The Price Of Workplace Romance: How A Corporate Girl's Office Love Story Turned Into Heartbreak

New Delhi: Love is an addiction, which can occur anytime and anywhere, with anyone, without the boundaries and obligations. The same happened with Payal, Delhi based corporate girl.

Shift from Coworkers to Companions?

The love story of Payal started from her office. Initially she was a career-focused girl until she met with a male-colleague. It was just a friendship earlier, then it turned to an emotional chemistry as time passed through.

There's several research and surveys confirmed that the office work leads in office romance, than the remote work.

From professional conversations to infatuation?

According to Payal, Initially the discussions were professional and mostly projects-driven, limited to work only. But as the time had passed, we started knowing about one-another's personal life. It started becoming a kind of 'Infatuation'. We started going for office break, dinner and lunch.

Building shared habits?

Subsequently laughing on each others became our habit and we became habitual for each others.

These was a time when i was running away from office and work, but after these loving moments,  became desperate to go to the office.

Emotional aftermath and mental health?

Not every story turns out the way we think, and just like that, differences began to grow. The pressure of work, diverging mindsets, and a few misunderstandings brought a distance into the relationship. The pain of the breakup took a heavy toll on Payal's mental health.