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[quote=Anonymous]I can think of 4 times I traveled with just one male colleague (I’m female). I don’t travel a ton and the other times there were a few of us traveling. We did tend to grab dinner but it was also fine to bow out. On one of these trips it was actually two male colleagues and me but the other man didn’t want to go out at the end of the day. In all 3 cases the men were my bosses.

In one case - man and I were similar ages and chatted about our kids. He knew I was pregnant and was super considerate about picking restaurants (ie saying he didn’t like sushi when a client recommended it). Most our dinners were alone and we traveled for a week.

In one case the man was my supervisor on a very quick project and had planned to retire but stayed on a bit longer. He was at least 30 years older than I am and I’m guessing 30. We went out 3 nights and all were fun - I was new and really liked hearing about his career. One night we ate a cuisine I’d never tried and he ended up ordering for both of us and then, when our food arrived, asked if he could try some of mine and offered me some of his which felt a bit unusual and I chuckled about later.

In one I didn’t generally get along well with my boss but we actually traveled / did dinners okay together (again, discussed kids, interesting books...)

Finally on one trip I was pretty good friends with my boss. I had been to the city before and recommended a Mexican restaurant where my husband and I had eaten previously. Because we’d eaten on the patio I had no idea inside it was white tablecloths and candlelight! We were good enough friends (and both happily married) we got a good laugh over that - the next night we stuck to burgers and fries. [/quote]

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