Office Romances ~ Now What Do We Do?

Don't see each other all the time!  The answer is actually IN the question.  It is not healthy to see each other all the time and to stop being fully engaged in your own personal life in addition to your relationship life.  In addition to your relationship life is the key here!  You must be YOU before you can come together and create WE—AND, you must never lose your YOU in the WE!  You can not hedge burnout if you don't stay actively engaged in interests and activities you enjoy and spend time with people who ignite your passion and imagination, and value and esteem you!  It is essential to be invested and involved in your own life as well as in your Honey and his or her life.  Bring the excitement and the energy of the experiences you have in the world back to your relationship.  No one can be everything to anyone.  Those expectations or assumptions are born out of an unhealthy part of Self, and are the seeds of boredom, burnout, and turn-off.

How can couples avoid taking work-related criticism personally; how can they avoid jealousy at how their partner interacts with other people?

Again, the answer is IN the question!  Emotionally intelligent adults will be able to maintain the boundaries between the personal and the professional.  This is an essential relationship skill that must be in place with all couples if they are to be successful building a life and a long-term relationship together.  Be sure to discuss this and explore how able and willing you are to set, maintain and honor your boundaries and the boundaries of others.  If "dating couples" discover that they need to strengthen these skills, this must be done ASAP, and preferably before co-workers begin to date.  The dating relationship will go careening down the mountain at the speed of light if this skill-set isn't fully operational and well in place