One of the things that I learned from working at the Deli is that people are two-faced, fickle, and they are annoying as all hell. I made two friends while working there, but at the same time, I also grew to really hate some people. Now, one of my friends was dating one of the people I could not stand at the deli. I don’t mind relationships where you work, but I have a very firm belief that you should never mix your business and your personal life. Business and pleasure should be completely separate.

Say you are dating someone and you two decide you want to make a website together. That’s cute, that’s cool, perhaps you’ll make some money together and be able to afford to go on a nice vacation and spend some quality time with each other. Then the dreaded honeymoon syndrome goes away and voila, you are fighting all the time and bam, your relationship ends. What do you do now? You have mixed business and pleasure together and you’re stuck with a predicament. How do you continue to work on your site when the two of you are so hostile towards each other?

If I ever make a website with someone, it’s because we’re friends at most. I won’t make a website with someone I am dating because if something happens (which is prone), the business is effected. It is very important that you don’t mix the two because that results in lost profits. And on a final note…Don’t USE business money for your personal life. If your websites are earning $500.00 a week, ensure that you aren’t spending it all on your personal life rather than expanding your business. Business and pleasure should never be mixed, at least not in my opinion.

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