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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Best place for people over 50 is work. I know two people in my department that married people from the same agency. They were either divorced or widowed. They retired with double fed retirement benefits! Sweet. [/quote]

Man here with single male friends. Most of my male friends would definitely shy away from any flirting or meeting people at work -- no reason to risk a sexual harrassment charge that can ruin your career. Plenty of other places to meet people.[/quote]

At your typical Fed agency or with older workers (50+) nobody is concerned with harassment.  If your friends are going after the young non-senior employees that’s something else entirely.  I have so many GS-14/15 co-workers that met their spouses on the job.[/quote]

+1 the younger crowd will think its creepy bc they’ve been conditioned to “understand” that light flirtation and paying compliments to feel out the dating waters at work (where you spend more than half your life!) to be harrassment or creating a hostile work environment. But as long as you stick to the over 50 crowd you’ll probably be fine.
IMO Cuomo’s main issue with this was he started dipping into the under 40s (and under 30s!) pool with his “flirtation” and he’s no George Clooney or Brad Pitt so it was creepy from the jump![/quote]

"It's not harassment if they like it".  That was the hold over phrase when I started my career at 25 in 1995.  We all flirted.  I didn't even realize at the time how creepy some of it truly was.

But, agree.  It's power, age and dynamics where the line is crossed.  Old, lecherous men that hold power and job influence or--even older men that are in a higher position.  Old, equals like most Feds are---not a problem.[/quote]

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