Would you have an office romance?
WOMAN'S OWN|December 30, 2019
48% of us have done it, but some warn mixing business with pleasure is a terrible idea
EMMA ROSSITER
Would you have an office romance?

Yes

‘We have strict boundaries’

Joanne Edwards, 50, lives in Longfield with her husband, Graham, 63, and sons, Connor, 24, and Callum, 20.

When I tell people Graham and I work together, I know what the response will be. ‘Oh, I could never work with my husband,’ they all say.

But, in our case, being colleagues and partners has always been a good thing. Graham was a solicitor and I was a legal secretary in a different department when we met in December 1999 at our law firm’s Christmas party. We secretly started dating in January 2000, but it wasn’t long before a colleague spotted us holding hands in town and we had to come clean. Luckily, both our bosses accepted our relationship. After all, we were always discreet and respectful.

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