34 Juicy, Scandalous, And, In Some Cases, Wildly Inappropriate Office Affairs That Shook Workplaces To Their Very Core

We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community who have either participated in or witnessed an office romance (or affair) to tell their stories. Here are the wildddd things people revealed:

1."I was 22 and went to visit a friend at her job at a restaurant, and somehow I got a job that same afternoon. After two weeks, I started having a 'friends with benefits' relationship with my boss. He was almost 10 years older than me. He was in a long-term relationship, and I never planned on hooking up with someone who was with someone else, but it was irresistible. This restaurant was a family-owned business, so his parents would sometimes be there, but we didn't care. We'd hook up in the bathrooms, at the tables after everybody had left, at the register, etc. We couldn't stop. I only worked there for two months, but our affair continued for almost a year. I then got married to the love of my life, and he is in another relationship, but it was definitely the hottest sex I've had."

—Anonymous

2."I was in a horrible marriage, and my boss and I began flirting regularly. We worked at a dealership in different departments. I left my husband for him, which was great because I needed to get out. We would sneak around at work. People had suspicions but couldn't prove anything. I was let go from my position due to the suspicions. We still see each other, but he's habitual. He got caught with another coworker after I had left six months later. He was fired and is now a GM at another dealership. I'm sure he still gets with employees, but I can't prove it. Two years later, we're still sneaking around with each other. I know I need to let him go, but I'm in love. I know I could never trust him."

—Anonymous

3."I was 24 years old and took a job with a major haircare company. I was one of two men in the office. All the sales agents were female. One of the sales agents was an absolutely gorgeous woman. She was 39 at the time and married. Her husband traveled a lot for work. One night, we met for dinner. Even at 24, I was timid around women. As we were finishing dinner, she put a piece of gum in her mouth, and I asked for a piece. She playfully stuck out her tongue with the gum and I instantly went in for a kiss. We continued that back at her place that night. We had a year-long affair and hooked up any chance we could. I would go to her house when her husband was out of town. We had sex all over her house but never did it in her bedroom. We had a lot of fun but eventually moved away from each other. She divorced her husband a few years later."

—Anonymous

4."Several years ago, I hooked up with my producer while working as a DJ for a small, local radio station. One night, while I was off the mic and setting up the next block of tunes, he came up behind me and started kissing my neck. I was shocked but in a good way. We were the only two people in the station at night, so we hooked up whenever I was there. He was living with someone, and I was married, but the connection was undeniable. We would sneak away a few afternoons a week to a nearby hotel. The chemistry was explosive, and the sex was spectacular!! The affair only lasted about six months until he found someone else to play with, but since it wasn't anything more than physical, I didn't care. I am still very happily married and will take this secret to my grave. Did I mention he and my husband graduated from the same class?"

—Anonymous

5."I was at the end of an unhappy relationship with a coworker when I became friendly with one of the new hires. We started out just BSing back and forth, and then I paid him to fix my car. We started texting all night and at work. He was married and upfront about it, but we had unbelievable chemistry! Our friendship naturally progressed to an emotional and then physical affair. The sex was AMAZING. The sneaking around made it extra hot! I knew I should feel remorse, but he made me so hot I couldn't even remember my name, let alone his wife's. We got it on in wild places until he decided to end it. We're still best friends. No one has ever been so understanding and nonjudgmental as he has. He's the other half of my soul. The only downside was never being able to share my excitement and happiness with anyone. I didn't even tell my best friend. Life is long; we'll see what happens next!"

—Anonymous

6."My husband worked for a large, international company. He became very good friends with many people at work. Those friendships carried over into all of our personal lives. We would have holidays together and basically raised our kids together. It started as a positive environment for all. However, one man and one woman who worked with him, all part of our friend group, began having an affair that was a poorly kept secret. He tried to look the other way, but his work colleagues began using him as an excuse for their respective spouses. He drew the line and told them to keep him out of it. Unfortunately, one spouse found out and came to my house screaming at my husband for not telling her. It was all horrible. Both of those marriages broke up, and the tight professional group could no longer work together. The cheating duo did not stay together, and it was a mess for all."

—Anonymous

7."I was an intern for a man 20 years older than me, and he was incredibly handsome and kind. He was newly divorced, and I was a college student. He had a high position then, and I had just started out at this company. One late night, we got very close, and a massage led to much more, and we started sleeping together from then onward. Fast forward 10 years later. I'm at a different job with a different company and hadn't talked to him until we were both at a convention for our field. We ended up in a hotel room together. We're still together today, even though he's 55 and I'm 35."

—Anonymous

8."I worked at a dealership, and many affairs were happening, but these were the juiciest ones. First, the married sales manager would sleep with just about any attractive woman who'd buy a car from us, whether they were in a relationship or not. He'd usually take them to the finance office in the middle of the day. Remember that this guy had a beautiful wife (who seemed very nice) and two great kids. He ended up hooking up with one woman he flirted with while she was there with her boyfriend. She was about 20 years younger than him. She broke things off with her boyfriend and started dating the sales manager. He spoiled her a ton. His wife found out, and they got a divorce. He and this younger girl are still together to this day. Secondly, the dealership owner would bring escorts late at night to his office. The same sales manager mentioned above would also partake, and they would often have threesomes and foursomes."

—Anonymous

9."I was a server for a high-end celebrity chef restaurant, and my chemistry with the chef was there from the jump. It started with flirting and turned into a full-on affair. We were both in 'committed' long-term relationships, but that didn't stop us. We were drawn to each other like moths to a flame. The sex was incredible. We made out in every hidden corner of that fine dining restaurant. We had sex in our cars before and after work. We took any opportunity to put our hands or mouths on each other. His wife worked at a nearby restaurant and would pass by mean-mugging me. She caught us in his car and tried to block us in. We got out, but the next day, the side of my car had 'whore' keyed into it."

"It was fun explaining that to my husband. This was years ago, and I still think about him. I'm not the first affair he had, and I'm pretty sure I wasn't the last. I'd probably sleep with him again if I saw him today because it was so hot."

—Anonymous

10."I once worked at a car auction, and many car dealers would flirt with me. I took a liking to one of the men who would come weekly who lived out of state. He was married, and I was single. Flirting led to him asking to take me to dinner one night. That ended up with us at this hotel, and we continued things for three years after that. He would take me to expensive restaurants and buy me anything I asked for. He even paid several of my utility bills when I was low on cash. I ended up leaving that job for another, and we have not seen each other since. He's still married, and I am married myself. But oh my, was it a blast while it lasted!"

—Anonymous

11."I was in a loveless marriage. We tried counseling and therapy, but nothing changed. It was a low point for me. I loved and admired her, but she never wanted sex and refused to try. The first five or six years were incredibly hot and heavy, and then, one day, there was no more. I began flirting with a girl who did IT support in my office. I didn't think she was actually interested. I was 21 years older and married. But she was into it, and we began having an affair. We made out constantly in little nooks and ever had sex in my office a few times. It was exciting, and the sex was mind-blowing. She had a job lined up 1,700 miles away, and we thought we'd have fun until she moved. But we fell hard for each other, and I helped her get a much better job locally. That job went gangbusters because she's brilliant, and finally, the right people saw that, so now she's got a phenomenal career."

"I'm divorced now, and we're still going strong nine years later. No one at my office ever found out, which is so shocking. My colleagues think we had mutual crushes way back when and now have reconnected, which they describe as 'adorable.'"

—Anonymous

12."I used to work at a small bank where Branch A was supervised by Branch B. I was mainly at Branch A but was occasionally called to Branch B for coverage issues. Every time I was at Branch B, it was INCREDIBLY obvious that the bank manager was sleeping with multiple employees, even though he was married with small children. His office had blinds that were always open, even during meetings, unless three specific women were in there. He'd shut the blinds and lock the door if any of those women were in his office. He also gave those women preferential treatment and would never run complaints about them up to HR. One of the women was a huge bully and constantly picked on people to the point that they would quit or transfer branches."

"When I left and had my exit interview with HR, I spent two hours detailing issues with dates and times (so they could pull up footage) and giving my suspicions (and evidence) of the affairs. Once HR started questioning him about it, some employee must have also tipped off his wife because she filed for divorce. The women he was sleeping with had to go to court and testify about their affairs as grounds for the divorce."

—Anonymous

13."I was working as the treatment director of an alcoholism program, and the woman who did marketing would frequently take me with her on marketing calls to explain the program. We were both married, but eventually, we started making out in empty offices, her car, and even behind bushes. Intercourse and oral were the lines we didn't cross, so it was all making out, dry humping, and getting handsy. It was still so passionate. I think our mutual supervisor saw us making out in her parked car, and while never saying anything directly, shortly after, they gave me a passionate pep talk about sticking in a marriage when things are rough for children's sake. I had a toddler. Point taken. Soon after, I took another job for more pay and to save my marriage by escaping daily temptation. My marriage lasted another couple of years until she left me for another man."

"Things cooled off, but about five years later, my old coworker and I met when I was at an out-of-town conference, and we stayed the night together (still no intercourse) at a hotel for the first time. She ended up divorced, too, but not because of our indiscretion. I have strong feelings of guilt and regret. What if we'd met when we were both single? I really loved her and always wondered."

—Anonymous

14."I've been sleeping with my husband's boss for over a year. Last year, I found a suspicious app on my husband's phone and asked him about it. He told me he used it to communicate with coworkers during the day. I went through those messages as soon as I could sneak a peek. Most of them were with a female coworker who had befriended me outside the office. It was clear that they were involved romantically and had been for quite a while. My husband's boss is 20 years older than me, has been married for over 30 years, and is a stone-cold fox. He's always been flirty, but I just assumed it was a personality trait. One night, on a drunken whim, I sent him a suggestive meme."

"He asked if I had mistakenly sent it to the wrong person, and I told him I had not. After that, we began having regular conversations. We talked about everything: his time in the service, my first marriage, our children and his grandkids, hobbies, interests, and all the classic bands he saw in person. The companionship was nice, and after a couple of months, we started discussing past sexual relationships and hookups. It didn't take long for those conversations to become talks about what we'd like to do to each other.

We hooked up on his lunch break about four months after I first contacted him. It was incredible! I had never been with anyone older than me, which was another experience. He was very attentive and giving, and it took up more than half of his lunch hour, which was quite different from the five minutes I was lucky to get out of my husband.

It's been so much fun that neither of us can believe how quickly a year has passed. We hook up at least three times a week, but it's every day most weeks. We're both still married, and my husband still thinks he's a stud with a stay-at-home wife and girlfriend on the side."

—Anonymous

15."When I was an 18-year-old intern at a radio station, I started having an affair with one of the DJs who was probably 10 years older than me. We were both single and thought we were being sneaky, but years later, it turns out everyone knew! He was nice, but I was too young to be serious about anyone."

—Anonymous

16."My now-husband and I met when we were working at a zoo, and both were married to other people. The first time I laid eyes on him (at my interview), I felt an instant attraction. Nothing happened for seven months except some flirting and friendship. Again, we were both married to other people. My marriage had been unhappy for some time, but I had no intentions of leaving for the sake of my children. After working on an event one night, he asked me to kiss him. We had sex that night in my office. I figured it would have been a one-night thing, and we would never discuss it again. That couldn't have been further from the truth. We had some pretty amazing 'encounters' while working at the zoo and would often get hotel rooms in the afternoon. His wife had tracking on his phone, so he always left it in his office."

"We both left our marriages and now have a child of our own. I never wanted to be that person who cheated on their spouse, but it couldn't be stopped. He was and will always be my person. I've never been in love like this and have never felt so loved by anyone in my life."

—Anonymous

17."In my school, a student teacher and a tenured teacher were getting it on in the technology (wood shop) classroom. They were caught by a custodian and turned in. Later, I asked the custodian, 'Why do you think they were doing it on a workbench? They have a photography darkroom right there and would have been out of sight.' Without batting an eyelash, he said, 'Probably afraid of what might develop.'"

—Anonymous

18."I was 27, working at a major finance firm in Chicago when my boss got a new admin. She was 22, fresh out of college, and model-beautiful. She was friendly but distant with everyone in the office, and I knew I, as a relatively average-looking guy, had no shot with her. One day, though, we were at a business lunch with our boss and two others when the two left early, and our boss got a call he needed to take. We ended up talking one-on-one, and we really clicked. I asked her out, and she said yes, but she called it off three dates in because she feared it would reflect badly on her in the workplace and distract her from her job. I understood and tried to move on but couldn't, and a few months later, we tried again. We kept things quiet until we were actually engaged."

"The only person who knew was our boss. That year and a half of trying to act like she was just another coworker when other coworkers, visitors, and vendors would all hit on her (and sometimes be disrespectful) was tough. My one work friend in particular, who was on wife number three at age 30, kept asking me while in the office how she was in bed, and that made me want to murder him.

However, she is the love of my life. I'll always be grateful I put myself out there and asked the woman who was way out of my league to have dinner with me. We are 10 years in and stronger than ever."

—Anonymous

19."In high school, a married male gym teacher/driver's ed teacher was always late because he was 'talking' to one of the home ec teachers. She was married to one of our favorite history teachers, and all the students who saw this were pretty disgusted. The history teacher didn't come as a chaperone on our senior trip, but the other two did. The students tried to ensure they were never alone on our trip. Nothing like 300 student chaperones getting in the way!"

—Anonymous

20."I worked with a woman at a small manufacturing business. Most of the employees were members of her family. She was married to a really good-looking cop and had an affair with an ugly little scumbag. Her whole family knew about it and were cool with it. Other women were very attracted to her husband, but this guy was a Boy Scout and wouldn't leave her. Such a waste. He could have done so much better. I still think about him today."

—Anonymous

21."This was several years ago when I worked in a large office. A female colleague and I became friends, and we would take walks during work and have lunch together. One day, on a walk, she said she wanted to have sex. I was recently married, and she had been for several years. The affair started. We would have sex in my minivan before work and on a wooden trail where we walked. Then, we started commuting to work together. So, the affair escalated in my home before work. One day, we had sex after work at my house. My wife came home from her job. My coworker ran to the bathroom, and I went to the sunroom as if she just had to use the bathroom before driving home. We were not caught yet, but it was a little obvious."

"After five years, she said we couldn't continue. I was a little heartbroken, but I understood. My wife and I were together until her passing. She may have guessed but never asked. The sad thing is, I miss my coworker more than my wife a decade after my wife's passing. I only regret the affair slightly."

—Anonymous

22."The post office is a hotbed of sexual tension that often turns kind of incestuous. It's always obvious when people have a thing going. After surviving my wife's affair with a church leader for five years, I fell in with another letter carrier who was also married. It was hot, deeply emotional, and the impetus for both of our divorces. I was 45, and she was 35. The result was she started boning a 19-year-old at work during the 'break' she said she needed from us. The timeline is very sketchy, but this kid was also living with another girl from work unbeknownst to her and managed to two-time both of them for nine months or so. She was devastated, and I'm still devastated. This woman ruined me, and I still see her every day. Regrets are abundant in my daily life."

—Anonymous

23."A guy I knew hooked up two women who worked at the same company he did. Their paths would have no reason to cross and never did. At the same time, he was hooking up with a woman who was making pickups and deliveries to our company. He was spending alternate nights with the ladies he worked with and lunches with the delivery driver, so he was getting laid three times a day. This continued until there was a mass layoff, and he was one of the ones let go. He wound up moving in with one of those coworkers."

—Anonymous

24."I worked at a car dealership. My boss was a very handsome, very married man who flirted with me from the day I got hired. We started an affair within months, and it lasted for a couple of years. We did it everywhere: his office, the bathrooms, meeting rooms, and even in a limo that had been dropped off for service. Eventually, he started getting weird, and I couldn't figure out why until one day, when he was out to 'lunch,' his cellphone accidentally dialed my desk phone, and I heard him talking to another woman. I went ballistic. But that was just the tip of a huge iceberg. I broke up with him completely, left the dealership, and found out he was not only doing drugs but also had several other girlfriends besides me."

"Apparently, they also found out about the others, and one of the not-so-nice ones took a can of spray paint and wrote all kinds of bad things about him on the dealership cars. One day, I was checking out at the local grocery store, and my friend, who had also worked at the dealership, was a cashier. We talked for a minute; then she spilled it: She was one of his girlfriends, too. I was devastated. We both felt so used. It brought us closer as friends, and we called and gave him our opinion of him, then went on our happy ways. I found a very nice single man, and she is happily married. He got divorced and moved."

—Anonymous

25."I never imagined that I would cheat. Being lonely/ignored while in a relationship is mentally damaging, and any attention becomes addicting. We've known each other for years and have always been in different departments, so if anything were to happen to us, I would never see him again. We both shared a lot together, and he somehow knew how depressed I was at the time. I didn't even know I was depressed. I don't feel bad since I am treated horribly. This has been the best experience of my life. I don't think anyone could understand my situation. We are still hooking up."

—Anonymous

26."There was a new guy at work who I thought was super flirty with me to the point I was a little uncomfortable. Later, though, I saw him in the store with his partner, who was pregnant with his second kid, so I figured I might have just not read the situation correctly. Nope! It turns out I wasn't the only one he flirted with, and he ended up having an affair with another coworker. They were both fired after getting caught having sex on the clock by a security camera IN MY STOCKROOM!"

—Anonymous

27."I was a TA for a handsome professor in his 50s. I was much younger, obviously. He was divorced, and we would hook up after hours whenever possible. The sex was the best I've ever had, and I regret not carrying it on. He died last year, and I miss him dearly."

—Anonymous

28."I had strong feelings for a slightly older coworker and struggled with them for quite a while. He flirted with me a lot, made me laugh, and made me feel seen. After a while, I found out he had a girlfriend, and it turns out I knew her! He made a pass at me one night while drunk, and I had to remind him he wasn't single. After that, he still flirted with me, but nothing else happened. We hung out after work, I met his friends, and things were largely platonic. However, I had fallen for him and had my blinders on. He led me on for the longest time until we finally became friends with benefits. I thought that I was one step closer to him finally admitting his feelings for me. After all, why not? I got along with his friends, we had similar interests, we spent time together outside of work, he frequently sought my attention, we laughed together, slept together, etc."

"But the time never came. I confronted him one day about him leading me on, and he said something so hurtful that I'll never forget it. The short of it was that he didn't like me 'like that.' We somehow remained friends for a while following that conversation, and I actually had to give him some props because, if it hadn't been for him, I might have never met my current husband. But I learned a tough lesson during this time. If someone has you second-guessing their feelings for you, they don't have feelings for you. Don't be like me and assume attention means affection."

—Anonymous

29."This was THE story in middle school. The male orchestra teacher was actively having sex with one of the art teachers. The orchestra teacher was engaged to be married to a woman (who would've been his second wife), and the art teacher was a single mom. They hooked up during school hours. One day, the art teacher literally limped out of the orchestra teacher's office, all disheveled. Someone complained to the administration, the art teacher was let go, and the orchestra teacher's engagement was broken off."

—Anonymous

30."A hot guy appeared at my workplace one day and commented on my accent. He was very charming but married! One thing led to another, and he convinced me to leave my job and work for him. I did and went to live in the same town as him and his family to be closer to work. His wife and kids left for a holiday, and boy, was the sex the best of my life! His wife came back, and since we could not resist the urge always to be together, she visited the office and caught us red-handed kissing. I was fired from the job. I found out I was pregnant a while later. He hid it from his wife and didn't support our child. I then sued him for child support, and his wife confronted him about it, and he denied paternity. Things have been bad for me ever since."

—Anonymous

31."It was with a much younger female coworker, my evening manager at a FedEx terminal. She was in her early 30s, and I was in my mid-50s and married, which she knew. Very few folks knew. We would usually stick around until everyone had left in the evening and have fun. I would go to her apartment after I was done unloading the trucks in the morning before she had to go to work. She had never been with anyone before, so I was her first. It lasted several months, and then it just kind of fizzled out. Wonderful memories!"

—Anonymous

32."I met the most beautiful woman at work. We became friends, had a long friends-with-benefits relationship, divorced our spouses, and got married. We were together until she passed away after 58 years of marriage. She was eight years older than me, but that was never a problem."

—Anonymous

33."It started as a teacher/instructional aide work situation. We were both married (second marriages for both) but had similar child-rearing beliefs. We began meeting at the university bar before and after classes as we both worked to advance our careers. We would talk for hours about all types of subjects and interests. I left to go into administration in another district, and she left to become a teacher at another high school. I was hired in her district two years later, and we began where we left off. It was more of a friendship than anything else. Then, we were both going through divorces simultaneously (unbeknownst to either of us). We got together, and long story short, 33+ years and nine grandkids later, we're still going strong. Both of our two previous spouses have passed on due to either substance abuse or serious health issues. We have traveled the world and are immensely in love. We both know that we have a deep connection that our previous marriages lacked."

—Anonymous

34.And: "I was a 23-year-old intern in the office of a well-known politician in his mid-40s when we met. This was back in Washington, and I had a pretty nice internship in The Capitol about eight years ago. I worked late, he worked late, and we spent a lot of time together. He was married but didn't see his wife or kids very much. I was definitely interested in him, and he returned that, so we slept together at the office a few times even though he was married. I did regret it because he and his wife are still together. We didn't speak after my time in the office and don't interact anymore. It was a few short hookups."

—Anonymous

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