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> Expressing romantic interest in a co-worker or classmate is not de-facto inappropriate.

Norms have changed, and in 2021, it is inappropriate. That's kind of what #MeToo meant.

Think about this from the other side- do you want to finely parse the harassment quotient of flirtation and dinner invitations forever, or do you want to just ban it?



It's about the supervisory relationship, not simply the coworker relationship.


Technically, legally, yes.

In practice, I think you'd have to be insane to mix romance and work, supervisory relationship or not.


Fwiw, 15-20% of married Americans met as coworkers as of 2010.

https://paa2010.princeton.edu/papers/100828


And yet my 13 year marriage and wonderful family is the result of meeting someone at work.




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