dissilusionedlawyer1 Fri 27-Sep-19 22:04:41

Name change for obvious reasons. And by client I mean criminal, he's just this week been sentenced to 6 years in custody.

For some background, I've worked with this client for around a year and knew from the first meeting we had that we would get on, sometimes you just click with people.

Thought he was attractive but furthermore we "clicked" and I think this makes people automatically more attractive.

Out Professional relationship, can I state, has always stayed at that, however in recent months there have been some comments I've found hard to ignore, such as;

- Seen him in a bar one evening in our town when I was with non-work friends, I instantly left and went into another. The next day I seen him for a meeting and said, if we see each other in that context, can the least inconvenienced party just leave. His response was along the lines of "that's a shame, was looking forward to a drink with you".

Then he brought it up a week later in a similar context.

Few weeks later again we're talking about a funny experience he had had at the weekend, he said "would love to take you there to show you, but that would be unprofessional wouldn't it?" I ignored his comment and continued a separate conversation.

The point I'm trying to make is, that if this man wasn't attractive I would have shut him down a while ago or changed client. But seemingly we're both aware we're attracted to each other without having said a word, I'm allowing him to cross a professional boundary?

In all other ways I have a excellent relationship with him and would be abit gutted if it had to end but the logic in me says, I'm being unprofessional for it to continue. AIBU to continue with him as a client?