Moving On After a Relationship with a Co-Worker

It hurts to know that my girlfriend is leaving me behind. She's not leaving the relationship, just the job that we met at. Things are not going to be the same without us working side by side anymore. This is the first relationship that I have been in with a co-worker.

The only thing good that I can say is that it is a better job that she has agreed to take. The pay is higher and the benefits are better. So why would I want her to stay there with me? That would be absolutely selfish. Sure, it is going to take me a while to get over the fact that she is not there sitting next to me anymore, but I have no choice but to get over it.

I have to be thankful for this job because without it, we wouldn't have met. At past jobs I went out with different girls, and after it was over I wished it had never happened. I have finally found someone I really love and loves me back.

No one at work has a clue that we are dating. Some have a clue that we are, but they're not sure. We play around a lot and do little things together while we are there. Its kind of exciting to me. That's one thing that I'm going to miss.

I think that the few months that we have been doing this is a once in a lifetime opportunity that everyone does not get a chance to experience. Most of our co-workers are married. And the ones that aren't are dating outside of the job. Every Monday we hear their stories from that weekend with that particular date. When they ask us we just tell them that we lounged around the house the whole weekend. Our relationship has turned out to be kind of "top secret". We didn't intend on it to turn out like this, it just did due to all the gossip that they do at work.

Even though my girlfriend won't be at work with me anymore physically, we will still be together in each other's mind and heart. We'll still be able to text sometimes and call during lunch breaks. We already said we will not overdo it with the texting because we can't forget we are at work. I will have to pull myself together and keep moving forward in a normal way.