I regret believing everyone when they said don't date from work. Those are the sad words of this

28-year-old man who potentially let the love of his life slip away. Everyone suddenly believes

you don't date at work. Don't poop where you eat. You're a loser to do it. But swiping pictures

for hours is totally normal apparently. The judging looks you get from friends and family

for telling them that you like someone from work. We've been working together for one and a half years

and I've liked her for that same amount. I believe she liked me too. When I started telling my friends,

it was a total joke to them. You don't poop where you eat. Soon, even the folks at work started saying

how terrible of an idea it was, because I think it was obvious that I liked her. The older

generation said that I should trust them, and the female colleagues warned me about harassment.

It terrified me that I would harass a co-worker. So, last Christmas party, some of us decided to continue the night after the office party.

She looked amazing and she talked to me the whole evening. On our way to the bar, two of my colleagues

warned me that this could end up very badly with her being all over me. She wasn't. She's very shy and

polite, so it must have taken a lot of effort to want to stay close to me in spite of everyone around us.

Don't waste your energy. Don't do something stupid and ruin your work environment.

Monday will be awkward if you do something stupid.

I ended up avoiding her at the bar. She looked puzzled, but she understood the gist and sat with the female workers instead.

Then a couple of girls at the bar started to chat with us, and my colleague encouraged it.

He was the best wingman. I ended up leaving with one of those girls. I felt my colleague's eyes on me

when I left. She never talked to me again. Never looked at me once. She's been very polite and

kind as usual when we work together, but she never looks at me. Her smile in the morning when she

says good morning is not the same. Of course, it was for the best according to the believe me I know people,

but why doesn't it feel that way? The work environment I was supposed to keep

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