Should/would you date, clients?

[Anonymous]

Clients/customers etc.. not coworkers, I'm talking people that you would work with but not your actual coworkers.

So for example, I was going to possibly be paying a girl to do something with/for me but, I'm now sort of realizing she's kind of my type, in terms of well, ya know. I realize of course that that doesn't necessarily mean I'm her type but, regardless of that, I'm sort of now regretting setting this "job" up. Before you go getting your panties all up in a knot, no, this is not a pros./esc. But, yes, I would be giving her money for doing something I've been wanting to do. I can't exactly get out of doing it, because if I do, I may lose contact with her, and don't want to but, like I said, if I move forward with it, it becomes a client to me, and like I said, now realizing I don't want it to be, since it would be weird if I started "dating" a cleint.

What do you think I should do?

[IslaTheWitch]

nope... it would add not needed dimension to the relationship... and could be a potential reason for disagreements or even a breakup... relationships are complicated enough without it :D

[LisaS]

No, I would hate the knowledge that someone I work with (colleague, customer or client) had intimate knowledge of me

[AnonAndrew]

If you're paying her to do something for you, then you're the client, not her.

[Nikki1989]

I would never date a client per se, but if a business lunch or dinner was required, I would see no problem with that.