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writes: I work with my boyfriend of over a year. We sit very close in the office. If we decide to break up, is it possible to handle this like 2 mature adults and not let it affect our jobs? I would like to hear from others who have worked with their SO and broke up and how they handled it. It's easy to say that yes it can be done and quite another to have actually walked in those shoes.
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 May 2010): If both of you are mature (and discreet) about the relationship, and remain that way if/when it's over, then yes, it is possible. But it's harder than you might think. My ex and I kept both our relationship and its eventual end quiet and secretive out of pure necessity because we were not supposed to be dating each other in the first place and there would have been repercussions for both of us if word got out. If you and he have no such obstacles, I think it will be harder on the part of the person who gets broken up WITH not to allow or show any effects. You will want to.
I still work with my ex, and we are still on friendly (enough) terms. However, we're both mature, rational, and emotionally stable individuals, and I can't speak for what might have happened if the reality had been otherwise.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do :)
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reader, Danielepew  +, writes (11 May 2010):
 I agree with Anonymous NF.
And then sometimes necessity makes you find a way to cope with everyone.
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