New fish to this bowl...hi ladies! Wondering how many of you have met your SO at work. I find it incredibly difficult to meet men that are emotionally available when I’m out being social. Is it me? 🙃

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Met mine in College. We were dating other people.

Both ended our relationships and ran into each other at work... started dating.. and recently moved in together with plans of marriage..

.. be and do you!

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Go online! Met my husband online- he’s a doctor and neither of us would have been able to date at all if we hadn’t tried the online path

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I can only offer this: it takes time and effort. Travel consulting is not an easy lifestyle, particularly as it robs you of time, which is critical to developing meaningful emotional bonds. Be clear about what you want, and prepared to work for it when you find someone who wants something similar. If they work for it with you, then you know you’ve got a keeper

We met on our very first day at Deloitte lol! And then just kept talking and getting to know each other

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This is so cute!

🙋🏻‍♀️ at work!

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I was in Industry and he worked for a company. At a work Realtek event we realized we had a lot in common but fortunate he was rolling off so we waited until there were no conflicts. We lived in neighboring states but only an hour away.

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Definitely not just you....women who have been successful in this area, please teach us your ways? I also struggle with self confidence because I’m working all the time at Deloitte and am not at my best body weight and feel like I can’t date until I lose 10lb and get back to my ideal weight

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Of course!

Same cohort of starting associates, worked for differed teams and no one at the firm knows we date let alone live together

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