People seem to be adverse to the idea of having an “office fling” for some reason. They say fucking around with co-workers is nothing but trouble. But I call bullshit. People who say an office fling is too dangerous are people who have never tried it. They’re also people who don’t get laid. Show me a person who gets laid a lot and I’ll show you a person who’s fucking at least one person from work.

So let me just help dispel some concerns you might have…

What if the person goes psycho on me at work?

The chances of this are slim in my opinion. First, this is not someone you picked up in a bar, brought back to your place and fucked before you knew the person’s eye color, let alone last name. This is someone you work with on a daily basis. You get to know them, trust them, even like them—which is why you decided to fuck around with them in the first place.

And unless it’s a temp who won’t be there longer than a week or two, it’s unlikely that person will jeopardize their career or paycheck over a fling with you.

If you suddenly move to the “couple” stage, all bets are off. Love is a mysterious thing that makes the best of us crazy in the head. I advise against it. Focus on the fling.

What if the other person can’t separate business from personal?

This isn’t rocket science. In fact, it’s more natural to separate the two than you’d think, especially in the “fling” stage. The first rule of the office fling is: don’t let anyone know about the office fling. Trust me, this is more understood than you think. In the “fling” stage, women don’t want anyone to know about the hook-up because they don’t want to be known as the office slut. And men don’t want anyone to know because they want to be able to have other office flings.

So everyone acts cool and keeps it all on a professional level.

What about jealousy?

If you’re attracted to the person, chances are other people will be attracted to them as well. If you see them flirting and it bothers you, move on to someone else. If the other person gets jealous of you because you’re flirting, chances are you’ll just lose out on some after hours fucking that night.

But if you’re keeping things subtle in the workplace, as you should and as your career advancement demands, this should not be a problem either.

What about blackmail?

Look, wherever you work, it ain’t Melrose Place. If you’re married, you take risks no matter where you find your fuck buddies.

What if I start having real feelings for the other person?

Then shoot yourself.

The point of this article is to get you to loosen up some stringent guidelines that might be based on folklore and consider some of the opportunities in your own backyard. Don’t listen to the naysayers because they don’t get laid.