Love in the Lab

I have seen 2 successful marriages come from lab attractions.  All parties at the outset were single and unattached - and did not work directly together in the same department.  One blood bank tech and micro tech are still married with 2 lovely children - though they are not now still working in the same lab.

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Two colleagues at one of my former employers, Thomasville Medical Center, met while working in the laboratory and are now happily married with a couple of kids.

I believe that relationships that start in the workplace can succeed between two UNMARRIED individuals who possess the following behavioral/personality traits: reasonable, rational, respectful, mature, and discreet.

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In my years in this profession, I have seen only a few "lab affairs" for some reason. In CLS-school there were the expected fairly substantial number of liaisons; common among classmates in any professional school, I guess.  Over the years, I have seen more interdepartment affairs than intra-lab affairs for some reason. On the contrary I have seen a fair amount of intramural liaisons in big hospital departments like nursing.

From a leadership point of view, I have been fascinated by the different negative implications such relationships have-or are preseumed to have, I have seen formal policies against fraternization, claims of sexual harrassment and the like in various organizations. One study I read indicated that more cases of sexual harrassment are filed when one party in a workplace relationship (that started as consensual and then went sour) feels wronged in some way OR by third party observers who feel offended by public displays of affection.

I would be interested in hearing personal examples from your workplace.