The Young and the Intern-Seeking

By Rebecca Gale

Posted June 17, 2013 at 11:30am

Intern season has started, and already a debate as to the merits of paid vs. unpaid interns is under way. Today’s question is a bit more straightforward though:

Q. It is intern season! My office has a strict no-hooking-up-with-interns policy. But is it wrong to hook up with interns from other offices?

The golden rule of dating on Capitol Hill is simple, no matter whether you’re dating an intern or a senator: Keep the details to yourself — your back office doesn’t need to know.

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