When work and play intersect
Hindsight is 20/20. Of the many things that I would tell my younger self, one would be not to date coworkers and keep your personal life separate. This is not unlike advice I had received from others, but my stubborn streak told me I would be different. I was going to be able to separate the two without an issue. On top of this, I am the boss so that goes with it's own risks. The last time I dated a coworker, I ended up marrying her. This is where we begin. "Mary" was a little younger than I was (8 years), a little taller and a breath of fresh air to me. She had a beautiful smile and an awkward way about her, which I found endearing. She was smart, funny and had no idea how beautiful she was. We started dating and it became serious pretty quickly. I fell for her pretty hard and she did me. It made work a little more interesting because at first no one knew. In retrospect, it would have been better if it stayed that way. Little by little, that changed because I was s