Mixing Love and Work
We all know the adage, don’t mix business and pleasure… but what about love?
I can tell you firsthand that I’ve seen both sides of this story. People who are completely against the idea that you should work with someone you love, like a partner or spouse. And those who do it all the time.
It’s crazy to me how much either side makes such a big point of it to. But, to each is own.
So on one hand there are the people that work at companies where it’s even against company policy to work with someone with whom you’re in a relationship. Like there are rules against hiring someone who has someone in the company with whom they’re in a relationship.
Then there are those who like to work together so much that they have joint ventures. For example, my cousin is a talent agent and her husband is an actor.
Personally, I find both sides of the story make sense, and I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer. However, I do find it a little weird when things get mixed up.
One cannot use leverage over the other in terms of favours at work or at home — unless it’s out in the open and that’s what is being done.
Plus, when a couple works together, there have to be personal boundaries. Otherwise, work gets mixed in with the home (or bedroom) and vice-versa.
I don’t know yet what I’ll do in the future, but in the past, I’ve had experiences working with friends, and experiences working with simple coworkers. And in both cases, there were hiccups, just like there were times where I thought it was the best thing in the world.
I think it’s a beautiful thing when the lines are blurred, as long as they’re being blurring the same ways by both parties.
