Office romances can be one of the biggest detriments to your career, or one of its most wonderful blessings. It all depends upon how you handle it.

Romance is something that develops quite often in a workplace setting. It could be that you and your colleague have to finish a project and pull 70 hour weeks ... after the sun sets and the room is dimly lit by the muted glow of your SPARC station screens, what else could arise but romance in the air?

Okay, so that might be a tad extreme. But it is true that many office romances develop and impact your career rather profoundly.

Some Internet resources for negotiating the white water rapids of office romance include:

• Dating Contracts...Into the 21st Century
• Dear Peggy - Sex in the office
• FastCompany's Co-worker Dating forum
• If anything can go wrong with your workplace romance, it probably will.
• IVillage Office Romance Tips
• Love at work
• Lust in the Office
• Office Romances are Dot-Complicated
• Most companies today have policies prohibiting sexual harassment...
• Mixing Business with Pleasure
• Risky business: Sex in the office
• Romancing the Staff
• Romantic office relationships are the most stressful romances going....
• Romantic relationships in organizational settings
• Seduction of Susan
• The Office Romance: Can You Take the Heat?
• The perils of sex in the workplace
• Tips About Dating, Sex, and Romance at Work - Part 1: What's Love Got to Do With It?
• Top Ten Signs Your Office Romance Is Going Bad
• Whipping out the “How to Screw Up An Office Romance” game plan

Enjoy!