&gt; <i>With that said, aren&#x27;t we potentially overreacting here? Quite a lot of romances spark in the office. The guys tried it on, he&#x27;s been rubuked, hopefully he got the point and will settle down.</i><p>I see your point, but if you&#x27;re an employee and you&#x27;re sharing that &quot;so and so texted me this &lt;shows phone&gt;&quot;, what&#x27;s the motivation behind that?  She said she doesn&#x27;t want to cause problems, but if it&#x27;s something between two adults and not involving work, I would imagine she would just not say anything, particularly to management.<p>OP needs to read into their conversation, it&#x27;s hard to armchair quarterback this over the internet.  At the end of the day it&#x27;s ultimately easier for us to say fire for a multitude of reasons, many of which are likely valid.