Love & Lust @ The Office

......Besides, the family gets no place in the corporate setup, not even at parties. “The spouse is completely cut off from an important part of the partner’s life. This vacuum is not healthy,” says Suneel Vatsyayan, relationship counsellor and chairman of the Nada India Foundation that works on gender issues.“Also, in office, people come packaged. You see their best side and that’s attractive,” he adds.
Politics of romance:“Everybody wants to be the best consumer today — even in a relationship,” says Vatsyayan. Which is why linking up with the boss for perks and promotions is no big deal.
“Because the goals are temporary, and so are the means,” he says. “But,” he adds, “if you probe the psyche of the person trying to get ahead fast in the rat race, you’ll find him or her looking only for contentment, but in all the wrong places.” Both he and Arora say this only leads to larger unhappiness......http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1218190

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