimate with someone, and even if you’re really close beforehand it’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to.
As in life, there are always exceptions to these rules. But in general, you should stay away from dating people in your life that cross over into other areas of your life. When dating goes bad, it usually goes really bad and you don’t want those emotions to cause drama in other areas of your life. I think we’d all agree that your love life is more than enough.
